Word: carriere
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Muskegon, Mich., a letter carrier delivered a small, heavy package at the Three Lakes Tavern, August Krubaech, prop. Mr. Krubaech was arranging his cigaret counter. His daughter Jeanette and her lover, William Frank (they were to be married before the week was up), giggled and smoked on the porch. The package they knew must hold a wedding present. Proprietor Krubaech unwrapped it, while Jeanette leaned over the counter to look with William Frank at her elbow. He got the string off, undid one fold of paper, another, then-a terrific explosion broke every window in the Three Lakes Tavern, wrecked...
Sued for Divorce. By Mrs. H. S. Glendenning, adopted daughter of famed capitalist Alfred I. du Pont; one Harold Sanford Glendenning, onetime Rhodes Scholar, son of a Norwalk, Conn., mail carrier; at Reno...
...Department last week made an official communique. Two weeks ago, four carrier pigeons of the Navy were released in Chicago. Each carried a message addressed to the Secretary...
...Curtiss planes used are of a new commercial type called "Carrier Pigeons." The transport company is maintaining ten of them, each costing: $20,000. Specifications: 400-horse Liberty motor, 42-ft. wingspread, 28 ft. long, 12 ft. high, 3,500 Ib. weight, average speed 100 miles per hour. The heaviest load carried on the first day was 276½lb. of mail (about 10,000 letters). The first day's total postage: $8,411.14. The post-office rates: 10? an ounce between Chicago and Dallas; 15? an ounce to points east of Chicago...
From the native chieftains Il Benito received "the traditional royal gift, presents of unminted gold." Likewise a coal-black Arab stallion was presented to him-a splendid beast, covered with a red, white and silver cloth on which was embroidered: "To the Carrier of Water to Dry Lands...