Word: chutes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...little boy jumped with a para- chute made from a tablecloth, felt the parachute give way above him, felt the world come up beneath him, rolled over uninjured. He had landed on a pile of hay. The boy was James De Witt Hill. About 35 years later he jumped from Old Orchard, Me., in an airplane made of wood and wires and steel; felt the airplane give way around him; felt the world coming up beneath him; splashed down into the ocean, disappeared...
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...Western State Bank of Cicero, Ill., announced last week the installation of a safety chute, wherein gamblers, thugs, bootleggers, honest merchants may drop deposits at any hour of the day or night...
...good, and few bucks got beyond the line of scrimmage. The lineup was as follows: McKinlock, Lewis and Borden, ends, Oetinger and Ross, tackles, Crawford and Brewer, guards Bell, center, Howland, quarterback, Hart and Parsons, halfbacks, and Faxon, fullback. Standish--Johnston and Read, ends, Davis and Warner, tackles. Chute and Hodge, guards, Donham, center, Lomasney, quarterback, Hazell and Ware, halfbacks, and Lauris, fullback...
...Smith Halls Dormitory Committee was named yesterday by the proctors of the several halls, as follows: James Smith: Bernard Barnes, J. M. Davis, J. R. Graham, W. E. Hutton 2nd; Persis Smith; O. S. Chute D. M. Gierasch, R. K. Leonard, H. T. Wenner; George Smith; B. D. Hanighen, James Roosevelt, J. C. Weir, R. D. Williams...