Read The Rise of David Levinsky Online
Authors: Abraham Cahan
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The Rise of David Levinsky (71 page)
520:22—23
overwhelmingly wide circulation now:
Cahan’s
Jewish Daily
Forward had a weekday circulation when he took complete control of the paper in 1903 of 6000. By 1910 the circulation was 100,000; by 1924, its high point, it reached about a quarter of a million.
overwhelmingly wide circulation now:
Cahan’s
Jewish Daily
Forward had a weekday circulation when he took complete control of the paper in 1903 of 6000. By 1910 the circulation was 100,000; by 1924, its high point, it reached about a quarter of a million.
524:7
king of the great mail-order business:
Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), president of Sears, Roebuck & Co. from 1910 to 1925. He may be better known for the foundation he established for the support of Negro education.
king of the great mail-order business:
Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), president of Sears, Roebuck & Co. from 1910 to 1925. He may be better known for the foundation he established for the support of Negro education.
529:27
Many of our immigrants have distinguished themselves:
The foremost songwriter is Irving Berlin (1888-1989), whose first great hit was “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” in 1911. The Russian Jew who was the builder of the Woolworth Building (the tallest building in the world at the time of its construction in 1913) was Louis J. Horowitz. The psychologist he refers to is Samuel J. Meltzer of the Rockefeller Institute.
Many of our immigrants have distinguished themselves:
The foremost songwriter is Irving Berlin (1888-1989), whose first great hit was “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” in 1911. The Russian Jew who was the builder of the Woolworth Building (the tallest building in the world at the time of its construction in 1913) was Louis J. Horowitz. The psychologist he refers to is Samuel J. Meltzer of the Rockefeller Institute.
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A pupil of a gymnasium or high school.
b
A well-known department store in those days.
c
Coin, money.
d
Marriage broker, match-maker.
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Day of Atonement; figuratively, a day of anguish and tears.
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