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After his Manhattan silk house went to the wall in the panic of 1837, Lewis Tappan, casting around for a new deal, hit on the idea of selling his knowledge of other people's businesses. His Mercantile Agency grew into the largest credit rating firm in the world. Before the Civil War it was acquired by R. G. Dun who changed the official name to R. G. Dun & Co., The Mercantile Agency. He developed the art of dispassionate snooping & prying during the next 40 years until today R. G. Dara & Co. has nearly 200 offices...
Died. Mary Joan Gibson, 12-day-old child of Sidney Herbert Homewood, the Tappan (N. Y.) ridingmaster jailed last month for seducing Socialite Charlotte Ariel Gibson (TIME, Dec. 19) ; of bleeding at the navel; in Tappan...
Born. To Charlotte Ariel Gibson, 23, Tappan (N. Y.) socialite; and Sidney Herbert Homewood, 24, riding master, her "seducer under promise of marriage" according to a New City jury & judge who last fortnight convicted and sentenced him to $500 fine and 18 mo. to three years in Sing Sing (TIME, Dec. 19); a girl; in Tappan...
Watts, who paced the last Harvard crew to lead Yale at the finish of the four-milo distance, in 1927, will again oppose Tappan, Yale stroke in 1928 and 1930, in each of which years he led his eight to victory over the Crimson. The Harvard boating is as follows: Stroke, Watts; 7, Oliver Amos '27; 6, F. A. Clark '29; 5, W. T. Emmet '29; 4, James Lawrence '29; 3, L. W. Dickey '30; 2, Kenneth Walker '27; Bow, Frederie Winthrop...
...instance Pittsburgh had four men, Uansa and Parkinson, backs, Donchess, end, and Montgomery, guard, who had been prominently named for All-American berths. At least two of these men, Uansa and Donchess, were decisively outplayed by their rivals, who weren't even accorded mention for honor positions. Saunders and Tappan combined to demonstrate clearly that they should have been considered in any fair judging of All-American players. The argument might be put forth that this was their big day but it was also Pittsburgh's supreme test and if the Ranther stars had more to show then...