Word: upping
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Inevitably Sāo Paulo's bonanza prosperity caused other Brazilian states to go in heavily for coffee planting, spurred by the lure of high prices created by Sāo Paulo's artificial restraint of trade. As these new plantations have come into production it has proved...
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corp. The cost of the new Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, Manhattan, to be completed in 1931 will be $28,100,000. Erected on New York Central property (Park Avenue from 49th to 50th St.) the railroad will furnish up to $10,000,000 toward the hotel's...
Exposition visitors who chanced to be in Oklahoma City later in the week watched two figures, protected by metal shields and a heavy barrage of water, start to work their way toward the centre of an oil fire. They were Mack and Fred Kinley, famed for their fire-fighting technique...
During the early part of last week stockholders of Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston were proud of their investment. They knew their company was in a strong position, furnishing electric light and power to a population of 1,280,000 in Boston and 37 neighboring towns. They knew it...
Later in the week stockholders of Boston Edison sourly wished their company had never decided to split up its stock. The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities unexpectedly refused to grant the reduction in par value, publicly scolded the company for its rate charges, its dividend prices, and, most important to...