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Servus Servorum. In 1902, James Cash Penney began business with one store in Wyoming. Last year his 676 stores in 44 states (all except Vermont, Delaware, Rhode Island, Florida) did business aggregating $90,000,000-chiefly small-town gear.* Last week he announced a gift of half a million dollars to construct a building containing 100 small apartments to be occupied, rent-free, by aged Evangelical ministers. This home of God's retired servants will be located at Green Cove Springs, Fla., on the St. John's River. Mr. Penney's summer home is in Belle Isle, Miami Beach...
...tribes who inherited their territory? In what fashion did the immigrant Mayas retrieve a measure of ancient culture in a new land? When we enter their deserted cities we feel the poignantly tantalizing quality of the mystery that surrounds a magnificent ship discovered in mid-ocean with sails set, gear in order and not a soul on board...
That the chassis is lower than ever, having in one case (Stutz) even returned to the silent, worm-drive form of rear axle which permits cars to be slung 5 in. lower than the bevel-gear type, without loss of headroom...
That I for grace and gear may shine...
Because of all the strutting which, by some obscure military convention, West Point cadets are compelled to go through before every football game, a defeat for the Army seems doubly degrading. Columbia, with Pease back in gear, inflicted this humilation upon the grey-coats. Score: Columbia 21, Army...