Word: motorize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Army of Salvation, it must be hoped that this grand old man and grand old horse will stir an occasional tear. One need not wait until Freddie fails, to weep o'er his prostrate white form in the Sterne mannerly one may do it now. A bas the motor car. Freddie is eternal...
...Saadat Ali Khan, Indian potentate: "I have just had built for me, in London, a special hunting motor car, camouflaged in green, brown and other jungle shades, to deceive lions and tigers. There is also a dazzle light to blind them. The car, which cost about $20,000, is of 50-horsepower, with special buffers, front and rear, to protect it from charges by wild animals. I have added an ice box, for drinks...
...upon the death of Marshall Field, John Graves Shedd be came president of the concern. Three years ago he gave the presidency over to James Simpson and turned more to the things he had theretofore been too preoccupied to accomplish. He had long abandoned bicycling for motor-promenading. Golf he always liked. And then his philanthropies. He donated $100,000 towards the Chicago Y. M. C. A. hotel, $50,000 for the Smith College development fund, and $50,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago. He: gave considerable time to improving the physical appearance of the city. Lastly, to perpetuate...
Phillips Petroleum. Some directors of the Phillips Petroleum Co. might have been worried as they gathered for their meeting last week. Demand for oil is falling off with the approach of winter and the consequent lessening of motor driving. But oil production is now averaging about 2,250,000 barrels daily, due chiefly to a newly developed Oklahoma field (the Seminole). President Frank Phillips soothed their worries with his operating report. In July, August and September his earnings (before depletion and depreciation were deducted, were $10,626,579, a company record. His clear earnings for the first nine months...
...parade will start from M. I. T. tonight at approximately the same time as the Harvard march. These simultaneous parades often gave rise to riots in the past when the rival groups neared each other in the Back Bay district. But since the well-known invasion of individual rights, motor policemen have accompanied each procession. Tonight two officers will precede the Harvard columns...