Word: eskimo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...against Mayor Thompson. Excerpt: "Chicago is a great and growing city. But what has Bill the Bluffer had to do with it? Like an African witch doctor he looks about, sees Chicago's skyscrapers, waves his arms and says, 'I did it all!' . . . An Eskimo at the North Pole might as well have been mayor ; while he was in Chicago his head quarters were in a hotel room where he spent his time playing checkers with a policeman. He calls me loony. Did you ever see a shambling imbecile whose dis eased brain didn't defend...
...something for him, was received at the White House. Norwegian elkhounds are scarce in U. S., common in northern Europe. Originating in Scandinavia, they were companions to the Vikings. They are used to hunt elk, bear, wolf, to herd reindeer, to draw carts and sledges as do the Eskimo dogs which they resemble. A full grown Norwegian elkhound weighs about 50 lb., stands 19 in. high, has a large square head, strong stocky body. The Hoover Elkhound will receive what ever name Granddaughter Peggy Anne Hoover thinks best...
...measured 50 in. by 35 in., had 13 columns to the page, contained numerous pictures, including one of President Buchanan. The Constellation was published in Manhattan on July 4, 1867 by one George Roberts. Other curios: one of the earliest Socialist journals (1849), printed on dark red paper; an Eskimo newspaper; a copy of the Cologne Volks-zeitung (1889) which presented a brief story of the 100th anniversary of the firm of Solomon Oppenheimer, printed in letters of gold...
...large as Manhattan Island. She carried Harry Whitney, Philadelphia financier-naturalist,* and Junius Bird, archeologist. Mr. Bird had gone on the cold 15,000-mi. trip because he had a mystery he wanted to solve. In 1823, the British explorer, Capt. D. C. Clavering had visited a highly civilized Eskimo settlement along the eastern coast. Since Clavering, no explorer had been able to find the town again. Captain Bartlett landed his scientists near the reported location. Naturalist Whitney helped Archeologist Bird scout the country and they found half an answer to the 100-year-old mystery: a group of deserted...
...found the animal to be only 24 ft. long, resembling a huge lizard with a long tail and tapering head. He said it had a snout like a pelican's beak, a head like an elephant. He found no fur. Six feet of flesh were preserved. Foxes and Eskimo dogs had eaten the rest. Since scientists were still puzzled, part of the huge carcass was taken to Cordova. So soon as weather conditions permit, Dr. Bunnell and helpers will go to Cordova, look the monster over carefully...