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Railroad securities specialists have pondered many another example of freak financing. Wisconsin's Green Bay & Western R. R. (G. B. & W., unjustly parodied: "Grab Bag & Walk") issued Debenture B bonds which rank after the company's common stock. Authorized common stock of the Canadian National R. R. Co. totals $180,424,327.70. It is represented by one certificate, made out in the name of His Majesty, George V of England...
...Oscar F. Grab last week bestowed his $1,000,000 dressmaking business upon 14 employes. Modest: "I couldn't have made a success without their assistance." Tireless: "I want to try something else." Generous Grab's "something else" is the executive vice-presidency of the Lefcourt Normandie National Bank (Manhattan...
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...each what she can grab," a plan still tolerated in business, is not only amoral, but even among pirates found impracticable...
...during these many years"-has an exciting chapter "Fishy" ending with a quoted instruction for "landing" the biggest possible swordfish aboard a dory in the open ocean: "Fasten his tail over the gunwale to the afterthwart; put his sword over your shoulder; put your big finger in his eyeball; grab him with your other hand near his tail; when she rolls to leeward pull hard as the boat rolls back, and the 'Cot damn fish he got to come...