Word: rode
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exporter. One Jack J. Zahler, rich candy manufacturer, vice president x)f the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City, invited them to accompany him to the convivial week-end resort of Cuernavaca, a three-hour motor ride from Mexico City. With them, in Mr. Zahler's motor, rode Mrs. Zahler, young, petite, personable, wearing what she afterwards declared to be $8,000 worth of jewels...
...General Jesus Lopez des-patched two soldiers in civilian dress to parley with the bandits and assure them that so large a ransom could not be raised for another 24 hours. The soldiers rode out, one carrying over his arm a brakeman's lantern. Though they proceeded to the spot designated for payment of the ransom they saw no bandits...
Vexed, General Jesus Lopez rode out himself with a detachment of soldiers. They espied the bandits, ordered them to halt, fired upon them...
Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State: "Last week in Philadelphia as I rode in the tonneau of an automobile with Mayor Kendrick of Philadelphia, one Edward Davis, 67, darted into the traffic. We struck him, knocked him down, injured slightly his forehead. Chauffeur Eugene Stevenson was arrested, but the Mayor and I were not molested...
Last week I had a big field day. In Chicago they had a wonderful parade, just on account of me. I left the Hotel Bismarck, climbed in a truck. In front of me was at boisterous brass band which kept playing "How Dry I Am." Beside me rode my daddy, like Pompey returning to Rome in triumph. In case you do not know him, my daddy is a nice old man-rather chubby and rather bald-has name is George E. Brennan [Democratic nominee for Senator from Illinois (TIME...