Wilson: The Equitable Life Assurance Society and Harold Van Winkle Essay

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talk about gatsby and his fancy parties Amy

Every Monday morning the name heard around town, Jay Gatsby. He is unquestionably one of the most wealthy men in the area that lives in a grandiose mansion on West Egg. All of his fancy parties forced him into the spotlight, he is certainly wealthy, however no one is too sure what he has done to get it. Most people said that he went to Oxford College, which can be supported by his love for literature, an older man who has attended Gatsby’s parties has said that his library is lined with real books. A young girl that always goes to his parties told me that people are saying that he killed a man before. However her sister corrected her and said that it’s more that he was a German spy during the war.” Fantastic stories such as these are the buzz around town. Despite the rumors, everyone can agree that Gatsby’s parties are worth the mystery. Neighbors around his house have confirmed that every Friday Gatsby has five crates of lemons and oranges delivered to him from a fruiterer in New York. He has a machine that makes juice out of the fruit he receives.Whatever his past may be, everyone agree that his parties are the largest and the most interesting one, and Jay Gatsby is the new up and comer of this year.
Wilson's Automobile Repairing Garage
827 W. Second St. The Valley of Ashe
Not Known Whether Dea-d Man Jumped or Fell From New Equitable Building
Amy
Harold Van Winkle, a twenty-one year old actor that showed at the Broadhurst Theatre had survived for four hours after either falling or jumping from the seventeenth floor of the Equitable Life Assurance Society’s new building at the corner of Thirty-second Street and Harvard Avenue yesterda y. The drop carried him from the south side of Thirty-second Street to the entrance of the Hotel Pennsylvania on the opposite side, where he barged through the ceiling of a taxicab just after it had gone off a fare. Van Winkle’s fall came when the streets were filled with noonday crowds. Even though he sustained a fractured skull, two broken legs and as well as