Word: johnstons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...however, purchasers fail to meet their weekly payments, their interest in their diamond "lapses." and when "lapsation" takes place the money previously paid in becomes profit for the Standard Diamond Co. Mr. Johnston began to worry about what would happen to the interest payments if the "lapsations" began to fall off. Perturbed, he called the District Attorney's office and the Better Business Commission. It was at this point that Mr. Stillings reappeared, ornamented his colleague's desk...
Consider, for example, a scene which last week took place in the offices of a concern called Standard Diamond Co., Manhattan. President of the company is one Peter B. Johnston. Manager of the company is one George E. Stillings. On the president's desk is a large brass nameplate: "P. B. Johnston...
Enters Mr. Stillings, angry. He drapes the nameplate with black crepe. He puts before it a floral wreath. He adds a placard reading: "Financially Dead." To reporters Mr. Stillings remarks: "Mr. Johnston's conduct has been extremely foolish and I intend to take severe measures with him." As one would suspect, Standard Diamond Co. deals in diamonds. Its patrons agree to pay $1 a week for 100 weeks, at the end of which period they receive a diamond worth $175. If they pay $2 a week for 100 weeks they get two diamonds, worth $350. The company reserves...
...Harvard 5 Dr. Cross, 15, 20, 21 New Lect. Hall Mr. Euler, 2, 6 New Lect. Hall Mr. Hawkes, 4, 13 Harvard 6 Dr. Heffner, 11 New Lect. Hall Mr. Henry, 16, 19 New Lect. Hall Dr. Herrick, 1, 14 New Lect. Hall Dr. Howe, 5 Harvard 6 Mr. Johnston, 9, 12 Harvard 5 Mr. McCoy, 7 New Lect. Hall Mr. Nolte, 3, 17 Harvard 2 Mr. Palmer's Section 10 Sever 5 Section 18 Sever 6 German D Bradley-Morse Sever 17 Nichols-Yuge Sever 18 German 21 Sever 6 Indio Philology 2 Sever 18 Philosophy 2 Emerson...
...Governor Johnston denounced the impeachment proceedings as "an example of Mexican politics by a legislature not quite brave enough to commit physical assassination to get me, but scarcely less reprehensible." He has been under fire ever since he took office...