Word: trunkful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some time conferences between the leading trunk-line railroads into New York have been going on. They have been held alternately in the headquarters of the Pnnsylvania and the New York Central, and besides the representatives of those roads, officials of the B. & O. and the Van Sweringens, heads of the new "Nickel Plate" merger, have attended. The inclusion of the latter, incidentally, proves that they have "arrived" in the railroad sense...
...Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is the oldest trunk-line road in the U. S. Last year was the B. & O.'s 97th birthday, and the most successful year in its long history in several respects. No previous year's gross operating revenue was ever as high as the 1923 figure of $255,594,435; in 1922 it was $200,843,169. No previous year's net revenue has reached or surpassed 1923's record of $22,422,035, which compares with $4,375,373 in 1922, and amounts to $13.21 a share on the common stock...
...abdominal operation which has been done for removal of the appendix, an inflammation of the gall bladder or for some other reason. The specific cause of the pain is the fact that, in short-waisted people, or people having unusually long ribs, stooping over habitually squeezes a nerve trunk between the rib and hip bone. The chief sign of the disease is an extreme pain when pressure is applied under the rib. At operation the swollen nerve ending and the tip of the rib may be removed, and in a correctly diagnosed and properly treated case, the cure...
...Neolithic boat, 11x3 feet, hollowed out of an oak trunk, was found in marshes near Sittingbourne, Kent, England (on the route of the Canterbury pilgrims). It is at least 5000 years...
...line was started by C. P. Huntington, builder of the Southern Pacific. Today the system includes a trunk line of 597 miles, with 58 miles of sidings in Guatemala and Salvador. It is planned to construct about 100 miles of new roads from Zacapa to Santa Ava, Guatemala, and to extend the lines to connect with properties of American corporations. With the 100-mile gap completed, the road will furnish a direct route from the east coast across Central America to Touseca Bay on the Pacific shore, where the U. S. Government already has concessions for the establishment...