The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1928, Page 3

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1928 BISMARCK BOY FINDS SUCCESS - INRADIOFIELD HH. G. Erstrom Is Executive Manager of Federated Trade Companies One of the most responsible posi- tions of the radio industry is held by & man who was born and raised in k. “The man is H. G. Erstrom and his position is that of executive man- ager of the Federated Radio Trade Ciation is the national trade body of it of those engaged in the distri- Sution side of the radio industry. It composed of four component ups Panetioning through the main office in Chicago of which Mr. Er- strom has charge. Mr. Erstrom was selected for this position last October and the re- markable growth of the Federated testifies for his executive ability. Mr. Erstrom is a true North Da- kota product having been born in Bismarck and graduating from the Bismarck high school. After gradu- ation he enrolled in the College of Engineering at the University of North Dakota, and became one of the most active men on the campus. He founded the now Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, was chief engineer dur- ing his senior year and was promi- nently engaged in many university activities. After graduating he was employed by the American Bridge Co. as an engineer, leaving this position to filiate with the Jos. T. Ryerson & Son, Inc., of Chicago, and later seek- ing further responsibility he joined with the Aztec Iron Works, one of the largest structural steel shops in Chicago, as chief contract engineer. Last October Mr. Erstrom was thosen by the executive committee of the Federated to take charge of the national headquarters in Chicago, being chosen in preference to men from all over the country. Mr. Erstrom is a brother of Mrs. J. G. Schneider of Bismarck. His foster mother, Mrs. Peter Erstrom, also resides in the city. IN THE HAYSTACK ° London—England manufactures thousands of millions of needles every year. Yet, like razor blades, no one knows where to put them after they're broken or where they go after they’re old. 2 | Chicago ¥ Social Capitol of 90’s Doomed ‘ ; BISMARCK TRIBUNE A hotel is to replace the austere mansion in Chicago where the late Mrs. Potter Palmer reigned for years as the city’s social dictator. On Lake Shore drive apartments already have elbowed it into comparative Chicago, Aug. 3.—(—Progress; has doomed the old Palmer “Castle,” landmark of the reign of Mrs. Potter Palmer, the only social dictator ever to rule over Chicago's elite. The relic of past glories when the most exclusive of the gangling western city lived along the “gold coast” is to give way to a hotel. As austere and aloof as the chate- laine who ruled it, and the society she graced for three decades, the “castle” has been elbowed into com- parative insignificance by the to ering apartment houses around it. The Lake Shore Drive that Mrs. Palmer, in the heyday of her pow- er, knew as a shagow-mottled drive- way for rej equipages now buzzes with the proletariat hurrying to and from work. Children with the burr! of foreign lineage in their shouts crowd in from the congested west side to swim in Lake Michigan, al- most beneath the windows of the “castle” turrets. Such was not done | in the gorgeous '80’s and '90’s. Modernity has changes in the interior of the old place within whose high ceilinged rooms, heavy with velvet tapestries, effected few! insignificance. exposition the distinguished visitors of the world. Money Not Counted None, however, ever gained en- trance whose social attainments were not of the highest, and whose lineage was not as Mrs. Palmer thought it should be. Wealth and po- sition alone did not open the doors of the “castle.” Mrs. Palmer, the undisputed lead- er of Chicago’s society, also was a power in social circles of the world. She maintained homes in London and | Paris, and the affairs there were no less exclusive than those in Chi- cago. An audience with her was obtained only after a message passed through 27 hands, butlers, maids, social secre- taries and democracy’s equivalent of ladies in waiting. Her closest friends made appointments in writing. Mrs. Palmer rose to si dicta- torship during the- world’s fair of 1893 when she served as president of the board of lady managers of the exposition. She died in 1918, e most elaborate of the Palmer social functions were on New Year's there gathered during the Columbian Eve. An invitation was carte blanche jto any of Chicago’s social events of the ensuing year. The Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward, father of the almer’s; and McKi the “castle went there. The Infanta was at the Palmer home when she is said to have remarked, after partaking too freely of wine, that she would not be jentertained by the daughter of an linnkeeper. was a hotel proprietor. Courts Welcomed Her Mrs. Palmer was welcome at any European court. When Czar Nich- olas, the last of the Russian em- iperors, was crowned, Mrs. Palmer chartered a special boat and train |to reach St. Petersburg for the cor- onation. Many of the Russian no- bles returned with her to America to be guests at a House party. Potter Palmer, a merchant, hus- ‘band of the social queen, died in 1902, leaving an $8,000,000 fortune. residents Grant, Garfield ley were entertained at death. Potter, Jr., and Honore, sons, inherited the ‘fort Honore sold pagan | Pata ese al king, was a_ guest of the) ” and the Infanta of Spain | Mrs. Palmer's father His widow doubled it before her his interest in the “castle” to Potter, who passed it along to Vincent Ben- dix, head of a manufacturing com- pany, for $3,000,000. Bendix in- tends to build a hotel. The Palmer family will continue to occupy the old home until after Bertha, young daughter of Potter, makes her debut there. The place remains as Mrs. Palmer wanted it, heavy with tapestries, jined with suits of armor and dotted with busts cf ancient and noble Ro- mans. Friends besought her to change it, but to no avail. Ambitious leaders have sought to establish as firm a dictatorship over Chicago society as Mrs. Palmer maintained but none was successful. When her hands dropped the sceptor her subjects scattered ‘and the one domain became several. MACHINE SALES BiG LAST YEAR Machinery sales in North Dakota federal reserve bank, received here today. The district includes Minnesota, South Dakota, and parts of Wiscon- sin and Michigan. Farmers of the district are contin- uing to increase their use of im: proved farm machinery, the report says. Agricultural implement reported to the bank irf the firs same period in 1927 and $995,000 in compared with $1,296,000 for the same period in 1927 and $995,0000 in the first half of 1923, when the bank issued its first report. The combine harvester promises to make a marked contribution to low- er costs of producing grain, bank officials say. From offical records it is shown that the cost per acre of harvesting and threshing with a combine averages $1.50 per acre while the cost of using a binder and thresher is $4.22. Graham, Bailey on Way to GOP Meeting F. J. Graham, Ellendale and Mrs. E. 0. Bailey, Bismarck, left today and Montana showed greater in-| for Chicago to attend a meeting of creases during the last year than in the balance of the ninth federal re-} serve district, according to. the mid-| Graham is national committeem: year review of agricultural and busi- ness conditions of the Minneapolis! the Republican state central commit- | Republican leaders in the Northwest to lay plans for Hoover campai for Noyth Dakota and chairman of The nation's TRISCUIT'- The health ‘VISITORS WELCOME TO ALL FACTORIES No Hot Weather Cooking SHRE = ’ | ounces full-size biscuits Saves'time, work andhealth _ | Thoroughly baked - Crisp and brown | summer food, cracker of whole wheat | tee. Mrs. Bailey is vice chairman|who has of the committee. STEVENS IS NAMED St. Paul, Minn. Aug. 3.—#)— hief engineer of the PI me ident of Burlington. 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