Two men got out of their cars after they collided at an intersection. One took a flask from his pocket and said to the other, "Here, maybe you'd like a nip to calm your nerves."
"Thanks," he said, and took a long pull from the container. "Here, you have one, too," he added, handing back the whiskey.
"Well, I'd rather not," said the first. "At least not until after the police have been here."
Lincoln Highway promotedIn 1912, to promote his idea for the Lincoln Highway, Carl Fisher met with a group of auto industry leaders for a dinner at Das Deutsche Haus, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (That community center is now named the Athenæum.). He envisioned an improved, surfaced road linking the east and west coasts of the U.S. To his dinner guests, he declared “Let’s do it before we’re too old to enjoy it!” In less than a year, on 1 Jul 1913, he had brought together the Lincoln Highway Association to organize the project. A few months later, on 14 Sep 1913, the “Proclamation of the Route of the Lincoln Highway” was published. By the end of that same year, on 13 Dec 1913, an existing road in New Jersey was the first section to be named as part of the Lincoln Highway.[References on the Web to 10 Sep 1913 as the opening date of the Lincoln Highway are obviously wrong.See Reference.] |
