Word: pullmans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. James B. Newsome, 76,* oldest Pullman porter; in Chicago. He had traveled over 6,000,000 miles in Pullman cars, since 1870, without ever having been complained against. His motto was, "Never argue with a fool, humor him." Buffalo Bill once gave...
...Ordinarily Pullman porters are retired at 70, but special dispensation was made by the Pullman Co. in Mr. Newsome's case because travelers so petitioned...
...passengers were robbed, with the exception of such women as happened to be traveling in the Pullman car of the train. No shots were fired in the Pullman, " but all the male Pullman passengers were stripped of their last cent...
...Hoosac Tunnel-the first of its kind -was commenced. By 1852 the Pennsylvania Railroad opened a through route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and by 1853 all rail connection between Chicago and eastern states was established. In 1857 the first refrigerator car was attempted and in 1859 the first Pullman sleeping car introduced...
Henry Ford sat beside his wife in the fine front-parlor of his home in Dearborn, Mich., and heard Mellie Dunham, champion fiddler of Maine, play "Money Musk." Fiddler Dunham had been imported in a special Pullman all the way to Michigan to contribute to Mr. Ford's appetite for country tunes and "racy" U. S. music. Fiddler Dunham is an old man; his fingers are gnarled from making snowshoes; his white mustache is so long that he tucks it under his fiddle before he plays. He struck up "Turkey in the Straw." Mr. Ford snapped his fingers, knocked...