Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reporter who cannot recite the story of the gangling, weak-eyed boy of 17 who, though no "poor immigrant," shrewdly slipped overboard from his ship in Boston Harbor and swam ashore to collect for himself the bounty on his Civil War enlistment; of the taller, young ex-soldier who rode brakerods from New York to St. Louis, in whose friendly German atmosphere he made his way as a journalist; of how he married Kate Davis, daughter of a distant cousin of the late, great Jefferson Davis; of how he began building the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, but left town after...
Suddenly into Inokovka rode three officials of the Soviet circuit court: Tovarisha (Comrades) Simokin, Karpov, Diubin. Humbly the peasants begged not to be punished for falling short of their sparrow quota. Good fellows, the circuit court officials joined with enthusiasm in the sparrow hunt. Fearing, however, that the district Soviet authorities at Yelan might be harder-hearted, the peasants, shrewd, sent a very pretty girl, Comrade Emelianova, to intercede with the district boss, Comrade Vorobiev...
Captain Hobson is an almost forgotten hero. When he was young and in the U. S. Navy, the U. S. went to war with Spain. Just before Roosevelt rode up San Juan Hill in Cuba, Captain Hobson rode boats around the island. The Spanish fleet cowered in Santiago Harbor. Captain Hobson took command of the coal-carrier Merrimac and sank her at the harbor's entrance in a vain attempt to bottle up the Spanish fleet. Spanish sailors caught Captain Hobson. They courteously offered him a swig of liquor. He refused it, took a gulp of coffee. The Spaniards kept...
...Krynica. On the express trains that run from Warsaw three times a week, Polish sport fans rode out to Krynica, their winter sports resort, and put up at the big grey Hotel Lwigrod where you can get a room, meals and a real bath for $4.50 per day. The hotel was crowded because in Krynica last week was being played the international amateur hockey tournament. The tournament is decided by the total number of goals scored by a team in all its games after the preliminary eliminations, and U. S. supporters were worried at first that their entry?the Boston...
...Syosset, L. I., Robert Ruvinstein, 14, put on motor goggles and cap, stole an automobile. He had difficulty starting it, asked passersby for a push. He rode until tired, then slept. Apprehended, he explained that he had an aunt two years younger than himself who got all the attention in the family, that he wanted some excitement...