Word: recordings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...building constructed for the Library of the Harvard Business School has been designed to take care of the collection of the Historical Society so that the business record and books may be easily consulted...
...wish to place on record our conviction that the establishment of economic freedom is the best hope of restoring the commerce and the credit of the world...
...Francisco, Conductor Alfred Hertz led the first program of the San Francisco Symphony, chose Schumann's "First Symphony," Sibelius' "Swan of Tuonela" and Respighi's "Pines of Rome" for his first offerings. San Franciscans were well pleased, applauded especially the "Pines of Rome," new there. A phonograph record, that of a nightingale's song, was introduced for the first time, so far as is known, in a symphony orchestra...
...climbed out of New York Harbor into a sheet held by her sister, while whistles screeched and 200 rain-soaked persons hailed her with cheers. She had swum from Albany to the Battery (160 miles) in 57 hr. 11 min., swimming time, beating by 6 hr. 24 min. the record made in 1921 by Mrs. Corson.* She lost 4 pounds, used 72 pounds of fat, ate lumps of sugar soaked in whiskey. Having handed Mayor Walker a letter from Governor Smith, she offered to swim back if the Mayor wanted to send a letter to the Governor. Her offer...
...production is now averaging about 2,250,000 barrels daily, due chiefly to a newly developed Oklahoma field (the Seminole). President Frank Phillips soothed their worries with his operating report. In July, August and September his earnings (before depletion and depreciation were deducted, were $10,626,579, a company record. His clear earnings for the first nine months of the year, with all deductions made, were $15,760,992-$6.55 for each of the 2,407,082 shares. "We do not contemplate any necessity for borrowing or financing," he said...