Word: despatche
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...year-old invention of one F. E. Gray of Philadelphia. Four years ago Mr. Gray devised a new place to drop nickels- the Sodamat. From the original Soda-mat all a patron got for his nickel was an ice-cream soda or other-soft drink, mixed with mechanical generosity, despatch and cleanliness; automatically spouted into the glass after the plunk of the coin. On the second Sodamat model, there were electric lights. The next carbonated its own soda-water. The models installed last week on Broadway had lights, carbonation, electric refrigeration, neat push buttons. Concoctions: orange, grape, lime, ginger...
...remarkable beauty mellowed rather than waned; and she was of the elect among U. S. hostesses in Europe possessing superb homes in Nice, Deauville. Three sons survive: Ralph and Herbert Pulitzer, respectively editor and an executive of the World and Publisher Joseph Pulitzer of the St. Louis Post-Despatch. Also has living 2 daughters, Edith, wife of Wm. Scoville Moore; Constance, wife of Wm. Gray Elmslie...
Chancellor Seipel, barricaded with his Cabinet in the Parliament building, could at first do no more than secretly despatch couriers to loyal outlying garrisons where troops might be found to take the place of the obstinately passive garrison at Vienna...
...team, even though it is captained by that mighty slugger, Rogers Hornsby, was in fourth place, losing games with exasperating regularity. After suffering four straight defeats at the hands of the Chicago Cubs, the Giants lost two out of four games to the St. Louis Cardinals. Meanwhile, a newspaper despatch quoted Mr. McGraw as saying: "I am getting tired of traveling and I expect to step out as manager. Hornsby is the man to carry on. The members of the club all swear by Hornsby." Mr. McGraw quickly branded this despatch as false, said: "They always start that report when...
...official self soon reminded Author Hoover to leave beatitudes and state his case, which he did with much clarity and despatch. The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, he said, knows there are ten million U. S. fishermen. Its New Jersey reports suggest that each fisherman catches only 4.5 fish per annum. Mr. Hoover proposed an idea...