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Premier Benito Mussolini went for a motor ride. Premier Mussolini, caught a cold. The cold proved to be influenza. The Premier went to bed. The Senate adjourned in consequence. Bulletins were issued: "The Premier has influenza." "The Premier's condition is improving." Finally: "The Premier is well and will be permitted to quit his bed in a few days." The Senate and Chamber of Deputies decided to reconvene...
...Henry Ford's favorite pastimes is buying from and selling to himself. For some time Manufacturer Ford has been paying Railroad Operator Ford for motor material shipments over the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton R. R. At length, it seemed advisable to double-track this line from Flat Rock to Durban. Mich. To do this, about $1,181,000 was needed, and the master of the D. T. & I. accordingly desired to issue 5% bonds of the line for this amount...
...rowing history of the University, was not in evidence yesterday. A cold wind and rough water kept all boats from the river and necessitated the use of the rowing tank for the first time this week. Practice in the tank was somewhat hampered by the lack of the airplane motor circulator which is temporarily out of repair...
...been caught taking an illicit horseback ride. He has a mechanical hobbyhorse in his dressing room-a horse with a tin body, on which is cinched an ordinary saddle. By pressing successive buttons, the horse can be made to trot, to canter, to gallop at various speeds-an electrical motor supplying the motion (which is entirely vertical). Three times a day, for ten minutes, he rides...
Great industries often spring from small, practical extensions of existing industries. Is there the seed of such a growth in our shipping industry in the fact that the Ford Motor Company is to enter the Transatlantic shipping business...