Word: hills
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...alternates who attended the Democratic Convention. It was a tactful movement, typical of Mr. Davis, and doubtless will help to heal any little wounds still left by the titanic struggle of the Convention. Then, one morning, a pile of baggage suddenly appeared on the steps of the Murray Hill Hotel in Manhattan. At the bottom of the pile was a little pigskin suitcase marked: "J. W. D., New York," signifying that the candidate had returned from his rest in the woods of Maine to activity in the eastern centre. Shortly afterward, he issued a statement giving practical support...
...since the days of Harriman and Hill has the country seen so much enthusiasm for railroad mergers, or such a gathering of chieftains to cooperate in railroad consolidations. The definite conclusions of the conferences has not been announced, but the bare fact that they are being held is in itself highly significant...
...Bruce & Co., home from the hill...
...announced last week, Mrs. Michael Gavin, daughter of the late James J. Hill, is leading the modesty crusade in the U. S. Pledges similar to that above have been mailed to 700,000 Catholic ladies from the Washington Headquarters of the National Council of Catholic Women, of which she is President...
...days of Hill and Harriman the West was treated to great spectacles in the building up of great railway systems. Then came the Government with the heavy hand of law, and all but extinguished the race of railway builders and consolidators. Times have changed. Now the Government smiles where it formerly frowned. Consolidations are once more in order. In the East the Van Sweringens are always good for a rumor of consolidation. There is talk of the Pennsylvania and the Norfolk coming to an agreement. But what of the West? Who are the leaders who make up consolidations there? Hale...