Word: elm
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shiny now contraption that looks like a cross between an electric lawnmower and the Wright Brothers' first airplane moves smoothly along over the elm covered lawn of the Yard scooping leaves as it goes. Creation of a vacuum is the principle by which the machine operates. A large roller is turned, creating a fine vacuum and whoosh!--all the leaves are in the basket...
...would be near midnight by the time three tubs were full and ready for the morning after. Included in the preliminaries, was a trip to the woods for sassafras root and slippery elm bark for flavoring. Next morning an outdoor fire was made and the freshly scoured copper kettle swung into place. Cider on to boil, apples ready to add, and the bilin' was under way. Also ready was the long handle stirrer with a row of clean white corn husks tied through the row of holes in the end of the paddle. This was manipulated, all day long...
Last week Dr. Blair and Congo arrived in Manhattan, sped up to The Bronx where Congo was put into a quarantined cage until 15 days prove he has no hoof & mouth disease. He kicked up his heels, seemed in fine fettle, enjoyed a nice mess of elm leaves. One of only four okapis in captivity.* Congo discovered his next-door neighbor was Doreen, the bongo, a rare West-African antelope that, until his arrival, was the zoo's most valuable specimen. Commented Dr. Blair, "Oh. her nose doesn't seem much out of joint...
...Merriam had no option, must surrender La Verne Moore, fabled super-golfing mystery man known for seven years as John Montague, to New York State to stand trial for alleged participation in a roadhouse robbery in 1930. This despite appeals for Montague by Bing Crosby, Guy Kibbee, George Von Elm, et al. Promptly John Montague's attorneys flew their appeals East, asked New York's Governor Herbert H. Lehman to cancel the request for extradition...
...shovel and beaten him, 2) broken the course record at Palm Springs four days in a row, with a 61 the last day, 3) picked a bird off a telegraph wire with a golf ball at 170 yards, 4) been called by onetime U. S. Amateur Champion George Von Elm, who had played with him daily for a month, the "greatest golfer in the world." Sportswriter Rice played several games with John Montague. In his Sportlight, Grantland Rice substantiated Golfer Von Elm's opinion...