Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Andrew Kan, Chinese merchant of Seattle, recently returned from the great oriental Republic, says the world has gone " Mah Jongg mad." Mr. Kan should know. He went to China to place orders for a half a million sets, but was only able to obtain a fraction of that number, owing to the enormous demand. The price of the game has been increased 100% during the past few months, and Mr. Kan thinks that the price will continue on its upward flight until the American public stops buying, " then the supply will equalize the demand...
Engaged. Miss Pearl Ginsberg ("Pearl Shepard"), motion picture actress, to Prince Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, heir to the Egyptian throne. Accompanied by her mother, Mis? Ginsberg and the Prince sailed on the Aquitania with the intention of being married in Alexandria, if they obtain King Fuad's approval...
Seniors may obtain their diplomas at Emerson Hall directly after the Commencement exercises today. Diplomas for men from A to H will be in Room D, from I to S in Room J. and from T to Z in Room...
...play?then the whistle Wows and you all crowd in and try to grab the nearest available seat to the barrier that cages the pit-devotees away from the swells in the stalls. Thus, if you don't get your eye gouged out in the rush, you obtain what would be in I New York a $2.75 orchestra seat for a good deal less. The pit need present no complexity if you are in fit form to fight...
...legitimate brokerage firm acts as an agent for public customers in the purchase and sale of securities. It also obtains credit for such customers, thus enabling them to buy "on margin." If, for example, an investor buys through a brokerage house 100 shares of U. S. Steel stock at $100 per share, he can either pay the purchase price of $10,000, or he can deposit with the broker $2,000, say, as "margin" and let the broker obtain the remaining $8,000 for him. This the broker does by paying the seller the $10,000 due, and then borrowing...