This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...which made Fordport gasp with amazement. Plate glass windows, carpets, handsome paintings, and minor furnishings usually found in homes of the wealthy, were considered wildly extravagant in a newspaper office. They were, for the Record. Public estimates of the Record Company's wealth steadily increased as the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...which made Fordport gasp with amazement. Plate glass windows, carpets, handsome paintings, and minor furnishings usually found in homes of the wealthy, were considered wildly extravagant in a newspaper office. They were, for the Record. Public estimates of the Record Company's wealth steadily increased as the plant grew. "There must be a pile of money behind your concern," an inquisitive advertising solicitor on the Times remarked one day, as he stood in the doorway and critically surveyed the counting-room. "All we'll need, I guess," Nowell assented carelessly. "I heard," the solicitor continued, "that the New York brewers banked $100,000 for you on the day you incorporated." "Well, you can hear almost anything," Nowell said noncommittally. "Did you deposit that New York check for $10,000 this morning, Radbourne?" "No," Radbourne answered, responsive to a wink. The visitor's mouth opened a trifle wider. "Perhaps when you are started, there may be a vacancy in the advertising department?" he said insinuatingly. "Perhaps. I'll see about it when the time comes," Nowell assented. "Wouldn't he be anxious to come if he knew just how well heeled we are?" he continued when the man had gone. "If he did know, he wouldn't walk by the door for fear the Times might suspect his loyalty. These quarters are doing their work. I heard to-day that Hearst was really at the bottom of our venture. And yesterday that a clique of wealthy business men, dissatisfied with their treatment by existing papers, were financing us. But they all have our pockets lined with gold. Their lowest estimate is $100,000 in the locker. It ought to help me sell stock. I must go to New...
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Good. 290pp; Purple cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine, staining to boards, previous owner's name & old price sticker to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Vintage novel about the newspaper business.
