Word: ported
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hamburg-American Decision. The Hamburg-American Line last week decided to abandon Boston as a terminal for its Westphalia, Thuringia and Cleveland. Henceforth they will make New York their U. S. port...
...invalid's chair on board and an ambulance was waiting on the pier. Because she was indisposed and because she was Mrs. Lily Anheuser Busch, 85-year-old widow of the late Brewer Adolphus Busch of St. Louis, the old lady had "the courtesy of the port." Comptroller-of-the-Port Arthur F. Forran had furnished her with an "expedite" permit, so that she might escape the tedium of waiting while inspectors inspected 34 pieces of luggage belonging to her and her two daughters, Mrs. Charles Greenough of Manhattan and Mrs. Nellie B. Loeb of Chicago...
...ambulance had to wait a (few minutes for Mrs. Busch who sat among her trunks until she saw them sent, not to her hotel but to the Appraiser's Stores-confiscated for examination. Courtesy of the port notwithstanding, Mrs. Busch & daughters were held suspect by the Treasury Department. A Chicago acquaintance of Mrs. Loeb's had, it seemed, notified the Treasury Department that Mrs. Busch & daughters would try to smuggle home jewelry and clothes...
Oakland, Calif. Orlando, Fla. Phoenix, Ariz. Portland, Ore Port Newark, N. J. Redondo Beach, Calif. St. Louis, Mo. Tex. Seattle, Wash. San Francisco, Calif. Savannah, Ga. Spartanburg, S. C. San Antonio, Tex. Salt Lake City, Utah Stockton, Calif. Tampa, Fla. Tacoma, Wash. Wilmington, Del. Wilmington...
...Corn Islands are inhabited by only a few natives, and a missionary, and are heavily wooded. Special arrangements have been made with a United Fruit Company boat to disembark the University expedition on the islands, which are not a port of call, and are at a considerable distance from the regular steamer lanes...