Word: clay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge took leave of Wisconsin in three ways: He invited the newsgatherers and photographers to watch him shoot clay pigeons (29 out of 37); he arranged for a simple farewell speech on the steps of the high school in Superior; he fished in the law-immune trout pools of the Pierce Estate every last moment that he could, letting others pack the trunks...
...Street. But it actually has $14,000,000 of paid in capital and surplus, more money than any bank ever started with.* And it has Mr. Howell as its senior executive. Thirty years ago he was one of Carnegie's bright young men-with Charles Michael Schwab, Henry Clay Frick and others who became millionaires. Mr. Howell was head of the Carnegie Steel Co.'s credit department. Later he became a vice president of the National Bank of Commerce in Manhattan, and extended his personal financial work. Then came directorships with the Bankers' Trust Co., the Equitable...
...rainy day at Brule, the President shot a shotgun at sailing clay pigeons and had the satisfaction of seeing 24 out of 25 break in mid-air-a surprising score for one new to trapshooting.* At Lewis, occurred a feat even more surprising. As their fishing boat slipped around a bend in the stream, President Coolidge, Broker Lewis and Secret Service Man Walter Ferguson beheld a tall brown crane standing on one leg in the water, 20 yards away. Cranes eat trout. Broker Lewis pays a bounty of $2 for each crane killed on his acres...
Died. Henry Clay ("Dick") Silver, 54, reporter, broker, political writer, who stood beside President McKinley when he was assassinated; of pneumonia; in Manhattan...
...President Coolidge picked up one of his new gift shotguns, strode to his new gun butts (TIME, Aug. 6), broke seven of the first nine clay pigeons that were whirred in front...