Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first it was the Queen's Plate, for, in 1859, Her Majesty Queen Victoria granted "50 golden guineas ... to be run for at Toronto or such other place in Upper Canada as Her Majesty may appoint." Because the tradition founded then is unbroken, Summer came to Canada last week after the running of the King's Plate before the largest race-crowd to assemble at Woodbine Park, Toronto, since...
...George M. Pullman was in Chicago, a successful contractor. He persuaded Chicago & Alton officials to give him two coaches to remodel with sleeping berths. His novelties were upper berths that folded up by day, clean linen, one washroom for men and one for women. So successful were these sleepers that he immediately built a "Pullman" car designed especially for sleep-traveling...
...Clara Bow) is moderately diverting nonsense about a hoyden from Tenth Avenue who wants to be a lady. She makes a hit in a cabaret, appears in society under the patronage of a handsome gentleman friend, distresses her amiable prizefighting boy friend. But the drinking, lovemaking, gambling of the upper crust disgust her tender soul so much- that she returns just in time to cheer her prizefighter on to championship. A luridly punning sub-titier adds to the fun. Thus the Czechoslovakian princess is said to have "married twice but her Czechs were no good...
...upper end of this tube was split into two branches?one supplying Mr. Beebe with air, the other connecting with a delicate telephone receiver. Thus, Mr. Beebe utilized the column of air which kept him alive, to transmit the sound waves of his voice to an amanuensis at the sea's surface. The device was contrived by Dr. Mark Barr, English physicist, who accompanied the expedition...
Yesterday afternoon 10 men reported as candidates for the combination eight which will be selected Friday or Saturday. It has been decided tentatively that this crew will be composed of five upper-classmen and three Freshmen...