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DirectBuy was founded as United Consumers Club in 1971 in Merrillville, Indiana, by James L. Gagan. [2] [3] [4] It grew substantially over the years, as it franchised; at its height, the buying club had over a million members, with a peak of 167 showroom locations across North America. [5] [6] The first Canadian franchise was founded in 1996 ...
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The Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse. Completed in 1934 during the Great Depression, the courthouse symbolized growth and renewed optimism in Fort Worth.Akin to other buildings of the 1930s, its design and construction fit the pattern of the New Deal-era federal building programs enacted to relieve widespread unemployment.
Best Products – filed for bankruptcy for the second time in September 1996 [33] [34] and closed all of its stores by the following February [35] [36] Brendle's – became bankrupt and liquidated in 1996 [37] [38] Consumers Distributing – sought bankruptcy protection in 1996; Ellman's – acquired by Service Merchandise in 1985 [39] [40]
The 2024 edition of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo takes center stage Jan. 13 with the All-Western Parade — kicking off three weeks of events paying tribute to the cowboy way of life ...
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The cost was $408,840 and citizens considered it such a public extravagance that a new County Commissioners' Court was elected in 1894. A monument dedicated to Confederate Army soldiers was erected on the grounds by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1953. [2] In 1958, a Civil Courts Building was constructed on the west side of the ...
Most court functions moved to the newly built federal building on West Seventh Avenue ca. 1979. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has occupied the building's courtrooms since that time. James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse: Anchorage: 222 West Seventh Avenue D. Alaska: ca. 1979 present Named after James Martin Fitzgerald. U.S. Post Office and ...