Word: wagoneer
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...wind-driven wagon with wind vanes mounted in the wheels...
...railroad car containing the German delegation stood from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11, 1918, was inscribed simply: The German Plenipotentiary. From there Hitler and his aides walked straight to Car 2419D. For two minutes they stood outside, chatting in the sunlight that sent a lengthening shadow of the old wagon-restaurant slanting across the grass. Then Adolf Hitler stepped nimbly aboard...
...although these States had selected more than one Republican delegation, faced seating contests at the convention. Many a Republican State boss still sat mum on the sidelines, planned to use his quota of votes to make an effective deal at the convention, or toss them on to the band wagon as it rolled...
...Louis Blaustein was a genius in oil. His tank wagon business grew into American Oil Co. (Amoco). By 1922 its stations on the Atlantic seaboard were important competitors of Standard of New Jersey stations. The Blausteins worried about their source of supply, because Amoco was strictly a marketing company, depended chiefly on competing Standard of New Jersey for its gasoline and oil. Smart merchandisers, the Blausteins saw a way out, in 1923 sold half the stock of Amoco to Pan American (then controlled by Edward L. Doheny), congratulated themselves that finally they had an integrated setup. For Pan American, with...
...year of the Big Blizzard, German Immigrant Louis Blaustein landed in New York with 50? in his pocket, lent it to a needy cousin, headed for Baltimore. From a one-horse wagon he peddled cans of kerosene, soon got a job with John D. Rockefeller's up-&-coming Standard Oil Co. When he quit to go into business himself in 1910, he was rich enough to buy a one-horse tank wagon, and sell gasoline from the rear end while his son Jacob drove...