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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...late Francis Wayland Ayer simply named the firm in honor of his father when he founded it in 1869. There are no Ayers at all in the firm today. Through the years the partnership of N. W. Ayer & Son stuck to its motto, "Keeping Everlastingly At It Brings Success," waxed rich on many & many a small account, some big ones like those of Ford Motor Co. and American Telephone & Telegraph. By 1928 the firm had grown so large that it built its own 13-story building on Philadelphia's West Washington Square, placing in the cornerstone the founder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Ayer Airing | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

...brief term as president, Mr. Willever al ready had the longest service record of any major executive. For years he had been trying io sell the Night Letter to his company. Mr. Vail let him have his way, added the Day Letter himself. The service was a great success. Since then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Free Love | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

Meantime Mr. Willever added the following categories: Father's Day. Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Bon Voyage, Yom. Kippur. There are various kinds of congratulatory Western Union telegrams: on Engagement, Promotion, Election, Success of Artist, Making a Speech, Wedding Anniversary, Opening a New Store. Form telegrams can be sent upon ascending Pike's Peak. Mr. Willever is preparing similar ones for Niagara Falls and Atlantic City. Brand new are Western Union "Kiddiegrams," to be sent to children. Samples from this variegated service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Free Love | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

...exciting features of the afternoon was the perfect frenzy of the Harvard stands which provided a display of spirit not observed here for several years. After seasons of being routed by every first-class college it met on the field, people wondered if, even in the event of unexpected success, Harvard could stand up on the benches and go mad in the best traditions of the football world. Saturday's performance proved that it could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TURNING OF THE TIDE | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

...Harlow team has now become. The new spirit was shown again in the trench warfare which marked the third period. Time after time Princeton reached Harvard's three--yard line, only to be pushed back onto less dangerous ground. From such skirmishes it was unreasonable to expect perpetual success. The defense couldn't work every time, and Harvard proved to be the pitcher that went to the well too often, as Princeton made its second touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TURNING OF THE TIDE | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

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