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...terse exposition of the origin of trade, one would-be historian wrote, "Now as the sublime ignorance of feudal days were off, and oriental commodities began to seep in, the inhabitants began to trade their furniture etc. for tea and silks. Hence the beginning of trade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History "Howlers" Reveal Fact that Drang nach Osten is Stumbling Block for Many-Trivium a Country Like Gaul | 10/27/1931 | See Source »

Frank Clifford Lowry, sugar broker, was made president of National Biscuit Co. (seep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Personnel: Jul. 13, 1931 | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

Senator Morrow refused to talk to the Press but newsmen in the gallery had no trouble hearing his first official word in the Senate, a clear and significant NO, as he split with the Old Guard and voted against recommitting an interstate bus regulation bill (seep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Full House | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

...heated to between 72 and 75 degrees. It next runs through two coagulant pots, of soda ash and alum, which prevent undue acidity. The great work of filtration is done by a tank containing 27 tons of graded Cape May, New Jersey sand, through which the water will seep. Before entering the pool it will be impregnated with chlorine gas, which lends a greenish color. The results are tested twice daily by comparing a test-tube full of water with a graded color chart. In addition the floor of the tank will be periodically subjected to the suction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ATTENDANCE AT NEW POOL AVERAGES 350 MEN A DAY | 9/27/1930 | See Source »

...found to cover coal. Now more than 60, he had respectably acquired banks, hotels, real estate. Twice (1914-18, 1926-30) he was mayor of Scranton. The citizens were proud of him, suspected nothing until his last year in office when ugly stories of graft and corruption began to seep from City Hall. A grand jury investigated, found that racketeers were paying City Hall officials for police protection for certain gambling slot-machines. Scrantonians could not understand why Mayor Jermyn, already possessed of ample means, should stoop to racketeer graft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Scranton's Jermyn | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

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