In the article The Nickel & Dime Empire by Joseph Gustaitis Americans are made aware that the old way of life is disappearing. Gustaitis cites two important incidents that opened the eyes of Americans. The first incident was the death of film star Jimmy Stewart on July 3, 1997. The closing of Woolworth's remaining 400 stores also in July of 1997, was the second event that brought awareness of the changing times to the readers. The nickel and dime empire has been a part of American culture sine the mid 1800s. The news of one of the oldest five-and-ten chains closing was a blow to America. .
Frank Winfield Woolworth grew up poor. When he turned twenty years old Woolworth went to work for William Harvey Moore as a store clerk. In 1878 a traveling salesman told the store's management where Woolworth worked to set up a counter of goods to be sold at five cents a piece. The goods sold at a fast pace. The traveling salesman gave Woolworth the incentive to open his own five-and-ten store. .
Woolworth opened his first store on February 22, 1879 in Utica, New York. He promised himself he would never be in debt again. Woolworth's employers backed his dream by loaning him $315.41. He kept his promise and paid off his loan and opened another store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 21, 1879. Woolworth ran into supply problems so he made his five-cent store in to a five-and-ten store. In 1890 Woolworth went to Europe. He imported dolls, marbles, Christmas tree ornaments, glassware, and vases. By 1907 Woolworth stores was bringing in more than two million dollars worth of European products. During the Panic of 1893 Woolworth bought larger quantities of wholesale goods for cheaper. Consumers were finding that during such a hard time the Woolworth stores were a bargain. .
In 1896 Woolworth opened a store in Manhattan. Four years later he opened another store also in Manhattan that sold everything including candy, jewelry, toys, and perfume.
July of freshman summer, I stood before a smorgasbord of pastries. Mimi, the owner of Missouri Bakery had hired me and rescued me from a boring summer. Rather than senselessly staring at my ceiling, I spent the day on my feet sweeping up flour, sugaring cream puffs, and refilling tray after tray o...
Nickel was named from the German word Nickel this means "Old Nick," a name for the devil. ... Nickel was discovered by Constedt in 1751 in Kupfernickel. ... Nickel is a hard, corrosion resistant metal. ... Adding nickel to glass gives it a green color. A single kilogram of nickel can be drawn into 300 kilometers of wire. ...
In this paper, I will focus on the metal center of nickel-iron hydrogenase.1,2, 3 The crystal structure of the nickel-iron hydrogenases isolated from Desulfovibrio gigas was determined by Volbeda and his colleagues in 1995.4,5 The structure shows that nickel-iron hydrogenase is a heterodimeric protein which contains a large subunit and a small subunit. ... The large subunit consists of a bimetallic center― nickel-iron cluster. ... Above all, every nickel-iron hydrogenase molecular consists of 12 irons, 12 sulfides, and 1 nickel. ... Crystal structure of nickel-iron center isolate...
The Empire State Building is a famous landmark in New York City. ... Panels of limestone and an alloy of chrome, nickel, and steel cover the skyscraper's riveted steel framework. ... Its exterior materials include Indiana limestone and granite, trimmed with aluminum and chrome-nickel steel from the 6th floor to the top. ... All of those can be see from the Empire State building. . ... Chrome-nickel steels the color and texture of silver was used for the mullions that would run from the sixth to the eight-fifth stories. ...
The clerk gave me 2 quarters 1 nickel and 4 pennies. ... Instead of giving you 7 cents back.. 2 pennies and nickel, they should give you a nickel back because all you were going to do was throw them in the street for some toddler to find. They need to round everything to the nearest nickel.. why were at it, lets do it to the nearest dime. ...
When she notices a nickel fall out of his pocket, she soon changes her attitude and tries to hurry the boy away. After she picks up the nickel, she feels guilty. When the boy returns to her, he tells her "I"d give you a dime if I had any money with me." ... She reprimands herself for keeping the nickel and says, "God watching me the whole time. ... When the nurse gives her the nickel, she finally has an excuse to be in town. ...
The hunter reached into his pocket for something and without noticing a nickel fell out of the pocket. When the hunter was not looking Phoenix reached down and picked up the nickel and put in into her apron pocket. ... He was surprised she was not scared and said that if he had a dime he would give it to her. Him saying that made Phoenix feel better about the nickel she put into her pocket that the hunter dropped. ... Phoenix said that was a nickel then fished the other nickel out of her 3 apron pocket . ...
Nemerov explains the detail of an American five-cent coin, the nickel. ... The nickel is a proud owner of liberty and equality. There is no doubt the maker of the nickel intended it to be a portrait of America's progress or history. ... Preserved on the other side of the nickel is a culture that began the American way of life, the American Indian. ... The word LIBERTY hangs above and fits the contour of the nickel, as if mocking the Indian with its literal meaning. ...
Nickel and Dimed was written in a very momentous time for the nation's poor people. ... For example "The wages Winn-Dixie is offering-$6 and a couple of dimes to start with-are not enough" (15). ... In the book Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich talked about poverty in many occasions and she went on to describe the lives that her co-workers lived. ...
