Word: whose
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Crowds swarmed through massive wrought iron gates eager to see what Primo de Rivera's new Spain had to offer the world; what exhibits had been prepared by Portugal, by the U. S. and nine other American republics whose relations with Spain the Ibero-American Exposition was meant to improve...
...Maryland wearing a white mask acutely reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan. But not one of the 40,000 people who were watching him, not Vice President Curtis, who once rode horses, nor Mrs. Gann, who had a good seat, nor Maryland's Governor Ritchie, nor Will Rogers, whose pocket was picked of four mutuel tickets, thought of the Klan as they watched what Dr. Freeland was about. They were all interested in seeing what horse would win the famed Preakness horse-race. Dr. Freeland, who is a big fast three-year-old horse out of Toddle by Light...
Died. George T. Stallings, 63, of Haddock, Ga., oldtime baseballer, the man whose skill raised the Boston Braves from bottom to top of the National League in 1914, and won the World Series; at Haddock...
...more usual variety of stock split-up was reported by Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts, Ltd., of Canada, shareholders approving a three-for-one split-up, with rights. Hiram Walker is, of course, famed as whiskey-maker. U. S. interest in the split-up was keen in Missouri, whose Congressman Leonidas Dyer recently purchased Hiram Walker stock without knowing the nature of the product and sold, precipitately, at a loss, when the horrid truth became evident to him. Congressman Dyer talked of suing the Manhattan Curb to get back his lost money. Had he not been so hasty in disposing...
General Realty. Concerning an unspecified number of shares in General Realty, Mr. Broun claimed that he is "wholly in the dark," having purchased common stock on a tip from a friend whose advice was based on the preferred. Mr. Broun was, therefore, unaware that the full name of his company is General Realty & Utilities Corp., that it is a holding company for real estate and for public utility stocks. Thus far (it was incorporated in January, 1929), General Realty has functioned chiefly in the realty field, holds 100,000 shares of Thompson-Starrett Co., and has as yet engaged...