Word: gimbel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Jules E. Mastbaum, 54, cinema theatre magnate, philanthropist, art collector; in Philadelphia, in the arms of his mother; of pneumonia and uremia, following operation. He was brother of Mrs. Ellis A. Gimbel and Mrs. Louis Gimbel of Manhattan (Gimbel's Department Store). Rising from messenger boy he acquired a fortune estimated as between 5,000,000 and $20,000,000; purchased by degrees the largest collection of Rodin statues known (245 pieces), of which he secured 98 in one shipment (TIME...
There was a burst of applause, the applause that always follows this speech, no matter where delivered, or by whom. This time the deliverer was Governess Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming. The occasion was the opening of a new Gimbel Brothers department store, in Philadelphia. Three generations of the Messrs. Gimbel and their wives applauded. "The store," Governess Ross said, "is a tribute to womankind." It is also, of course, a place for a woman's money...
...Governess went back to Wyoming. The nation's last glimpse of her as an official was probably to be this kindly errand for the potent tribe of Gimbel. She retires in January in favor of Frank E. Emerson, who defeated her by some 1,000 votes...
...writer on the New York Sun. A series of articles on quack medicines, which drove several manufacturers out of business, first brought him prominence in 1906. Later he conducted a column in the New York Tribune under the name of Ad-Visor, wherein he sought to expose dishonest advertising. Gimbel Brothers, potent Manhattan department store, brought suit against him when he attacked some of their advertisements. Gimbel Brothers won the suit. Mr. Adams's novels often have persuasive titles: The Flying Death; Little Miss Grouch; Wanted, A Husband; Success. He writes for magazines and votes the Democratic ticket...
...Brady, Major-General R. L. Bullard, Mr. G. M. Carnochan, Mr. H. J. Chisholm, Mr. E. Y. Clausen, Mr. J. C. Cowdin, Mr. Alvin Devereux, Mr. Haris Fahnestock, Mr. P. H. B. Freling-huysen, Mr. A. L. Gimbel, Mrs. F. E. Guest, Mr. A. A. Gulick, Mr. R. C. Holmes, Mr. W. A. Harriman, Mr. J. F. Johnson Jr., Mr. V. E. Macy, Mr. Samuel McRoberts, Mr. Jeremiah Milbank, Mr. Devereux Milburn, Mr. C. H. Ptforzheimer, Mr. Allan Pinkerton, Mr. A. T. Pouch, Mr. E. F. Price, Mr. P. R. Payne 2nd, Mr. E. L. Rossiter, Mr. Franklin Simon, General...