GDMSL-11. Put the oak leaf sign on your bumper, boat, bike, poolside. Quite a few people who count will recognize it and smile benignly.
Membership DirectorNancy C. MacKinnon The Nature Conservancy 1800 North Kent StreetArlington, Virginia 22209 Dear Investor, The devil we’d like you to join in a realty deal with us is the she-devil in “Anna Christie,” Eugene O’Neill’s great old play. Poor Anna’s father, seadog Christopher Christopherson, knew who had dashed their hopes: “Dat ole davil, sea, sooner, later, she swallow dem up.” (Act II.) Now, Here’s how you join us and dat ole davil in a fantastic real estate deal: a string of 18 barrier islands protects the east shore of Virginia’s Delmarva Peninsula, the finger of land that forms an outer edge of Chesapeake Bay. Lovely beaches, millions of birds, […]
GDMSL-09. No doctor will have to examine you when you apply
This is an ordinary pair of shoes. They could belong to anybody --- BUT… ...SUPPOSE THEY WERE YOURS? ...Empty shoes --- you no longer here. Who would pay the bills that always arises when someone departs this world? Would those you leave behind have the money to do it? Or would they have to scrimp and save --- and do without things they need --- for months, perhaps even years, after you have gone, just to get these bills paid off? Dear Friend of Old American: I know that you have indicated in the past that you are interested in insurance. But now I want to ask you a pointed […]
GDMSL-08. “Americans won’t buy it,” said the experts. “Why pay $4,068 for a German car with a noisy engine when for $891.37 more they can get a Cadillac?”
July 12, 1965 Dear Sir: “Forget it, Heints,” the experts told me. “it just won’t sell here.” They were talking about the Mercedes-Benz 190 Diesel --- a car that is owned and driven daily by over 500,000 people overseas. “Americans won’t buy it,” said the experts. “Why pay $4,068 for a German car with a noisy engine when for $891.37 more they can get a Cadillac?” I had reason to believe the experts were wrong. Some Americans have paid $4,068 for this German car with the “noisy engine.” As a matter of fact, is it wasn’t for the “noisy engine” many of these Americans wouldn’t have found out about the […]
GDMSL-07. You’ll be giving them a head start in life.
Happy faces going places.Going where? Dear Reader: Share the enclosed happy face buttons with a favorite young friend or two … compliments of HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN. But please send the one marked YES to us. Place it on the enclosed special Christmas gift form; fill in the names and addresses of your favorite youngsters --- and you’ll be giving them far more than a charming, enduring year-round present. You’ll be giving them a head start in life. You’ll help them develop reading habits and attitudes toward learning that will benefit them as long as they live --- and aid their steps toward intellectual maturity while providing fun along the way. […]
GDMSL-06. Back in 1925, Barron’s published an article suggesting how $100,000 might be well invested in securities for a widow with two small children.
BARRON’S National Business and Financial Weekly – 22 Cortlandt Street – New York. New York 10007 Dear Friend of Barron’s: Back in 1925, Barron’s published an article suggesting how $100,000 might be well invested in securities for a widow with two small children. The plan was based on a set of ten rules for investors, stated in the article. The securities (stocks and bonds), all picked in accordance with the first seven of the ten rules, are today worth $379,002. The stocks are worth $330,364 --- many times over their original value of $51,000. Average annual income, for the entire forty-nine years, has exceeded $11,200. Latest reported income was $21,556. […]
GDMSL-05. During the depression, in 1935, Kiplinger warned of inflation and told what to do about it. Those who headed his advice were ready when prices began to rise.
THE KIPLINGER WASHINGTON EDITORS, INC. 1729 H STREET. NORTHWEST. WASHINGTON. D.C. 20006 TELEPHONE: 298-6400 Will There Be BOOM and More INFLATION Ahead? The next few years will see business climb to the highest level this country has ever known. And with it… inflation. Not a boom, but steady growth accompanied by rising prices. Those who prepare NOW for the growth and inflation that lies ahead will reap big dividends for their foresight… and avoid the blunders others will make. You’ll get the information you need for this type of planning in the Kiplinger Washington letter… and the enclosed form will bring you the next 26 issues of this helpful service […]