Word: plates
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stair pillars frown two enormous busts composed of seven kinds of marble and believed to represent unidentified Arabian characters. Another treasure is the largest piece of Dresden pottery in the world. Dazzling curtains from Baghdad, authentic 18th Century French and Turkish furniture, and a display of solid silver plate bought by Sir Samuel's grandfather a century ago adorn a ménage which the Hoares find cozy...
...James is 54. Less than 20 years ago they were merely two notably successful Cleveland realtors?farm boys who had gone to the city, worked hard, saved their money and by shrewd investment piled up about $500,000 between them. Then they got into railroads, purchasing the decrepit Nickel Plate. By 1929, not long before they took their first & only vacation, they estimated their mutual fortune at $100,000,000. From their adjoining offices on the 36th floor of their Terminal Tower building they directed coal mines, trucking companies, street car lines, $150,000,000 worth of real estate...
...Corp., representing all but one of the Van Sweringen railroads, Wheeling & Lake Erie, whose stock is pledged with RFC. The man who owns that block of Alleghany stock can hire & fire the executives of Chesapeake & Ohio (3,100 mi.), Pere Marquette (2,200 mi.), Erie (2,700 mi.). Nickel Plate (1,690 mi.) and have a voice in the reorganization of Missouri Pacific (12,000 mi.) and Chicago & Eastern Illinois (900 mi.). Also for sale is stock control of Van Sweringen Corp., representing the Van Sweringens' principal real estate holdings, including Cleveland's 52-story Terminal Tower...
...from the Faculty will be appointed regular members of the non-resident center and will eat luncheon in the building. Service will be conducted in cafeteria style, the dishes being priced at not more than five or ten costs an item and including sandwiches, fruit, dessert, and one hot plate...
...from the Faculty will be appointed regular members of the non-resident center and will eat luncheon in the building. Service will be conducted in cafeteria style, the dishes being priced at not more than five or ten cents an item and including sandwiches, fruit, dessert, and one hot plate...