Word: burlap
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...reports said that Floyd Collins had been stolen from his coffin, traced by bloodhounds, and discovered in a burlap sack about 400 yards from the cave. Editors pondered because Floyd Collins, martyr, was a creation of the Press. The Press must be true to its own. What...
...grim joke of those who start after the Holy Grail or the secret of the stars and end up in a maze of very stark, human, and rather pitiful desire. The men and women who take this pilgrimage are of all kinds, all equally well drawn. Mr. Burlap, the editor of a weekly paper who "believe in Life" and makes his paper do so too, is perhaps the most faithfully depicted...
...five by eight feet. We were very fortunate in striking an unusually thick layer of bones, as our slab averaged about 16 inches in thickness. Every care had to be taken to prevent so large a piece from breaking. The slab was thoroughly shellacked, and the edge covered with burlap and plaster. We made a box for it of two-by-six lumber, bolted together. Our greatest difficulty came in turning the slab over, but this was accomplished without cracking it. When the slab was ready for shipment it weighed over 7000 pounds, and it took six men from...
...commodity exchange is started without opposition. Importers fear professional gamblers, with no interest in the industry, seeking only new fields for speculation. Such fears have postponed, perhaps indefinitely, plans for a jute and burlap exchange. But an exchange to deal in metals futures is scheduled to open about Nov. 1. And last week, at Albany, papers of incorporation were filed for the National Cotton Exchange, to compete with the 57-year-old New York Cotton Exchange...
...rooms, in London, are in a large house, full of dark carpeted passages, like tunnels under the ground. One of these passages leads to the big gallery which, one day last week, was inhabited by a curious and excited crowd. The walls of the gallery were covered with brown burlap and old paintings. In front was an oak pulpit and the auctioneer...