Shorting Hernando Hard-Boiled Tale of Cortez and Savings
A tall tale frames Hernie Cortez as a reckless figure who sails to Vera Cruz and burns ships to show power. It ends with a prudential message urging saving money through Treasury Savings Stamps and Certificates as a safe emergency fund.
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Veranda Cortez
Monteczuma
Henri Cortez
Hernie
Cortez
Vera Cruz
Montezuma
Jon
Dad
Spain
Treasury Department
Poetic Boss Tries Gracious Gag With Waitresses
A wealthy poetry loving businessman in a New York lunchroom playfully renames waitresses after Tennyson heroines, from Guinevere to Elaine, prompting chat and comedic backtalk. The tale appears alongside notes on the Olympic liner’s oil-tank costs and capacity, including return voyage savings.
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Alr
Alice
Tennyson
Sadie
Guinevere
Waaitress
King Arthur
Elaina
Elaine
Elaine the Fair
Claine the Beautiful
Elaine the Ily
Asto- Jat
New York Sun
Olympic
New York
Wall Street Journal
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Hochschild,kohn & Co
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Baltimore
Harriet Knight
Hochschild, Kohn, & Co
Misa Knight
Harriet Knight Shops
Hochschild Kohn & CO
Baltimore, MD
Sam Ito Mes
Femail IL
Standard Otl Company
New Jersey
Ford
Den-Mar
Ei Een
ALL Saues Mobile CO
Sens Chp
al” Durham Tobacco
Hmurne Meco D
Lewe
F.S. Royster Guano CO
Dept. C
Walter Sparks
The
Life Man
Mullins
Wilmington
Journal
Auditor’s Order
Nisi
Calvert C. Merriken
Wilbert P. Butler
Hilda B. Butler
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
Lawrence B. Towers
Johns Hopkins University
School of Engineering
College of Arts and Sciences
Civil Engineering
Homewood
Maryland
Baltimore City
Cecil, Harford
Howard and
Queen Anne
Act of Assembly
Anne Arundel
Calvert
Kent
Montgomery
Prince George’s
Somerset
Washington
Loyola College
St. John’s College
Washington College
Western Maryland College
University of Maryland
Maryland Agricultural College
Mount St. Mary’s College
Rock Hill College
Johns Hopkins University Dept
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Eastern Shore Gas & Electric Co
Denton, Maryland
Henderson and
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Ik. T. Robinson
Marydel
Denton Ice and Fuel Co
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