Discovering America's Past: Customs, Legends, History & Lore of Our Great NationReader's Digest Association, 1993 - 400 ページ Featuring special sections on bizarre, delightful, and amazing aspects of our nation's unique past, these 450+ surprising but absolutely true stories examine America's history, not through its great moments, but by way of the foibles and folkways that built its character. 700 illus. and photos. |
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... cars filled with beef . Until that day Swift and other meat sup- pliers had had to ship live animals to east- ern markets since existing refrigerated cars , when effective at all , were only so in winter . Fed up with the expense and ...
... cars filled with beef . Until that day Swift and other meat sup- pliers had had to ship live animals to east- ern markets since existing refrigerated cars , when effective at all , were only so in winter . Fed up with the expense and ...
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... cars . " If the food was simple , the coffee was hot and respectability reigned - so much so , in fact , that the Women's Temperance League bought a few owl cars of its own to tempt tipplers out of bars and " on the wagon " with the ...
... cars . " If the food was simple , the coffee was hot and respectability reigned - so much so , in fact , that the Women's Temperance League bought a few owl cars of its own to tempt tipplers out of bars and " on the wagon " with the ...
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... cars shuttling as many as 12,000 riders a day over 12 miles of track . Much to the delight of all those riders , the new trolleys were clean , quiet , speedy - and so inexpensive to operate that the fare was one - half that of the horse ...
... cars shuttling as many as 12,000 riders a day over 12 miles of track . Much to the delight of all those riders , the new trolleys were clean , quiet , speedy - and so inexpensive to operate that the fare was one - half that of the horse ...
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