Word: francisco
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Joseph M. Gwinn of San Francisco found time to tell Boston Rotarians: "The universal effort in education is to change that which is lower into that which is higher and that which is less useful into that which is more useful. . . . Rotary has helped to break down the barriers that separate business and professional men and those between countries...
American Telephone & Telegraph Co. ("Longest station to station call within the U. S. now costs $10; San Francisco, Calif. to Eastport, Me.")-$166,000,000. Previous year...
...Francisco...
...Indian attack gave it to him. Quickly he assembled U. S. settlers, made Suiter's fort his base, marched the length of California, put an end to Mexican domination, was made provisional governor and com-mander-in-chief of California. He paused only long enough to name San Francisco harbor the Golden Gate. Meanwhile, the U. S. had declared war on Mexico and a General Kearney arrived in California to take charge. Kearney and Frémont quarreled so violently that a lieutenant named William Tecumseh Sherman wondered: "Who the devil is the governor of California...
...first woman air mail passenger from New York to San Francisco was Miss Candis Hall, daughter of Myron S. Hall of New York City, who made the journey in 41 hours. She liked...