Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...White House callers of the week include: contestants in the International Oratorical Contest and a delegation of railroad ticket agents, to be introduced; onetime (1911-23) U. S. Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio to report the progress of himself and colleagues on the U. S. prosecution of oil litigation (see p. 11) and to ask for $100,000 to meet expenses; Roy T. Davis, U. S. Minister to Costa Rica, to pay respects...
Commonwealth Avenue to Brighton Avenue to Harvard Avenue, Bear right on Harvard Avenue to Cambridge Street. Bear right on Cambridge Street across railroad bridge to North Harvard Street. Straight through North Harvard Street to Western Avenue. Turn right on Western Avenue one quarter mile to H. A. A. parking space...
...regime definitely to throw in his lot with the Nationalist cause, prepared to advance on Peking from the south-west with three primary objectives: capture of Tenchow on the Chihli-Shantung border; advance on Tsinan, capital of Shantung, by way of Tsining, to the south; capture of the Suchowfu railroad junction to the south of the Shan-tung-Kiangsu border. All these moves were designed to prevent the Shantung and Kiangsu generals from aiding their ally, Chang...
...French soldiery scoured the Riviera for spawn of Communism cast out by Italy (who must, said Frenchmen, have been the dastards that bombed Legion trains last fortnight), Retiring Commander Howard Paul Savage and some 200 American Legionaries specially picked for their ability to commerce in goodwill, entered the cavernous railroad station at Genoa...
...comprehensive time-table, more explicit than any railroad bulletin, has been prepared, which all revellers from Radcliffe must rigidly observe. A nice distinction and sense of proportion determines the hours set by this table. All students must check in at home at midnight when returning from a dance. An 11.45 o'clock deadline has been set for the theatre-goers, while those who seek the Boston Arena on frosty winter nights must punch the clock at 11 o'clock sharp. The skating rink in Cambridge is honored by a 10.30 o'clock margin, but all promenaders along the Charles River...