Can the services of any man be worth $25 000 a year
Charles Mellen argues no man is worth more than $25,000 a year to a corporation. The piece surveys high earners and supports the view that true value lies in exceptional ability, not fixed salaries, citing Goethals, Morgan, Edison, Rockefeller and others while noting boardroom concerns over paying top executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 8. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
John D. Rockefeller
Woodrow Wilson
George W. Goethals
Darwin P. Kingsley
Theodore P. Shants
Elbert T. Gary
Charles M. Schwab
William Rockefeller
Thomas A. Edison
Andrew Carnegie
Howard Elliott
John D. Rockeferr
Standard Oil Company
Wizard of Organization
John Pierpont Morgan
Europe
U. S
United States
Panama Canal
Mr. Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Mellen
Ellicott
Elliott
J. Pierpont Morgan
New Haven
Northern Pacific
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central
Colonel Goethals
McCurdy
Mutual Life Insurance Company
England
France
Germany
Bank of England
Imperial German Bank
United States Steel Corporation
New York Life Insurance Company
Depew
James R. Farrell
Theodore P. Shonts
New York City
Morgan
Steel Corporation
Builidn
Rt 'T. Gary
Roman laws grant office to fathers of large families
Augustus and the Lex Papia Poppaea set a three child standard for public office eligibility. four in Italy, five in the provinces. The policy, named Jus trium liberorum, never functioned well. Separately, Amoy’s opium ban spurred more cigars wines and counterfeit picture shows replacing opium dens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus
Rome
Italy
Amoy
China
Cure Verified for Dandruff by Cuticura in 4 Weeks
Miss Lucy May from Bissell Alabama reports a severe dandruff case with itching and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as directed for several days the scalp improved and hair loss stopped, with dandruff disappearing in under four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bissell
Ala
Lucy May
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Major Fewell of El Paso Visits San Antonio for Mud Baths
Major W. J. Fewell a famed El Paso pioneer and Confederate veteran visits San Antonio staying at the Gunter hotel. He jokes of taking mud baths and recalls early West Texas days and a famed Kingston Civil War sprint. Friends recount tales from El Paso and a 1888 Ranger five day pursuit on the Leona river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Fewel
West Texas
San Antonio
el Paso
Gunter Hotel
el] Paso
Pago del Norte
Major Fewell
Major Fewel
Hely
West
Texas
North Carolina
Missouri
Bob Blink
Bob
Hart
Lightbody
Falvin
Rio Grande River
Dean
J. R. Hughes
Leona River
Uvalde
Jones
Sabinal
Colored Women's Hair Catalogue Promises Low Prices
The Humania Hair Company announces its 1914 catalogue listing colored hair styles. They claim largest importers and manufacturers, offer money back guarantees, and stress durability and wholesale pricing. Agents are sought and a two cent stamp invites a free book from Dept. 60 in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humania Hair Company
Duane St
New York
Advertising in church work by Whitestone pastor
The Rev. Frank H. Ebright of Whitestone Whitestone M B Church advocates church advertising. His ad lists missing items and subjects as a satire on spiritual life, noting Lost and Stolen items like lambs and silver coins. He urges readers to Get the habit. An unrelated note mentions life expectancy rising from 21 in the sixteenth century to 40 in the nineteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank H. Ebright
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Whitestone, L. I
Whitestone Herald
Husk Lane
Whitestone M. B
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Charles S. Mellen
The
Emmet Bank
Commerce Street
E. J. McCormick
J. Conroy
J. Frank Gallagher
Ass’t Cashier
Music Crockett
Percy Tyrrell
Kodaks
Eastman Films
Nelox
Eastman Kodaks
He Kodek Place
Potchernick-Birdwong Co
Houston St
Bexar
Alfred Sanner
Prop
San Antonio, Texas
Maverick-Clarke Litho. Co
Soledad Street
Frank Brothers
Alamo
Alamo Plaza
FOX Studio
Alamo City
Kingston
Monterey
Cal
Grandpa
Jim Burke
Fewel
Galveston
Ross
Rio Grande
Judge McGoffin
Gulf of Mexico
Thomas Bell
Lehn & Fink
Herman A. Nester
Drug Store
San Pedro Avenue
San Anwnio
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