Word: harbors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...resorts. The Atlantic Coast Line goes to Florida. Its private cars journeyed 96,507 free miles on other lines while it had to haul without charge the private cars of other companies a total of 456,683 miles over its own tracks. The Maine Central runs to Bar Harbor. While its private cars moved 2,028 miles over other lines, it gave private cars of other lines free rides for 41,521 miles...
...Hoover Law Enforcement Commission had studiously avoided specific mention of Prohibition as a crime problem. How did Gov. Roosevelt get such a message? Was it meant for public use? Gov. Roosevelt explained that he had written to Mr. Wickersham, asked for some ideas. Responding in longhand from Bar Harbor, Me., Mr. Wickersham had explained: "I have no stenographer with me but I feel that your letter calls for the most helpful reply I can give and I hope that what I have written may suggest something of value in preparation of your address." Gov. Roosevelt said he felt no restriction...
Bonwit Teller. A Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, smartmart is Bonwit Teller & Co., founded 35 years ago by Paul J. Bonwit. Little Bonwit Tellers have been established at Miami Beach, Palm Beach, Southampton, Bar Harbor. Last week Bonwit Teller made partners of the public, offered 60,000 shares of preferred at $52. For fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 1929, Bonwit Teller showed net earnings of $563,066.66. The new financial structure will be operated by the old management...
...York Harbor, opposite where the Hudson and East Rivers meet, lies diminutive Governor's Island, known to military men as Fort Jay. Ceded to the U. S. in 1800, it was once a prime factor in Manhattan's defense. Iron cannon balls fired from it could repulse enemy ships riding up the harbor under full sail. Time brought changes in defense methods, supplied mines, air corps, long-range coast artillery out at Sandy Hook, left Fort Jay a quaint military relic with restful officers' homes, trim lawns, untrafficked roads, under the towered shadow of lower Manhattan...
Married. Hamilton Hadley, 33, son of President-Emeritus Arthur Twining Hadley of Yale University; to Miss Emily Hammond Morris, New York socialite; at Bar Harbor...