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...Dumpy" is an exact, descriptive adjective, meaning, according to Webster's New International, "short and thick, of proportionately low stature." TIME is exact...
...domestic history of John Tyler's administration, Daniel Webster eulogized his substitute measure for the Bank, called "the Exchequer" as "second" only in promise to the Constitution itself...
...been originated by Samuel Insull, public utility pope of Chicago. The chief propagandist of the industry has been the National Electric Light Association. Citizens awaited completion of the Trade Commission's investigation and a final verdict from Commission and President. . . . In Manhattan, President Bayard F. Pope of Stone, Webster & Blodget, Inc., made public a survey of U. S. investments in the past five years. Of a total of 34.8 billions invested, public utilities attracted 9.04 billions,-more than any other kind of investment...
...Wealth now amounts to $320,000,000,000; calculated economists of Stone & Webster and Blodget, investment bankers. Since 1890 population has increased from 62,000,000 to 117,000,000; manufactures $9,372,379,000 to $62,700,000,000; farm products $2,460,000,000 to $19,700,000,000; exports $850,000,000 to $4,870,000,000; bank deposits $4,060,000,000 to $48,880,000,000. In 1890 the U. S. owed foreign investors and institutions $600,000,000; now they...
From Aaron Burr to William Jennings Bryan, Mr. Seitz deals with eighteen "also rans" in the Presidential sweeps-takes. Famous names appear, like John Calhaun, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. Men like John Fremont, James G. Blaine, less in the mouths of the public, receive their...