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...begun in 1887 with the founding of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The railroaders had collected the money, begged or bought the land, built and consolidated the lines. The Commission was established to prevent the railroaders: 1) from charging the public exorbitant rates, to the detriment of the public pocket; 2) from cutting each others' business throats, to the detriment of commerce; 3) from mishandling their finances, to the detriment of public transportation and of general business security...
Indubitably the friendship which grew up between the two men had much to do with the rapid rise of Robert Clarkson. In 1921 he was made a vice-president, in 1925 a director, vice-chairman of the executive committee, an assistant to the president. With these pebbles in his pocket, it surprised few astute financial observers to learn, last week, that he had picked up one more...
...Circus. A little ridiculous tramp, very hungry and without funds, was standing beside a pickpocket. The pickpocket grabbed from a rich man a watch, a wallet, saw that he had been observed, dropped the wallet & watch into the little tramp's pocket, slunk off. Pursued by the pickpocket the little tramp at last became aware of the fat purse that he was carrying. Pleased, he walked over to a hot-dog stand and bought himself a sausage; then he looked at his new watch. The proper owner of watch and wallet, approaching the little tramp, grabbed for his property...
...Punch's Pocket Book's" and "Kate Greenaway's Almanacs and Calendars" make up the New Year's exhibition in the Widener Treasure Room this week...
Ugly Margarete married next the Margrave Ludwig. He at least had sufficient hardihood to perform the technical consummation of his marriage. Three children resulted; of these, two died; remained a fat silly prince who carried a dormouse in his pocket, heir to the Margrave's wide possessions. The duchess?who called her castle with the name her peasants had given her?"Maultasch" (Sack-mouth)?found a man as ugly as herself to whom she could entrust her affairs. Konrad of Frauenberg was an albino who found his enjoyment of life in eating, drinking, taking a bath, sleeping and three...