Word: basement
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those of many kinds of mollusks and of some im insects, as the cockroach," to swell their total by $3. Oddly enough, the Purchasing Agent was forced to buy one gallon of Cidol disinfectant and four pounds of Cidol powder to drive a flock of ants out of the basement of University Hall...
RARELY does a popular author prove so successful in handling his material as does Cecil Roberts in his latest, "Bargain Basement." It should be hastily indicated, too, that that bargain basement is an English, not an American one. Lady Elizabeth Belton goes to work when the family fortunes are reduced, masquerading as a commoner. As one expected, she loves a shop assistant. Tragedy hovers for a moment when her identity is discovered, but formulas win out, and a convenient discovery concerning the boy's parentage saves...
Died. Lady Crittall, wife of Sir Valentine George Crittall, onetime Labor M. P., of burns received while washing :heir clothes in the basement of their Essex home...
Lowell has seven squash courts conveniently located in the basement. It had a football team, a swimming team, and, of course, a rugby fifteen. Crew has been emphasized more than any sport however, and at present there are two Lowell eights on the river every afternoon. With the inimitable "thunder mug" to contend for, this could hardly be otherwise...
...Springfield, Mass., Charles Smith, 21, after purchasing five shotgun shells in a sport store, asked to see some shotguns. The clerk showed him one and then went down to the basement. Charles Smith put a shell in the gun, blew his own head off. A note in his pocket said: "Thanks a lot for the gun. I couldn't afford...