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...woman. He "discovered" Frank A. Vanderlip. At 80, a soft veil of hair covered his head; with spreading beard and whiskers, he looked more of a statesman than Charles Evans Hughes. He lived to be 90. Not one gumchewer could have told another his name. It was Lyman Judson Gage...
...Lyman Gage died at Point Loma, high, green promontory near San Diego, Calif. Theosophists nave their homes there. "I am not a theosophist," said Lyman Gage two decades ago. "I claim the privilege of withdrawal from the struggles of business life. Point Loma climate is most agreeable . . . here one can lead the simple life."‡ There he, 73, married Frances Ada Ballou, 36, who was with him, 17 years later...
...President Grover Cleveland (Gold Democrat) offered him the treasury seat. Mr. Gage refused. In 1896, he and other Gold Democrats helped Mark A. Hanna defeat William Jennings Bryan (Silver-tongued Silver Democrat) and, to be polite to the Gold Democrats who voted for his candidate, Mark Hanna gave Mr. Gage the Treasury post in William McKinley's Cabinet. Theodore Roosevelt irked Mr. Gage, and he left the Cabinet as soon after Mr. McKinley's death as it was proper to do so. He had done his work well. Mr. Gage had but two honorary degrees-one from Beloit...
...five Overseers elected for six-year terms will take the places of E. C. Felton '79, Homer Gage '82, C. H. Brent Hon '13, James Jackson '04, and L. P. Marvin '98, whose terms expire on Commencement...
Having flung the gage of battle, I. L. Lyon & Sons, Inc., makers of Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder and Dental Cream, went on to declare...