Word: foundering
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...your last issue you quote an alleged slogan: "A La Follette was never beaten in Wisconsin." This is a "Progressive" myth. Robert La Follette I, founder of the dynasty, was beaten in 1890 in his candidacy for a fourth term in the national House of Representatives from the 3rd Wisconsin district by A. R. Bushnell, Dem. In 1896 and again in 1898 he was a candidate for the nomination for Governor of Wisconsin on the Republican ticket-he was a Republican then and not a "Progressive"-and was beaten each time by Edward Scofield. When the State of Wisconsin recovers...
...first inauguration. That Allan Pinkerton formed for Lincoln the first national secret service. Since then, three Pinkertons have headed the agency, made it largest in the world. Possible next president: Robert Allan Pinkerton (just out of Harvard), son of the late president, great-grandson of the founder...
Died. Milton Alexander McRae, 72, newspaper man and philanthropist, with the late Edward Wyllis Scripps founder of the oldtime Scripps-McRae (since 1921 Scripps-Howard) news combine from which he retired in 1907, ex-president of Harper Hospital of Detroit, vice-president of Scripps Memorial Hospital and Scripps Metabolic Clinic in La Jolla, Calif., one-time president of the Boy Scouts of America; after an abdominal operation, at Scripps Memorial Hospital...
Well known in financial circles is Joseph A. Sisto, founder & head of the firm which bears his name. He was born in Newark, spoke only Italian for ten years. In 1914 he entered the bond department of Hallgarten & Co., in 1920 was made a partner. Two years later, at the age of 32, he formed his own firm...
This relationship has been largely due to the personal interest of the late Major Henry Lee Higginson in both institutions. Major Higginson was the founder of the orchestra, and for long a fellow of Harvard College; throughout his life he worked to bring them together as much as possible. The plans for the Sanders Theatre series of concerts were drawn up by him, in organizing the orchestra, as an essential part of its program. They have contributed both enjoyment and educational benefit to fifty years of Harvard faculty and students...