Word: deathly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Beggars mounted in the act of running their horse to death...
Searching for eligible invitees, the War Department found only 10,687 living Rebs and Yanks, about two Northerners to one Southerner. As actuaries figure, several of the 1,420 Union and 530 Confederate gaffers who accepted the invitations would inevitably be claimed by Death on the Pennsylvania fields where 51,112 of their comrades were casualties on the days of July 1 through 3, 75 years ago. But none had died by last weekend. James Hamaker, 95, of Aledo, Tex., fell out of a Pullman berth, was hospitalized with a broken left shoulder. On each of the three anniversary days...
...years the Olympian, of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, made the run from Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma without losing a passenger. Then, fortnight ago, it plunged through a flood-weakened trestle over raging Custer Creek in Montana, carrying 47 persons to death. Last week the jinx again perched on the westbound Olympian's cowcatcher. Steaming over the same high Montana plain, the train passed the scene of the Custer Creek tragedy, pulled up at Miles City for orders, then raced on for Harlowton. At the way station Ingobar, 110 miles by train west of Custer...
...falling body at the sixth floor, followed it to the ground. The telecast was not on the air but NBC engineers were watching the cabled tests in an RCA Building control room. While the camera was turning, the engineers were concerned with other parts of their reception apparatus. Death for the first time flashed across a television screen. But no one saw the passing picture...
...compared with some 35,000,000,000 each sold by Camels, Luckies, Chesterfields. But it was more than half the 5,300,000,000 of Old Gold. Presumably Lorillard Co. executives, who in 1926 had spent $15,000,000 to launch Old Gold, breathed easier with Mac's death. Much of the tobacco industry laid Philip Morris' tremendous success primarily to the personalities of Rube and Mac. That Philip Morris had other assets was presently demonstrated. New President Chalkley and First Vice President Lyon increased Philip Morris sales and profits by a full...