Word: gypsum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chicago, if you frequent the Conway Building, you will likely see a man named W. E. Shearer. He is president of the Universal Gypsum & Lime Co., and will probably be talking to someone about gypsum, saying...
...course all lumber substitutes of this sort are not made from wood byproducts. "Sheetrock," made by the U.S. Gypsum Co. of Chicago, and "Gypsolite" (Universal Gypsum Co., Chicago) are of gypsum suitably treated and squeezed into board-like sheets easily handled by carpenters. They compete as economical alternatives for ordinary lathing and sheathing with "Beaverboard" (Beaver Products Co., Buffalo) and "Linofelt" (Union Fibre Co., Winona, Minn.). Architects thoroughly appreciate these...
...discarded. He called attention to the nature of a round lake some six miles away, called Old Maid's Pool. From its formation, it had evidently come into existence years ago in just the way the new pool had been formed. He remarked the presence of much gypsum and calcite in the region, two minerals soluble in water. He pointed out that there must be a sheet of subterranean water in the locality since wells have to go down only 10 to 40 feet. Finally, he pounced upon a sink hole they showed him only a few hundred feet...
...Gypsum Co. declared $1 on the common stock...
Ingersoll-Rand was perhaps the most lavish, declaring an extra cash dividend of $20 and an extra stock dividend of 10%. Vacuum Oil's "extra" amounted to 50 cents a share. United States Gypsum disbursed an extra stock dividend of 20% on its common stock, while Eastman Kodak's extra payment was $1.25 per share. Bucyrus paid 7% extra on its preferred stock...