Rise From Clerk to Head of Major Telephone Firm
Walter H. Gifford rose from a paymaster’s clerk to president of The American Telephone and Telegraph Company in twenty years. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he started at Western Electric in Chicago, then moved to New York, earning trust and advancing with keen insight into the business. He served two years with the government during World War I before returning to AT&T.
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Walter
Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Harvard University
Western Electric Company
Chcago
Western Electric
New York
Harry. B. Thayer
Telephone Organization
Charles BR. Cooper
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Mr. Gifford
Salem
Mass
Neighborhood Decoration Services Report
Mr Gregory notes many neighbors attended Decoration services at New Alttioch Cowans Creek and other sites. Mrs Williams family moved back to Uncle Survetus Gregory place. Mrs Kate Mitchell visited Mrs Alice Brewer on Monday. Mrs Messenger hosted numerous guests at her Decoration event.
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New Alttioch
Cowans Creek
Williams
Survetus Gregory
Kate Mitchell
Alice Brewer
Messenger
Christian Endeavor Leaders Named at Friends Church
Mrs Eliza Moore led last Sunday night service at Friends Church Christian Endeavor with the topic Christian Traits Worth Striving For. Arthur Cade was appointed as the next leader.
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Eliza, Moore
Arthur Cade
Shorts and Middlings on Planting and Weeds
The piece argues corn is grown mainly to suppress weeds and urges planting pole beans, winter squash, and a second crop of lettuce now. It notes frost damage to corn in the ground allows cutworms to work, reducing yields.
Hogs Shipments Rise and Prices Climb Says Ohio State Experts
Economists at Ohio State University report hog shipments to market since January 1 are up 17.5 percent from last year and prices remain about 60 percent higher than a year ago. The text also mentions Sudan grass as a strong nonregenerative summer catch crop and notes farm practices in Illinois.
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Ohio State University
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Timothy Hay
Elma D. Stoltz
New Vienna Grain & Produce Co
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Noble's Drug Store
Sweet Potatoe
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J. & R. Bootery
Wilmington, Ohio
Ati
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Kelvinator
Frank L. Gallup
Wilmington
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Phillips Bros
Fred A. Eaton
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P. T. Oats
Thornhill & Neffner
Stanley E. Harris
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