The World's Work, Volume 26Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913 A history of our time. |
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... importance . It is characteristic perhaps that this first appearance was in the nature of a cam- paign against Gould ... important railroad trans- actions ever carried on by Mr. Morgan both because it demonstrated the banking ability of ...
... importance . It is characteristic perhaps that this first appearance was in the nature of a cam- paign against Gould ... important railroad trans- actions ever carried on by Mr. Morgan both because it demonstrated the banking ability of ...
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... important enterprises of an industrial and public utility character . The power of the Morgan house seemed to suffer a temporary eclipse in 1903 with the apparent collapse of the United States Steel Corporation , the International Mer ...
... important enterprises of an industrial and public utility character . The power of the Morgan house seemed to suffer a temporary eclipse in 1903 with the apparent collapse of the United States Steel Corporation , the International Mer ...
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... important Representative in Congress called on a Cabinet officer and made most earnest pleas for the appoint- ment of a man to an office that no one of first - rate ability could afford to accept . The Secretary listened patiently to ...
... important Representative in Congress called on a Cabinet officer and made most earnest pleas for the appoint- ment of a man to an office that no one of first - rate ability could afford to accept . The Secretary listened patiently to ...
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... important task as head of the division had been to arrest Morello and Lupo , with several of their gang , for counterfeiting . But the two principal rogues had been mere spectators at the trial and conviction of their subor- dinates ...
... important task as head of the division had been to arrest Morello and Lupo , with several of their gang , for counterfeiting . But the two principal rogues had been mere spectators at the trial and conviction of their subor- dinates ...
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... important work of the Secret Ser- vice , watch was kept on Morello and Lupo before Mr. Flynn found it practicable to begin the construction of the trap into which they finally fell . Mr. Flynn was con- fident that it was merely a ...
... important work of the Secret Ser- vice , watch was kept on Morello and Lupo before Mr. Flynn found it practicable to begin the construction of the trap into which they finally fell . Mr. Flynn was con- fident that it was merely a ...
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Page 142 - the other, to carry on trade, wholesale and retail, to own or lease and occupy bouses, manufactories, warehouses, and shops; to employ agents of their choice, to lease land for residential and commercial purposes, and generally to do anything incident to or necessary for trade upon the same terms as a native citizen
Page 410 - peace as long as hunger and want are found among millions of working people, and the few who make up the employing class have all the good things of life.
Page 715 - In your letter be sure to give : /. Your Full Name. 2. Your Occupation. 3. The Exact Date of your Birth. No agent will be sent to visit you: the Postal Life dispenses with agents and gives its policyholders the benefit of their commissions.
Page 658 - The whole judicial power of each state, at least for civil causes, should be vested in one great court, of which all tribunals should be branches, departments, or divisions. The business as well as the administration of
Page 670 - waters outside of the Zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of the said canal.
Page 670 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of any other lands
Page 226 - The illiteracy among native-born children of native parentage is more than three times as great as among native children of foreign parentage, largely on account of the lack of opportunities for education in rural America, in which comparatively few immigrants live. Few know that
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Page 544 - in the expectation of having them maintain themselves unaided after once being started. In other instances it may start movements with the expectation of carrying them on itself. The trustees at one of their earliest meetings decided not to attempt to relieve individual or family need, partly because the trustees did not wish