Word: poolster
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...dangerous activity, such as flooding, that takes place on their land and affects adjacent land. The pool owner is exempt only if he can blame a third party or an act of God. Under "nuisance law." which amply covers swimming pools, the neighbors may also sue or enjoin the poolster from all sorts of annoyances-glaring lights, noisy swimmers, noxious chlorine, and bug-breeding stagnant water...
...Frank Arthur Vanderlip, onetime president of National City Bank, smart stock poolster presented Scarborough School (Scarborough-on-Hudson, N. Y.) with a deed to the school building and property. Culver Military Academy (Culver, Ind.) also passed from private ownership. Founded in 1894 by Henry Harrison Culver, St. Louis stove manufacturer, Culver has been owned and operated (without profit) by the heirs, who turned over to a trust foundation last week their interests, some $6,000,000 in property and other assets...
...Hutton were on the Chrysler board, it seemed that this big pool had a sure future. But last week the Bache and Hutton firms went to Court, said the pool had closed out on July 16, 1930, when Chrysler was $29. Member Kenny, they protested, was the only poolster who had not paid in his loss. It was not revealed how much the pool lost, what Member Kenny's share...
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