Word: clover
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Maids, Cats, Mice, Bees, Clover...
...Rochester, Minn., Dr. George Marsh Higgins, Mayo Foundation biologist, revealed a relation between the amount of red clover and the number of spinsters in a given district: "Old maids keep cats. Cats prey on mice. Mice eat bumble bees' nests. Bumble bees pollinate red clover blossoms. The more pollination the better the crop...
Designer Merrill has been working on the principle of the movable wing since 1913, as had many another before him. He built a weird craft embodying the idea in 1926 and flew it at Clover Field, Los Angeles. Again in the National Air Races of 1928 he demonstrated another, built by his students of California Institute of Technology. It performed well but was impractical, was dubbed "the dill pickle" for its color and general conformation. Thereafter he obtained the financial backing of Hannibal C. Ford, president of Ford Instrument Co. Inc., a subsidiary of North American Aviation, Inc., which gave...
...well, I'll be strong--a ne'er do well. Is there anything wrong? Perhaps you have come under the influence of an older socialist. Or perhaps you have just become disillusioned? If so, perhaps I could help you reorganize your spiritual life. As we used to say at Clover hill. I am always more than glad to lend a pal a hand. Sincerely...
...Hobart Ames big plantation at Grand Junction, Tenn., over rolling country and meadowland covered with Japanese clover, the best bird dogs in the U. S. had trouble. The weather was warm and grey; rain threatened. Rex's Tar-heelia, Rumson Farm Queen, Junedale Lady Bird made some mistakes. Some of the dogs were pointing land turtles and stink-birds; several times deer interfered with the trials. Yankee Doodle Jack, black & white setter, looked best with six bevies and a single, but Shore's Carolina Jack was still in it. A wonderful last day might...