Word: sells
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...outlining Kingdom of Clavery and Republic of Agravia, two fictitious Balkan states, the story begins. It seems there is a certain precious metal called calcomite. The English control all the calcomite mines except those in Agravia. And the Agravians, out of a tender regard for the British, refuse to sell theirs to anyone, even to the Americans. In their New York skyscraper, the Americans remark that if only Clavery, the friendly kingdom, were to attack, invade, annex Agravia, Clavery would then control calcomite, sell it to America. But one Paul Zelinka becomes King of Clavery and outwits them...
...packs for a quarter-but no more coupons. Cartons of ten packages, $1.20. 2) The Atlantic & Pacific and the Liggett stores (whose longstanding price cutting on cigarets is chiefly responsible for the present troubles) met the United and Schulte cut by announcing (in New York) that they would sell two 15? packages for 23?. Cartons of ten packages, $1.15. Last month President David A. Schulte of Schulte Retail Stores Corp., announced that he was going to do some price cutting that was price cutting. His boast was premature. For, of course, A. & P. and Liggetts sell so many products other...
...Small independent tobacconists announced that they would continue to sell 15? cigarets for 15?, but did not specify who would buy the cigarets at this price...
...prices of second hand text books never fail to produce a paradox in the mind of the average amateur trader. Somehow when he comes to sell his books in the Spring the return seems to bear little relation to the remarkable outlay required of him in September. The reason of course is clear enough, the cost of handling and storage are so great that in order to make a fair profit the dealers in such literature have to pocket about twenty percent of the list price...
...matter how good an explanation there may be for the phenomenon, there are many persons who find what they consider as profiteering a sufficient excuse for not taking the necessary trip to the square to sell their no longer needed books. For these individuals the Phillips Brooks House affords a very convenient help to housecleaning when it sends its representative around for contributions to the loan library...