Word: clyde
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Griffiths family, the father preaches on the streets, the mother slaves at a mission, the daughter is seduced by a flashy actor, the son hops bells in the big hotel. This son, Clyde, is our hero...
...British Isles. Gales and floods laid thousands of acres of land under water to the hedge tops. In England the Thames overflowed disastrously at Windsor and notably throughout its entire valley. A cyclone passed over Western Scotland, and the Clyde overflowed at Glasgow. Only a single telegraph line was working out of Dublin, and at London, Edinburgh and Glasgow all overhead telephone lines were down. The cross-channel packets were buffeted by 40-foot waves...
Following their victory yesterday, the Freshmen elected O. P. Jackson captain. In the Senior backfield Wells Fay '26, and Clyde Smith '26, stood out both as bell carriers and defensive backs. A large and enthusiastic crowd withnessed the two games...
Until the introduction of the oil-combustion motors, no power unit approached the steam turbine for efficiency, economy, and simplicity of operation. Lately the trend has been toward Diesel type motors for all but the largest of ships. The Denny experimental ship, plying as a ferry on the River Clyde, will be closely observed to see if steam has caught up with its rival...
...instance there is the question of granting a 5% increase in freight rates to the western railroads. At Chicago, where the Edgewater Beach Hotel rears its creamy buttresses above Lake Michigan, Clyde B. Aitchison, Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, last week opened hearings on this question. Before him came Fred W. Sargent, President of the Chicago and Northwestern, L. E. Wettling, Manager of the Statistical Bureau of the western railways, Charles Donnelly, President of the Northern Pacific, and many another. They came to present the railways' side of the case and were questioned by Mr. Aitchison, by shippers...