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Word: holeproof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Stockings. President Edward Freschl of Holeproof Hosiery, Milwaukee,* told a trouble last week: "Suddenly, somewhere, some woman conceived the idea of black shoes and champagne colored stockings. The idea spread Variations of style followed quickly. Where 480 styles of stockings were carried in 1920, the company now has to carry 6006." Remington Rand Inc. Chairman Benjamin La Fon Winchell of Remington Typewriter explained the pending merger of his company with Rand-Kardex (visible indexes), Baker-Vawter (filing cabinets) and Dalton Adding Machine: "Throughout the world these concerns are duplicating their selling efforts [through 4,500 field representatives] to an extent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Business Notes, Feb. 28, 1927 | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

...with the abounding zest and ambition of youth. We were determined to make something of ourselves, to go out into the world and do big things in a big way. One day Tom showed me the modest prospectus of the I. C. S., flanked on one side by a Holeproof Hosiery miss and on the other by an earnest exhortation to "Ask Dad, He Knows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 5/28/1925 | See Source »

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