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Died. William H. Hoover, 82, philanthropist, founder and board chairman, of Hoover Co. (vacuum cleaners); after a short illness; in Canton, Ohio. His eldest son, Herbert W. (no kin to Herbert Clark Hoover), is president of the concern. Founder Hoover developed the vacuum cleaner from a friction sweeping device invented by a Cleveland janitor who, having asthma, hated dust...
...Foote Wrigley, widow of the late William Wrigley Jr., was elected to the boards of several Wrigley-controlled companies, including Chicago National League Ball Club. Unlike Alice Foote MacDougall (see p. 55), Ada E. Foote Wrigley (no kin) will not take over active management of her husband's affairs. She does not need to. Active head of William Wrigley Jr. Co. (gum), to the board of which she will not be elected, is her son President Philip Knight Wrigley, 38. His chief business ability is in advertising ; outside of the office his consuming interests are in mechanics, electricity, photography...
...damage case in a San Francisco court Henry W. Moltke, taxicab driver, took the stand. In jest the judge asked if the witness were kin to the late great Prussian general, Helmuth Carl Bernhard Count von Moltke. Replied the witness: "I am his grandson, your Honor. . . . Better a live taxicab driver than a dead general...
...them. Then to each there came that inner voice, whispering to men of Dunster, "blue and gold," murmuring to sons of Winthrop "red and white." The colors conceived that day were brought forth only a few days ago by a haberdasher. Himself a knight of the garter, and true kin of the man who created Father's Day to sell more ties, he invoked the spirit of Dunster devotion, of Leverett loyalty, to ring up his cash-register. He had samples made, he set silk-mills a spinning with a three hundred dollar check; and presently his window...
With President Hoover's blessing so patently on Brother Theodore's head, it now behooved Theodore's Republican kin to get behind the Hoover candidacy for reelection. The family was scattered. Settled quietly at Oyster Bay was Mrs. Ethel Roosevelt Derby, the President's other daughter. Cousin Gracie Hall Roosevelt was serving as Detroit's comptroller. Brother Kermit was running a steamship line in Manhattan. Brother Theodore, adding fresh lustre to the name, was starting out for the other side of the world. Alice remained in Washington, perhaps to try to woo Hoover support from such a vehement anti-Hooverite...