Word: carly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Plimmon Henry Dudley, 80, railroad engineer, inventor of safety devices; in Manhattan. For 33 years he, his wife, all of his inventions, were lodged in a special car which moved about the New York Central lines. He invented the track-indicator, the dynamometer. He designed the first 5-inch steel rail...
Contrary to regulations, General Feng was accompanied by three armed soldiers who stood on the footboards of his car. Also contrary to regulations the General's car was being driven at a high speed. Again contrary to regulations, the headlights on the General's car were turned full...
...Chinese police of the legation quarter, who are under the control of the Diplomatic Corps at Peking, stopped the car. General Feng's soldiers "drew their revolvers and used threatening language"; then, "General Feng himself alighted and joined his soldiers in knocking down one of the police and beating...
Division No. 3 of the Boston Elevated Company, whose headquarters are located near the Square, reported that 25 of its plows were kept busy clearing the tracks of the district, a figure unprecedented for the winter. It was stated that car movement proceeded about as usual, interruptions being largely due to the automobile traffic. Students with 9 o'clocks, however, had to thread their way through a line of cars extending from the Square as far as Quincy street...
Borrowing a friend's automobile, he bucks traffic at Philadelphia's busiest corner. Result: one broken arm for a traffic officer, one damaged trolley car, one bent automobile, one gash on the brow for the showoff, one fine of $1,000 for his relatives to pay. "That's the law for you!" he comments. Reverses of fortune and a good lecture from a sister-in-law render him unabashed. At the end the author makes the show-off partly instrumental in bringing a fortune to the family...