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Ex-Peddler Gives Employees 15000 in Bonuses
Bernhard Blitser of the New York 5 and Electric Appliance Company, from Austria with 19 cents, grew into a manufacturing leader. He distributed more than 15000 among 27 department heads and salesmen at a Bellecaire Hotel dinner, rewarding long ranks from errand boy to executive.
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Bernhard Blitser
New York
Broadway
Austria
Bowery
Mr. Blitser
Helleciaire
America
Eaid
Blitser
the Battery
Butzer
The
Gas Company of
A. Conti
Egan
Neas
Mr. Gottesman
Bellecaire
McAlpin
Belleclaire
J. Blitzér
Ever’ Emger
Attom
Slitzer