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John Graves Shedd, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Marshall Field & Co., died last week in Chicago after an operation for appendicitis...
...hour of need. Luckier the mother whose sons, in their time of plenty, come with filial presents and a heart of gratitude. Chicago, mother of vast fortunes in grain, machinery, mail-order goods and department store wares, last week rejoiced over two costly filial presents. From John G. Shedd, aging board chairman of Marshall Field & Co., came a third million to add to two he had promised for the construction of a ne plus ultra city aquarium in Grant Park. From Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears Roebuck & Co.), came three millions outright to restore the old Fine Arts building...
...cashier's office of Marshall Field & Co. Within a year the discerning Marshall Field had made him his confidential clerk. At Mr. Field's death, Simpson, then 32, became Second Vice President of the firm in association with such prominent men as Potter Palmer, Harlow N. Higinbotham, John G. Shedd, Henry T. Willing, H. Gordon Self ridge. The towheaded young Scotchman, alert and hardworking, made his way among them. He is not a great talker, but generally says what he thinks. Once in his younger days he went to Mr. Field demanding a raise...
...Berengaria (Cunard)-H. P. Shedd, of Marshall Field & Co.; Mae Marsh, cinema actress; Everett Haynes, U. S. jockey...
...Cooper '17, M. T. Cornwell, 16S. J, G. Estill '17, R. G. Freeman '16, E. G. Griggs '18, H. S. Gulliver '16, E. M. Knox '17, E. A. Krauss '18, J. M. Marcus 16S., J. W. Overton '17, (captain). N. H. Platt '16, W. G. T. Shedd '18, J. Shubert '18, F.M. Sprague '18, D. J. Turrill '17, R. T. Wood '17S, and R. S. Young...