Word: trailers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hotel, by Secretary Sanders, who, however, did not disclose whether the fish was pike or pickerel. Experts estimated, writers visualized; and the news of a Presidential catch, 14 inches long, approximating three pounds, was clicked over the telegraph. The fish had been caught on the hook of a trailer from Native Otis' boat, much to the surprise of the President. At the press conference it was supposed that the President would lift the cloud concerning the species and dimensions of his fish. He did not. Five days later, the President caught singlehanded a six pound bass on a troll...
...Booster" is an auxiliary steam engine which, place under the cab, drives the trailer wheels and gives the locomotive a boost. It is especially useful in starting heavy trains and in climbing grades at low speed when the boiler is generating more steam than the main cylinders...