Word: forest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...also found me perfecting and patenting a horizontal directional transmitting aerial and predicting that I could soon reach the antipodes more easily than nearby places. 1905 was also notable for me as the year of my company's suit against the DeForest Wireless Telegraph Co. (Inventor Lee De Forest of the U. S., subsequently of 'phonofilm' fame). In pro nouncing his decision in my favor, Judge William K. Townsend of the U. S. Circuit Court was at pains to dispel all doubt as to whether or not I was actually the founder of wireless telegraphy...
...rangers fighting a forest fire in the Santiago Canyon region in California their messenger dog came crawling on his belly. His eyes were red from the smoke, his fur burned by shoots of fire. While rangers comforted him, he licked his burns, fell asleep, whimpering. This must not happen again. So District Ranger Bill Freer made him an asbestos coat, good protection. Asbestos, a mineral found notably in the Province of Quebec, does not decompose under even relatively high degrees of heat. Nor does it allow heat to pass through it easily. Another characteristic is its resistance to most acids...
...other games the Crimson eleven conquered Worcester Academy 22 to 0 and the Holy Cross Freshmen by 14 to 0. Yale has overcome Roxbury School 13-7, and the Princeton Freshmen 10 to 7, but was buried by Lake Forest, undefeated in three years, under an 18 to 0 count...
Hulburd Johnston '29, of Lake Forest, Illinois, was chosen Second Assistant Manager of the University crew, according to an announcement made last night by C. H. Weymer '27, manager of the crew. Wayne Wheeler Neff '29, of Chicago was chosen class crew manager, and Orrin Porter Jackson, of New York City, manager of the 150-pound crews...
...today's scrimmage Black, the lasby young Sophomore from Lake Forest Academy, held down the fullback berth with all the ability of a veteran. Rubin, the giant guard, had little opportunity to scrimmage during the afternoon. In the first plays of the practice, he received an injury which caused him to be with-drawn and sent to the dispensary for the rest...