Farm That Should Add to Income of Very Lawyer
A New York column by Herbert Corey sketches Wilson Gordon Haig, a young financier with lawyer-adjacent ambitions, detailing his risky whisky ventures, high escrow stakes, and family dynamics while drawing wider observations on American business honor. The piece compares big and little businesses, praising trust in telephone deals and noting Indian children studying complex multiplication.
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Herbert Corey
New York
Wilson Gordon Haig
Wilson Gordon
W. G. Haig
Wilren Gordon Vaig
Supreme Court
Beese
London
Paris
Berlin
United States
The Champion Golf Story for 1919 Recalls a Sunday Golf Tale
A narrator recounts learning golf with his wife watching and a mishap on the first hole. A slice aimed right at a road party with a baby hatched chaos as the ball punched through a hat, sparing the baby but prompting apologies and a vow not to play Sundays again. The tale ends with a note on coffee berry trees in Madagascar.
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Tom
Yooung
Tavill
Ile
William
Burglars Take Booze In Preference To Gems
Sioux Falls thieves raid cellars over three weeks stealing liquor valued around 10000 dollars. They used a truck to haul bottles including whisky and wine, sometimes leaving a half pint behind. A prominent local man’s cellar was robbed while he was away. Police have not been formally notified but rumors persist.
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Chicago
Oredr
Little Alfred
Alfred
General Grant
Sioux Falls
S. D
Raisin Whisky Finds Ready Sale In Detroit
Detroit police records show raisin whisky labeled by chemists as rank poison is produced on a quality basis. Since September 1, 252 stills have been seized, with potential output from a few bottles to 100 gallons daily. Nearly twenty deaths in the period are tied to the home made liquor, yet the market price remains five dollars per quart according to reliable quotas.
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France
G. m
Exchange
Detroit
Mich
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