Word: railings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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General Gamelin was reported to have made a sortie from Damascus and been heavily engaged with Druse tribes to the South. Then the encircling native warriors cut off all communication with Damascus by rail, telephone or telegraph...
...recently in the Kifane sector is now declared to be a model for future French tactics in African warfare, and Pétain is credited by observers with having employed unwieldly modern military equipment to the best possible advantage on a front where all modern methods of transportation by rail or water are nonexistent...
...news of the outside world. Missing a copy is a source of keen disappointment, and this prompts me to write and ask if you cannot send the copies of my subscription in stronger wrappers. A journey of 14,000 or more miles, with frequent changes from steamer to rail to native porterage, demands a much stronger wrapper than that you have been using. I have missed several copies and had others arrive in wrappers practically torn off. I should appreciate attention to this, and if there is a charge for service, I shall remit if you will advise...
Meantime, wondering what fates were befalling their husbands, the great hunter's daughters-in-law, Mrs. Theodore Jr. and Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, distributed their eight children among three grandmothers, and set sail for Europe, whence by ship, rail and motor and with a special guide they will follow their husbands' trail into Kashmir. There, a happy rendezvous; then perhaps a joint hunt for museum specimens of the long-haired tiger...
...Mack Rail Car" has an all-steel Pullman body, weighs about 30 tons and is over 54 feet long...