Word: golds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gallery. An aged gentleman, hero of the occasion, was placed on a throne and at his feet a "magic carpet" was unrolled, upon which his friends came and laid presents. The old gentleman's name was then inscribed "leading all the rest" in a book of gold and he was saluted as the Abou Ben Adhem of New York City. The old gentleman was Robert Weeks de Forest, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of the Russell Sage Foundation, of the Welfare Council of New York City, of the American Federation of Arts, of the Survey Associates...
...Passed the delayed joint resolution giving a special gold medal to Colonel Lindbergh; after stormy argument, ordered a similar medal struck for Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth; passed a bill awarding the Distinguished Flying Cross to the crew of the Bremen, to Commander de Pinedo of Italy and Lieutenant Costes and Lieut.-Commander Lebrix of France...
Flour. Negotiations are on for a merger of the $24,000,000 Washburn-Crosby Co. (Gold Medal flour, "Eventually, why not now?") of Minneapolis with the $40,000,000 Standard Milling Co. of Manhattan. Securities of $50,000,000 may be offered...
Still another result was the immediate rise of the pound sterling's exchange value. It went to $4,884 (par is $4.86), almost the point at which it becomes profitable to ship gold from the U. S. to England...
Sebastian Spering Kresge (5 & 10 cent stores), giver of gold to the Anti-Saloon League, testified in his counter divorce suit against Mrs. Kresge that she offered to bear him a child if he would pay her $10,000,000. "At that time [April, 1925]," complained Mr. Kresge, "she took a Bible* in her hand, shook it in my face and said: 'I swear to God if you don't do what I want there will be the biggest exposé-the biggest scandal you ever heard of.' " Mr. Kresge did not give...