Word: ink
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pleased and exhilarated over a new sport at the Riviera's foremost summer resort, swank Juan-les-Pins-races of thoroughbred cockroaches. Bookmakers cover bets of thousands of francs on each roach race. Racing roaches run in narrow tracks covered with glass. Each roach is numbered with white ink. At the starting line they are restrained by transparent covers. At the finish line is a large black box, invitingly open. At the starting signal a strong light is switched on behind the roaches, their covers removed. Mortally hating bright lights, the roaches run for the darkness of the boxes...
Public Printer for Congress and the Government is George H. Carter (salary: $10,000). In his massive red brick plant near Union Station, he heads the largest printing shop in the world. His payroll numbers 4,845. In 1931 he made and used 185,885 Ib. of ink, 83,957 Ib. of bindery glue. He bought $2,692,297 worth of paper on which 88,524,736 copies of Government publications were turned...
...Manhattan last week Michel Fokine received a ten-page letter, in pencil and ink, much of it undecipherable. It came from Niagara Falls-a place taken for granted by many an American but vastly impressive to Europeans. Translated from Russian by Dancer Fokine, part of it read...
...Printers' Ink, Eagle Pencil Co. revealed a letter which it had hopefully solicited from President Grover Cleveland at the time of his inauguration in 1893. Wrote shrewd President Cleveland: "Pursuant to my promise I send you by mail with this, the Eagle Penholder and pen with which I have written my in augural address. Of course I do not suspect you of desiring it for purposes of advertising...
...Identification for letters are signatures. Answer three fold. (1-2-3-4). Two rings in blue ink, with center ring of red. A blue ink line of the blue circles on the outer edge of the red. A hole on the outer edge of each dark circle, and one in the center...