Word: mellons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...through the summer the good yacht Mayflower had waited for the return of her master. Last week he came back-and with Mrs. Coolidge and a dozen guests, they sailed down the Potomac River. Among those on board were: Secretary of the Treasury Mellon; Richard V. Oulahan, distinguished chief of the New York Times staff in Washington, and Mrs. Oulahan; William Hard, free lance journalist, and Mrs. Hard; Mrs. Sheppard, wife of Senator Sheppard of Texas...
Andrew W. Mellon of Pennsylvania, present Secretary of the Treasury, on whom in June 1926, was conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws by Harvard University with the following words, "who with rare courage and sagacity has conducted on enduring principles the public finance of a vast and complex nation...
...Columnist Arthur Brisbane, who said: "This refers, perhaps, to Mr. Rockefeller, and he doesn't know how much he is worth. . . . Ford also is a billionaire. He has the income on at least four billions. . . . George F. Baker is a billionaire, probably also Mr. [Andrew W.] Mellon. At least the properties they own are actually worth more than a billion. However, all that interests the average American . . . is, how to get a modest little million or two, invest the amount safely, then live wisely and usefully...
Charles Evans Hughes: "I called on Premier Poincaré last week and emerged just as Secretary Mellon entered his antechamber. Mr. Mellon and I chatted for a moment and swopped friendly boasts about how each of us had recently taken a ten-mile walk to keep fit. Frenchmen who avoid walking whenever possible, were intrigued, the more so as my age is 64 and Mr. Mellon...
Engaged. Lydia Archbold, next richest (Ailsa Mellon was the richest) Washington society girl; to Elliott Strauss, $2,000 a year ensign-son of Rear Admiral Joseph R. Strauss...