Wealthy tycoons learn to live, not to profit
Kerry Drake surveys a list of industrial giants led by Charles Schwab Arthur Cutten Richard Whitney Albert Fall Jesse Livermore Leon Fraser and Ivar Kreuger once praised as wealth makers. Twenty five years later many faced ruin or prison and several died by their own hand. A $17000 fire destroyed a double garage and a barn on the Melvin Peterson farm near Forest City.
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Bank of International Settlements
United States Treasury
Charles Schwab
Arthur Cutten
New York Stock Exchange
Richard Whitney
Sing Sing
Albert Fall
Wall Street
Jesse Livermore
Melvin Peterson
Forest City
Longtime Audubon carrier to retire after 34 years
D. W. Chamberlin of the Audubon letter-carrier staff marks 34 years on the job since starting in 1922 and will retire this month. In Eagle Grove, “Grandma” Neister approaches her 104th birthday, with the date set for March 17.
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D. W. Chamberlin
Audubon Letter-Carrier
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Eagle Grove
The Highway Story and the Tragic Inheritance
A winter highway tale shows a motorist passing a semi on slick snow. The resulting crash injures 12 people, destroys property, and leaves a man with two legs lost, a stark reminder of inherited consequences on the road.
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Iowa
Edgewater Beach Hotel meeting of top financiers in 1023
In 1023, Chicago hosted a gathering of leading financiers at the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Attendees included heads of a dependent steel company, the president of a major utility, the top wheat speculator, a stock exchange figure, a cabinet member, and a renowned Wall Street ear.
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Edgewater Beach
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
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