Alex Ratner Values Codes I – E – L – P Two brothers-in-laws, Alex Ratner and Jacob Harmatz, opened Ratner’s Dairy Delicatessen in the Lower East Side of New York City in 1905. Legend has it that they flipped a coin to decide whose name would be on the sign. Los
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Read more →Lemuel Goldwater Values Codes I – E – L – P Lemuel Goldwater was born in San Francisco in 1865. His father, Joseph Goldwater, was the brother of Michael Goldwater, who, in turn, was the father of Barry Goldwater, of Senator and Presidential Candidate fame. Lemuel’s mother
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