Word: sales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most important paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds, leading portrait painter of the English school in the 18th Century, were purchased by Americans at the private sale of the late Sir Charles Tennant (father of Mrs. H. H. Asquith) through Duveen Brothers, New York. The buyers and prices were not announced. The pictures...
Temporary two-cent stamps, black on white, with a profile of President Harding will be placed on sale throughout the country, at the order of Postmaster General...
...didn't tumble for a long time but as his OUTSIDE STOCK gradually diminished with the sale of bananas he finally got wise and later on sold NO BANANAS AT ALL. When the kids approached and asked for bananas the wop THEN smilingly replied: ' Yes?we have no bananas...
...they are to plans for stabilizing wheat, could see no virtue in employing similar methods in any other industry, and Governor McMaster of South Dakota gained considerable applause when he purchased with state funds some 160,000 gallons of gasoline from a hard-pressed refiner, and offered it for sale at 16¢. At once the Standard of Indiana lowered its price to 16¢ too. The price-cutting war spread to other states. Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, not to be outdone, demanded a similar cut in gasoline prices, under the curious threat, of installing government-owned gasoline stations...
...improved financial position of the U. S. Rubber Co. is apparent from its recent statement for the six months ending June 30. Total sales of $87,710,205 were reported, a gain of $13,776,434 over sales for the first six months of 1922. Tire sales constituted only a third of this 1923 figure, and several conditions in that industry were reported as unsatisfactory. The long Winter, however, increased the sale of rubber footwear, while the industrial revival also aided sales of rubber mechanical goods...