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...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...
Sakses Out. In 1842 Adam Gimbel started a store in Vincennes, Ind. In 1867 Andrew Saks opened one in Washington, D. C. Both grew vast and branched out. In 1923 Gimbel's descendants bought from Saks' relatives their Manhattan store (TIME, Dec. 14). So next April 30 those relatives, Isadore, Joseph I. and William A., will withdraw from their Manhattan activities...
Since Adam Gimbel, father of the present partners, founded the first Gimbel store in Vincennes, Ind., in 1842, the family has prospered. Two sons branched out in Milwaukee; the growing enterprise was extended to Philadelphia, then to New York. In April, 1923, they acquired the entire capital stock of Saks & Co., which gave them title to the Saks Fifth Avenue and Herald Square stores. A month ago they bought the 18-story Cuyler Building on 32nd St., Manhattan, opposite their Herald Square business seat. With Kaufmann & Baer, they now own a chain of six huge department stores, which means increasing...
...eleven Gimbels are to be thought of in terms of a football team, the dynamic Richard must be thought of as quarterback and captain-elect. His biography is briefly given: graduated (in 3% years) from Yale College in the class of 1920; has learned the department store business from the bottom up. Many other things are related of him-the anecdotes that barnacle the career of any unusual personality. Though not prepossessing in appearance, Richard Gimbel almost invariably gets what he wants. Perhaps it is a hotel room...