Word: carly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first section (five cars) of the Capitol Limited on the B. & O. made up long ahead of time, lay in the shadiest part of the sweltering railway yards in Washington. Great tubs of ice were carried into each compartment to keep it cool. The tubs were later removed and the train pulled into the station. There Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge, Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg (Minnesotans), Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, with aids and concomitants including 15 Secret Service men, 12 newspaper men and several photographers boarded the train.* It was hot when they started, but about...
...evening was cool, and in the morning the train was in Chicago. Engines were changed in the railroad yards, and the train sped on over the Chicago & Northwestern tracks to St. Paul. The route led through Wisconsin and Senator Lenroot, foe of LaFollette, sat in the observation car with the President, where his constituents might see them. It was a hot, sticky day. Towards evening, the train pulled into St. Paul. In all the 30 hours, the President made not a single rear-platform speech. But he ate three steaks...
...enterprise establishes stations where anyone with a driver's license can obtain a car to drive himself. Charges for this service are based on miles run. On ordinary days, the rates are 12? a mile for Ford touring cars, 17? for Ford closed cars, 20? for Hertz touring cars and 22? for the Hertz closed six-cylinder car. On Saturday afternoons, Sundays and holidays, an extra per-hour charge is added...
...obtain a car, a licensed operator needs only ten minutes, a few references and a deposit of $10 for Fords and $15 for Hertz cars. The Company bears all the upkeep and operation costs, even including gasoline; if the driver buys gas in the course of his travels, he is credited with its cost by the Company...
...that vicinity in bare feet and they are apt to get one of these things in their feet. A Flint is said to cause a nasty bruise on the insten. Be sure that you put all the parts back in again when you dismember your peculiar brand. The car won't run so well without them and it spoils the chastity of the greensward...