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Word: mulecarts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...carts as Depression Chariots. It was too late. Signs on the carts proclaimed: HOOVER GOT MY MULE, THE SPIRIT OF HOOVER. One drawn by two oxen announced: WE'LL GET THERE REGARDLESS OF HOOVER AND THIS AIN'T NO BULL. Goldsboro businessmen offered prizes to winners of chariot races, mulecart races, goatcart races; races of carts with pneumatic tires, carts with straw-stuffed tires, carts with no tires at all. A milling company that offered three pounds of grits to each entrant gave away more than 1,000 lb. A cinema theatre issued 300 passes to Horse Feathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 10, 1932 | 10/10/1932 | See Source »

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