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...afternoon in late 1930 a peal of the gong brought trading on the New York Stock Exchange to a halt and President Richard Whitney mounted the rostrum to announce the suspension of J. A. Sisto & Co. for inability to meet its obligations. One morning last week a peal of the gong brought trading to a halt and Exchange Chairman Edward E. Bartlett Jr. mounted the rostrum to announce the first suspension since Richard Whitney & Co. was expelled last March. It was J. A. Sisto...
Plans to have Curley and Saltonstall at the meeting have collapsed, and instead "responsible representatives" of the Republican and Democratic parties will supplement the Communist and Socialist candidates on the rostrum...
...famed wine-colored rooms of Christie's (Christie, Manson & Woods), famed London auctioneers, the voice of Captain Sir Henry Floyd was heard last week. It lost none of its discreet fervor through much use. Standing tall and straight on the rostrum, Sir Henry was presiding at the auction sale of one of the richest art hoards of modern times: the collection of the late Banker Mortimer L. Schiff (Kuhn, Loeb). Banker Schiff, who died in 1931, had built a house on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue for the proper housing and display of his treasures. Behind last week...
...Washington last week, chief endeavor of the 3,001 delegates to the Continental Congress seemed to be to see who could carry the most flowers. One Washington florist's business increased 300% during their stay. Principal agendum at the Congress was rostrum-climbing. To help them avoid tripping over themselves, their long skirts and their flowers, delegates had a corps of debutante pages. Principal agendum of the pages standing at the rostrum steps was to lift the train of each ascending delegate with combined dexterity, good timing and discretion. From inspecting each other's clothes, writing messages...
...great many climbing up on the piles of stones in order to command a better view. A choir, composed of picked members of the University Glee Club and the Chapel Choir, opened the ceremonies with the anthem. "A mighty fortress is our God." President Lowell then mounted the rostrum and made the introductory speech...