Word: blackness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...says "no flies . . . can bother the President. At 3,500 feet . . . flies . . . cease . . . mosquito weakens." Scenic enthusiasts rush for the front platform of cograil-road car up Mt. Washington (6,293 ft. above sea level is the-summit). Fortunate ones spend time brushing away cinders, black flies, mosquitoes. The writer killed a very bloody mosquito 5,500 feet above sea level. Black flies penetrate far above timber line. Scientists may disagree, but I had "bites" to prove my case. Keep the red cover. It will aid newsstand sales. Red-white-blue cover would be unsatisfactory, I believe...
...escape the heat of a Washington summer, the President went to the Black Hills. Last week, however, to the Black Hills came a hot spell; showed temperatures higher even than in the East. While Washington thermometers read 88° and New York's 84°, those in Rapid City danced about 96°. Even the trout stopped biting, and, though the President made no complaint of the heat, he discarded his coat and sat shirt-sleeved on the State Lodge porch. From the heat waves rose rumors, unconfirmed, that the President might shorten his western visit, leave...
...powders, "Dr." Pearce also does business in charms. There is the Allah Charm, which will aid the wearer in contracting a wealthy marriage and is priced at only $3.49. There is the King Solomon's Wisdom Stone, "very valuable and charged with invisible life." There is the Black Cat's Wishbone, excellent for making dice behave and prompting the selection of winning horses. And there is the Lucky Turrarie, a general charm to keep evil spirits away from the homes it blesses...
Both Messrs. Alexander and Pearce, however, agreed on one charm-the Black Cat's Wishbone (which was priced at $1,000 in a circular distributed by Mr. Alexander). About this potent charm the almost equally famed Goofer Dust songs have been written...
...swear to God my man's got a black cat's bone...