Let me pass over the trip to Sante Fe with something of the same speed which made Mrs. Roebuck `` wonduh if the wahtahm speed limit '' ( 35 m.p.h. ) `` is still in ee-faket ''.

It is named after Julius Rosenwald, Chicago ( 1862-1932 ), President of Sears and Roebuck.

Roebuck is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Roebuck is home to the Walnut Grove Plantation, a preserved 18th-century farmhouse and tourist attraction.

Roebuck Bay is of international importance for the millions of migratory waders or shorebirds that use it seasonally on migration through the East Asian – Australasian Flyway from their breeding grounds in northern Asia.

Dampier then followed the coast northeast, reaching the Dampier Archipelago and then Lagrange Bay, just south of what is now called Roebuck Bay all the while recording and collecting specimens, including many shells.

According to the Rayleigh Civic Society, " Roa " is a Saxon word for Roebuck and " Lea " a pasture probably for goats.

Bedout (), or more specifically the Bedout High, is a geological and geophysical feature centered about 250 km off the northwestern coast of Australia in the Canning and overlying Roebuck basins.

On the east side of Birmingham, US 11 is known locally as 1st Avenue North and as Roebuck Parkway.

However, Phantascope is also the name given to two different, later, projection-based moving picture devices by John Arthur Roebuck Rudge.

It is the first time that a project of this type is presented publicly since the proposal that John A. Roebuck had made in the same direction to John George Lambton while he was a governor of the Canadas in 1838.

He was lapped by the leaders after just seven laps of the race, and after fourteen he retired from the race with cramp in his left arm-but this drew paddock wide criticism as Estoril is a clockwise circuit, which requires more work from the right arm, and English F1 journalist Nigel Roebuck made scathing comments about Délétraz's performance in the race.

Roebuck Road defines the southernmost end of Clonskeagh ; this area is sometimes known as Roebuck and occasionally considered to be part of Windy Arbour.

The area is principally defined by the Clonskeagh Road and its extension into Roebuck Road, which spans its length.

There is a mid-20th century Catholic church on Bird Avenue, and the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland and primary school is on Roebuck Road.

I tore the baffle off my electric organ, cranked up the tiny Sears and Roebuck mail order amp, and sang that raggedy book from cover to cover, memorizing beat street lyrics, adopting the wail of a moaning man of constant sorrow, a tambourine man, a weather man, only a pawn, only a hobo, but one more is gone, leaving nobody to sing his sad song, and on and on.

1746: A Sulphuric acid factory is set up at Steelhouse Lane to use the lead chamber process invented by its co-founder John Roebuck, Roebuck and local businessman Samuel Garbett later relocate to Prestonpans in Scotland, taking with them several skilled men from the Birmingham factory, it is here in 1762 where Roebuck takes out a patent for making malleable iron.

Chain stores previously located downtown — Woolworth's, W. T. Grant, S. S. Kresge, JC Penney and Sears Roebuck — shut their doors or moved to malls on the outskirts of Lewiston or Auburn.

There were 17 pubs in the town although the Spite ( properly known as the Roebuck ), the Chevin and the Royalty are on the outskirts, with the Spite located in North Yorkshire.

Roebuck was located in Clarence Bay Ascension Island 2001 by a team from the Western Australian Museum.

The Roebuck Tavern located on Roebuck Street was a favourite assembly point and was also owned by Henry Hawley.

Roebuck lived at Kinneil House in Bo ' ness, during which time Watt worked at perfecting his steam engine, in a cottage adjacent to the house.

This was later developed at Roebuck Springs under the leadership of club women.

On the eastern shore are the waters of Roebuck Bay extending from the main jetty at Port Drive to Sandy Point, west of Thangoo station.

John Arthur Roebuck ( 28 December 1802 – 30 November 1879 ), British politician, was born at Madras, in India.

Arnold was also bullied by other children at school — where he was known as " Bonehead " and his best " friend ", Porky Roebuck, once spearheaded a plan to eat him during a Space Scouts survival course.

* Roebuck Castle, home of the School of Law at University College Dublin, Ireland

The publication of these diaries as New Voyage Round the World in 1697 was a popular sensation creating interest at the British Admiralty and in 1699 Dampier was given the command of the Roebuck with a commission from the Admiralty ( and by inference King William III who had reigned jointly with Queen Mary II before her death in 1694 ).

In danger of sinking he attempted to make the return voyage to England but Roebuck foundered at Ascension Island on 21 February 1701.

Roebuck in Treyarch's video game Call of Duty: World at War and Lars Alexandersson in Street Fighter X Tekken.

By 1906, the Sears, Roebuck and Co opened their mail order and headquarters operation in a building in Chicago, at the time, the largest building in the world.

* July 26-William Dampier's expedition to New Holland ( Australia ) in HMS Roebuck reaches Dirk Hartog Island at the mouth of what he calls Shark Bay in Western Australia and begins producing the first known detailed record of Australian flora and fauna.

His father worked for a large bakery in Little Rock, Colonial Bakery, and then went to work for the Little Rock Fire Department ( rising to the rank of captain ), while his mother at first worked for Sears Roebuck & Company, and then in the controller's office at the state capitol.

Every structure from the World's Columbian Exposition was long ago destroyed by fire, demolished or moved elsewhere, except for the old Palace of Fine Arts, now the Museum of Science and Industry, The Palace of Fine Arts, the only fireproof building at the fair, fell into disrepair and was rehabilitated with a $ 5 million grant in 1930 from Julius Rosenwald ( President of Sears, Roebuck and Co .).

Tenleytown was transformed on October 2, 1941 when Sears Roebuck opened its department store on Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street.

As an adult he was a concert violinist in Chicago before he gave up music to become a vice president at Sears Roebuck & Co. after marrying into the family that controlled the company.

As with other chains at the time, such as Sears, Roebuck and Co., Montgomery Ward and J. C. Penney, Western Auto's firearms were sold under a proprietary brand.

In 1988, Sears Roebuck purchased Western Auto from Wesray Capital, which resulted in greater tire selections, and in Craftsman tools and DieHard batteries being sold at Western Auto stores.

Historically, the Irk has also been known as Iwrck or the Irke, names thought to have been derived from the Roebuck, suggesting that the Irk was at one time a swift-running river.

Working with Sears Roebuck stores by providing them with the receivers, those present at the stores were able to see Bill Hay, ( the announcer for Amos ' n ' Andy ), present a variety show from the Daily News building, on August 27, 1930.

Educated at the independent school Brighton College, he became trainee manager at the Roebuck Hotel in East Sussex, England, when he was just fifteen years old.

Roebuck left the growing company a few years later, and Sears went on with a new business partner, clothier Julius Rosenwald, who became president of the business in 1908 upon Sears ' retirement at age 44.