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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Life courses on persistently in the elder heroes of the War. Hindenburg has majestically topped 80, Foch 77, and good "Papa" Joffre 76. Early, therefore, seemed the harvest which Death reaped, last week, in striking down at 66 perhaps the greatest soldier-Scotchman, Colonel - Douglas Haig, first Earl Haig (British creation), but 29th Laird of Bemerside (Scotch), and, from 1915 onward, Commander-in-Chief of all Britannia's armies in France, famed as "Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig." Men will remember and revere him for Scotch virtues. The core of his unalterable concept...
Doubtless many famed yachtsmen failed to find time to examine the Sava- rona. Many of the greatest owners are yachtsmen only in spare moments. Arthur Curtiss James, philanthropist, proprietor of the tall black Aloha, longest of sailing yachts, is the largest owner of railroad shares in U. S. He has to work. John Pierpont Morgan, who commands the enormous black steamer Corsair, also works. But last week William Vincent Astor was not working. He was in Germany investigating his newest boat, biggest oil burning yacht in the world, building in Germany. This yacht, probably to be called the Nourmahal, after...
Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago (everything by mail), reported greatest efficiency in its history, largest volume of business, largest earnings?$13,127,431. Previous year...
Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago (everything by mail), reported greatest efficiency in its history, largest volume of business, largest earnings?$25,022,552. Previous year...
...retiring. Last year 559 went into the discard. Last week went the rest, when Pennsylvania directors authorized President William Wallace Atterbury to spend $20,000,000 to $21,000,-000 for 595 steel passenger, passenger-bag- gage, scenery, refrigerator and horse-ex-press cars. In reserve, for only the greatest of traffic emergencies, the road will keep 200 wooden passenger cars...