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Outside Congress, "Nick" Longworth was the gay, garrulous bon vivant whom Washington officialdom knew and loved best. About him in his Massachusetts Avenue home his friends constantly gathered informally. A thorough musician (he had a standing order for new compositions from the Library of Congress), he would play on the violin, the organ or the piano. Then he would sing old college ballads, sentimental ditties or long songs for men only. His favorite stories were Elizabethan. He maintained active membership in the Royal & Joyous Fellowship of Elbow-benders. He doted on doggerel. Example...
American Bank Note 3,380 2,243 American Commercial Alcohol 1,395 56 American & Foreign Power* 22,310 26,002 American-Hawaiian Steamship 1,187 285 American Locomotive 6,851 3,778 American Thermos Bottle 323 201 Baldwin Locomotive Works 2,300 3,036 Bon Ami 1,455 1,356 Century Ribbon Mills 27D 172D Chrysler Corp 21,902 234 Consolidated Cigar 3,314 2,372 Cream of Wheat 1,882 1,868 Drug 17,013 21,123 Gabriel 618D 98D General Bronze 1,128 969D General Printing Ink 1,378 850 Hayes Body 245D 852D Houston...
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...angry Frenchman made formal demand upon the Pontifical Secretary of State, Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, for complete retraction of Osservatore's story. "Mondieul", shrugged the Embassy press spokesman. "Is it likely that our Protestant President would say such things? Est-ce possible? Maisnon! Meme a un cardinal, notre bon Gastounet ne dirait pas de pareilles extravagances...
Both agencies were incorporated in 1911. Mr. Erickson had been running his own agency since 1902. Four of his earliest accounts, Barrett Co., Valspar, Bon Ami and James McCutcheon & Co. are still with him. Mr. McCann had been with Standard Oil, and the Standard Oil Companies of New Jersey, Ohio, California, Indiana, Nebraska and Pennsylvania, together with Stance, Inc. are still among his biggest clients, along with California Packing Corp., Devoe & Raynolds (in part), Canadian National Railways, Zonite, Borden (in part), Beech-Nut, Encyclopedia Britannica and many another...