Word: railroad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...daily press, which, in politics, has two ends. The People are familiar with one end, the Nominees with both ends. The People find their end lying on millions of white stoops, on thousands of newsstands. The Nominees find their end waiting around in hotel lobbies, anterooms of suites, railroad stations, private car platforms. Their end is "The Boys," as Presidents Roosevelt and Harding used to call their entourage of newsgatherers...
...that bondholders emerged after four years without loss. This extraordinary achievement took him to International Paper in 1924 as president. One of his first acts was to buy the Riordon Co., merge it with International Paper. His directorships, besides New England Power, include the Corn Exchange Bank, Missouri Pacific Railroad, American Surety Co., Manville Jenckes...
...city as "Joe" Nutt (National Treasurer). And etc. etc. etc. For Republicans, this has always been so. Years ago, that great Pittsburgh steelman, B. F. Jones, became chairman of the Republican National Committee, and it never entered his head to resign anything. So, today, the head of the Pennsylvania Railroad and dozens of equally potent tycoons are Hooverizing in official party posts...
Kansas. Clyde Martin Reed, Republican, publisher, railroad rate expert, and Chauncey B. Little, Democrat, lawyer, were nominated for Governor...
...months old. He had a trombone with him which he played at frequent intervals. He seemed eager to tell everyone about the old days when he was a young man and when Chicago was a young city. Said Richard Evans: "I knew Chicago before it had a railroad, a paved street, a trolley car, or a telephone...