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...from their shoulders, sauntered into town. Citizens cheered half-heartedly from the curbstones. Back from Santiago de los Caballeros came the mud-spattered runabout coupe, and seated beside Courier Cabot was "Supreme Chief" Urena. On his head, a slouch hat, from the pocket of his flannel shirt protruded a fountain pen, from his shoulder hung a broad-bladed sword, its handle ivory-inlaid. U. S. Minister Curtis ran over from his legation. Ensued a weighty conference at the Presidential mansion...
...them that grog is not good for peaceful men. The U. S. S. Memphis, about to depart from Baltimore for a southern winter cruise, last week installed a main-brace-splicer which improved even upon Mr. Daniels' famed grape juice. She was equipped with a $7,000 soda fountain and ice cream plant. The Navy's domestic scientists estimated that, in Caribbean weather, the Memphis crew of 435 would consume 80 gals, of ice cream...
Inside equipment has been altered and refined. Flower vases are now in the Greek manner; many-hued rayon-silk covers the seats; Egyptian sculpture motives have been adapted for dashboard instruments; vivid soda-fountain marble is used for gear shift handles. With the introduction of non-dulling, non-rusting chrome-nickels, there are more cars with shiny, metallic surfaces than ever before. The hood is sometimes of different texture from the rest of the body...
...jackets. In 1923 it purchased two of the biggest U. S. pinmakers, a large manufacturer of plumbers' fixtures and a Wisconsin company making electrical appliances and fractional horsepower motors. In 1925 it took over another manufacturer of plumbing equipment. In 1926 it absorbed a large maker of soda fountain equipment. Between 1908 and 1928 its current assets increased from $3,000,000 to $21,000,000. Although the stock (listed on the New York Curb) is rarely traded in, Scovill is regarded with respect by competitors, with pious awe by Waterbury businessmen...
...buggy wheels; that Nottingham, England, wants battery chargers; Lagos, Nigeria, needs canned fish and lump sugar. Other world wants noted in the latest bulletins: kitchen sinks at Bordeaux; machines to make banana flour at Lourengo Marquez. Portuguese East Africa; fertilizer grinders at Batavia; sneakers and sporting wear at Mukden; fountain pens at Calcutta; corsets at Berlin; oilcloth at Cairo...