Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Iron & Steel. Although the Inland Steel Co. of Chicago may join the recent merger of the Trumbull Steel Co. and the Republic Iron & Steel Co. (TIME, Dec. 5), it is also possible that Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. may buy Inland Steel. President James A. Campbell of Youngstown Sheet & Tube has more than $10,000,000 left of the $75,000,000 received from the bonds which Kuhn, Loeb & Co. recently sold for his company (TIME, Dec. 5) and last week he was bargaining with Inland Steel officials. Said he: "The negotiations have reached a stage that anything might happen...
Died. Joseph Green Butler Jr., 87, a creator of the Mahoning Valley steel industry; at Youngstown, Ohio. Iron and steel men called him "Uncle Joe." President McKinley had called him friend; they had attended village school together in Niles, Ohio...
Sanitary Equipment. James W. Johnson, Manhattan consulting engineer, last week arranged the merger of three sanitary and plumbing supply concerns-the J. L. Mott Co. (factories at Trenton), the Laib Co. (factories at Louisville), and the Columbia Sanitary Mfg. Co. (factories also at Louisville). The J. L. Mott Iron Works, founded in 1828 at Mott Haven, N. Y. (now part of New York City), was the first U. S. company to make sanitary equipment. Portland Cement. Peerless Portland Cement Co. of Detroit and New Egyptian Portland Cement Co. of Port Huron, Mich., have agreed to consolidate; combined assets...
Spencer and Winter, young ones, were adequately worshiped by the throng. The firmest favorite was "Iron Man" Reggie McNamara, rider in 54 six-day races, ending in 4th place. Just behind was one Debaets, Belgian, who seasoned the monotony of sprintless stretches by pedaling around (without his handlebars) squeezing tunes from an accordion...
...writer must confess to a certain prejudice in favor of this issue of the Lampoon due to the fact that careful perusal of its pages has failed to discover any reference to indifferent horsemanship. This violent departure from the iron tradition of American humor speaks volumes for the originality of the paper...