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Charles Knox, founder of Knox Hats, came to the U. S. from Ireland in 1830, aged 12. The New York bound ship in which he crossed the Atlantic had been blown far out of its course and finally made port at Wilmington, Del., leaving Charles, 12, and his sister Margaret...
When Charles Knox died (1895) the business had already been for some years under the direction of Colonel Knox* whose chief problem was competition with the rapidly rising Dunlap hat. Whether because Robert Dunlap, liberal, kindly, used frequently to suspend production in Dunlap shops while he bought beer for the...
There are, according to the Hoover Economic Survey (see p. 75) some 17 million U. S. citizens engaged in playing the Stock Market. Most of these investors are new, small, ignorant. They speculate to double their capital rather than invest to get a steady increase. They are motivated by faith...
To cinema patrons the "talkies" are only a new form of amusement. But to the American Federation of Musicians they are an unprecedented affliction. Since the introduction of sound films, it is estimated that 35,000 musicians have been thrown out of work. As current contracts expire this number will...
Dr. Shields's chins quivered with emotion when he addressed the delegates. The majority cheered him, inferentially hissing his enemy, Dr. Harry Wayman, expelled President of Des Moines University, whose face is infinitely sad and who last week said: "If it were possible to banish Dr. Shields to some...