Word: elke
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...danger of abductions of sacrosanct animals cannot be lightly cast aside. Masterpieces of the taxidermist's art, having served long and faithfully in the Peabody Museum, may be forcibly removed from their perches. The heads of elk and bison which have looked down from the walls in the Union upon generations of Harvard men would tempt any kleptomaniacal collector of mounted beasts. Beware the Jabberwock...
Startled police found Hunter Gianerone scrambling over the fence to reach his kill. They arrested him, explained to him that not only had he killed an animal in sanctuary, but that the animal was an elk, everywhere protected in New York. Ignoramus Gianerone said he had thought it was a deer. Then he tried to deny having shot it. He was fined $102.50, his comrades $52.50 each...
...going to put on a good fight, but the Crusaders will hardly come close to victory. Their strength has been noised abroad in words too praiseworthy. My son, I. Fling Huey, scouted Doly Cross and he wired me from Worcester last night "Don't let the sports writers McEwan elk. They're playing up Holy Cross. Harvard will win by a good score." Then I remembered how Holy Cross was played up two years ago and I also recalled how Harvard has shown genuine power on occasions this year. The Crimson will find itself today and will...
...meant but one thing: Winchester. Since Civil War days Winchester has been one of the foremost names in the U. S. firearms business. Its .30-.30 became the standard deer rifle, its .405 caliber rifle was known from the day it was first sold as death to moose and elk, its 45-.90 probably killed more buffaloes than any other firearm. The company was one of the pioneers in the popular .22 rifle field, has also been a big maker of ammunitions. Since the War. Winchester's fortunes have fallen. It tried to beat guns into fishing tackle, roller...
...costs. Speaking before a Knights of Pythias convention at Cincinnati, Senator James John Davis of Pennsylvania advised "everyone to join some organization in order to express oneself.'' Senator Davis is a Moose, Mason, member of the Mystic Shrine and the Grotto, Knight of Pythias, Odd Fellow, Elk, Eagle, Forester, and a member of "many other fraternal orders." He also belongs to Chevy Chase, National Press, Congressional Country and Burning Tree clubs in Washington, and to the Americus Republican, Dequesne and Atlantic clubs of Pittsburgh...