Word: telegraphed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Memorable, probably, was the formation of three new corporations by potent International Telephone and Telegraph Co. Under the names of International Cables Corp., International Communications Corp., International Radio Corp., the new companies will operate telephone, telegraph and cable lines, wireless systems, television and telephoto transmission (much of which I. T. & T. already does). The object of ponderous incorporation, the functions of the different units, were not clarified by either of the Brothers Behn...
...knows what they are." President Coolidge took one look and said: "They don't fool me. I know what they are. They're ox shoes. I've nailed many of them myself." ¶ To represent the U. S. as "observers" at the International Telegraph Conference next month in Brussels, the President appointed Charles Henry Shedd of Chicago (Swift & Company), Vice President John Goldhammer of the Commercial Cable Co., Manhattan) and U. S. Minister to Sweden Leland Harrison. ¶The President went to Cannon Falls, Minn., and delivered a dedicatory speech at a monument to the late...
...intestinal putrefaction, because the lactic acid responsible for the sour taste keeps down the birthrate of putrefying bugs. * Furfural, a chemical compound made from corncobs or oat hulls, once a museum curiosity, is now used in the preparation of synthetic resin as bakelite; in the preservation of railroad ties, telegraph poles, shingles; in the flavoring of tobacco; the solvents of shoe dyes and leather dressings. Furfural, if necessary, could substitute for gasoline...
Married. Claire Luce, dancer (Follies, No Foolin'), aviatrix; and Clifford Warren Smith, stepson of President Newcomb Carlton of the Western Union Telegraph Co.; in Manhattan...
Clarence Hungerford Mackay, telegraph-cable tycoon, was ordered by the Supreme Court of New York to pay $1,000 to his onetime secretary, Miss Catherine McCabe. She had fallen down stairs in Mr. Mackay's office building at 20 Broad Street, Manhattan, in 1923, sprained her ankle. The stairway was dark at the time; hence, the damages...