Word: falkirk
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...hardy old merchant sat on the porch of his palace, last summer, gazed at the shipping inside the Golden Gate. Almost he could see the red flag on this stern and that?the red flag with the white $ on it. That stood for little Robbie Dollar, who romped about Falkirk, Scotland, more than three-quarters of a century ago. It stood for Robbie, the Canadian lumberjack, who ventured into business for himself, bought a 300-ton boat because lumber freights were so high. It stood for the ingenious skipper who, stranded in the Philippines without a return cargo, waded ashore...
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