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...late in 1905 Elbert Henry Gary, board chairman of U. S. Steel Corp., set a well-manicured finger firmly down on a map of northern Indiana. Said he to his directors: "This will be our metropolis. We'll build near the railroad junction of Chicago where acres of land can be had for almost the asking, midway between the ore regions of the North and the coal lands of the South and East." The Steel directors nodded consent...
Samuel Wilson came to Troy from New Hampshire. Brickmaker, distiller, farmer, merchant, meat packer, he waxed rich. Everybody called him Uncle Sam Wilson. When the War of 1812 began one Elbert Anderson got a contract to provision U. S. troops. Anderson arranged with Wilson to secure and pack pork and beef for the army. On the casks and barrels Wilson had written E. A.U. S., meaning from Contractor Anderson to the United States. Visitors saw the containers thus labelled on a wharf for shipment to Newburgh and Greenbush, asked the watchman what the initials stood for. He declared...
...late great Judge Elbert Henry Gary filled his position as chairman of United States Steel Corp. until Death came to him at the age of 81. To the last he discoursed heatedly on iron and steel, men and souls...
...ELBERT H. CARVER Scottsville...
...dealer organization in the West will be at his command, and the de Vaux will probably be sold in this territory at first.* although last week Mr. de Vaux also announced he has leased building space in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Hall of de Vaux-Hall is Col. Elbert J. Hall, automobile and airplane engineer. Motors for the de Vaux will be supplied by Continental.* Advertising during 1931 is expected to total $1,000,000. New cars by big manufacturers are common. New cars by independents are increasingly rare. Last week motormakers praised Mr. de Vaux's enterprise, pointed...