Word: knowes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have been to New York and St. Louis and talked with the leaders of the largest financial institutions in the country and know this plan and the institution that will stand behind it, if you wish, will carry out your idea of Life Subscriptions in a way that is far superior to anything yet devised for that purpose...
...know a couple of old Salvation Army Captains, Englishmen, who, during the Indian famine of twenty-five years ago, fed three times the number of starving human beings that Hoover fed during the World War. And these unknown famine relief agents did not have the richest nation on earth sending food to them by the shipload and shoveling out money by the barrel to maintain an enormous organization...
Sirs: In a recent issue of TIME you have stated that no patents are obtainable on the new Packard Diesel type airplane motor. We do not know the source of your information but the fact is that while the Diesel engine principle is very old, many problems had to be solved before a suitably light Diesel type motor could be built for aircraft use. These problems were solved by us and in many instances real inventions resulted. Therefore, instead of no patents being obtain able, this Packard engine will be very well protected by patents and there is every reason...
...scrip out in small sales to those who wished to buy from the U. S. land not otherwise purchaseable. Thus the scrip was scattered over the U. S., gradually finding its way back to the General Land Office to be redeemed. Even today the General Land Office does not know exactly how much unredeemed Valentine scrip is still in circulation, though the amount is supposed to be small...
...count for practically nothing. The real question is this: is the final examination fairly weighted as equivalent to nine weekly papers? If you think that either more or less weight should be assigned to the final examination than is assigned under our present practice, I should be glad to know what change you deem desirable, together with your reasons. Sincerely yours, A. N. Holcombe