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...Straus, who had come to the U. S. as a refugee after the German revolution of 1848, leased part of Macy's basement and opened a crockery store. Captain Macy died in 1877, and until 1888 junior partners carried on the business. In 1888 control passed to Nathan and Isidor Straus, sons of Lazarus Straus, and in 1902 Macy's moved to its present Herald Square location. Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus went down with the Titanic (1912). Their sons, Jesse L, Percy S., and Herbert N., purchased the Nathan Straus interest and are now in sole control...
...York recently arrested several dozen chasers and their lawyer employers. But the arrests did not improve conditions. The State Supreme Court decided to see what might be done. It appointed one of its justices, Isidor Wasservogel, to investigate and make recommendations. Last week he did so, recommending that 74 members of the New York bar be disciplined. Summarized, his cogent suggestions were...
...TEMPTATION OF ANTHONY and Other Poems-Isidor Schneider-Boni & Liveright...
...history of Crawley, a small village near Winchester in southwest England is being studied from the year 643 to the present time by N. S. B. Gras '12, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History who was recently given one of the Milton Awards...
...Story: In Paris, a year ago, at the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, the active eyes of Jesse Isidor Strauss espied a bright red mixing bowl.* Today at R. H. Macy's Manhattan department store, of which Jesse Isidor Strauss is president also at John Wanamaker's Manhattan & Philadelphia department stores, of which Lewis Rodman Wanamaker is president, bright red enamel mixing bowls are on exhibit & sale...