Word: war
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Only setback to steady United Drug prosperity came in the post-War deflation in which Mr. Liggett's company was threatened with insolvency. At this date, however, he had many a Rexall agent throughout the country and these Rexall agents, loyal, raised $1,500,000, helped him through the deflation period. Last year Drug, Inc. had a net income (11 months...
...Russia, then brought him back again, this time no more to roam. His father was a painter-plasterer in Brooklyn. Irwin also painted, plastered by day, went to Cooper Institute by night, won a prize for designing a bridge and got an engineering job in subway construction. During the War he helped build speedily erected laboratories for making poison gas, saw the advantages of speedy construction...
After the War he had $200. He borrowed $300 from his fiancee, $600 from friends of his father, $19,000 from Brooklyn bankers, started putting up small houses in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn suburb. His carpentering and plastering employes mostly came to work in their automobiles. Mr. Chanin arrived via bicycle. He sold his-$10,000 houses for $13,000; was off on the way to his "56 stories of sunlight...
Writers of advertising copy have handled almost every subject from toothpicks to war loans. Last week, however, there appeared in Chicago papers a unique campaign. Signed by the Chicago Employers' Association, it was a protest against the bombing of industrial establishments, particularly printing shops, by racketeers. Copy punch was provided by the offer of a $5,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of persons bombing or damaging property of any printing concern that belonged to the Association and $1,000 reward for conviction of persons assaulting workers of print shops where strikes are in progress. The sales...
...outstanding naval commander of the Civil War...