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...first, a gem of pure wit in Kelland's best Satevepost style, Mr. Deeds is a country boy from Vermont whose uncle's death leaves him a fortune of twenty millions, complete with town house and a regiment of vassals from a major-domo to a pair of plug-ugly bodyguards. With a bank account that "will do in a pinch," he locks the guards in a closet and sets out on a series of binges in New York that put the metropolis in a tremble...
...students noticed Senator Sumner, made conspicuous in his perch by a shining plug hat which he had forgotten to remove. With rhythmic regularity, feet began to pound. Sumner bowed deeply. The stomping increased in direct proportion. He bowed again. Half a dozen lumps of bread whistled by his head. One of his escorts hurried up to him and asked him to remove the hat. He did so, and all was peace again. Shortly afterward, the Maintenance Department posted a sign on the stairs leading to the balcony. It is visible to this day. "Gentlemen will please remove their hats...
...below sea level. Thus the question, important to all of Florida south of the canal, arises: What is to prevent the canal from acting as a drainage ditch to carry off water to a depth of 70 ft. below the present water table? Army engineers confidently say they will plug up the leaks, prevent the drainage, not lower the water except in wells close to the canal. Florida's state geologist declared that he could not see why the effects would be limited to areas close to the canal. In places the fresh water had in late years already...
...General Motors' Richard H. Grant and approved by the industry's trade body. Dealers were rewarded for each jallopy junked. Difficulty was to prove that a car really had been junked. The rules provided that radiators be crushed, carburetors smashed, engine block cracked, transmission ruined, grease plug driven into the rear housing, etc. Nevertheless, chiseling was rampant, since a wreck was worth only $3 as junk while a reasonably complete car brought $12. Moreover, junk dealers often managed to salvage something which could be sold in competition with new factory parts...
...first catalog in 1898 listed a $450 "package carrier fitted with special gear, capacity 700 Ib. including driver." For the next few years Autocar was a popular passenger make, sporting a propeller shaft at a time when most cars were chain-driven. It pioneered the porcelain spark plug in the U. S., and its thread has since become standard for all spark plugs. In 1911 Autocar started to specialize on trucks, now makes models from 2%½ ton to 15½ ton capacity. An Autocar feature was long the under-the-seat motor, now being adopted by other truck makers...