Word: ironing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...advertising leaflet recently issued by a century-old British iron works said...
...will cast you an iron house, with a cast-iron bathtub upstairs and a cast-iron stove in the kitchen. Within 50 miles of our works, we will erect the whole eleven tons of iron for you at a cost of only ?425 ($2,125). You will find the rooms nine feet high, with the living room, kitchen, larder and coal room on the first floor, and three bedrooms and a bath on the second. Fireplaces and a hot-water heating system are provided. Many of our cast-iron tanks are still in use, unpainted, after 100 years...
Thus a venture under development since 1912 apparently signalized its successful consummation. Cables report that the "iron house" has been definitely launched in Britain. The new structures are made of large cast plates bolted together and a thin outer coating of cement is applied for "effect" and protection. Bright red tiled roofs and porches of the same color are said to have appealed greatly to the mine laborers for whom the houses have been especially designed. Before drawing up the architectural plans, the miners were canvassed thoroughly to determine what "features" they desired. Replied a large majority of the future...
What are odds, be they 2 to 1, 3 to 1, or 5 to 1? What are 200-pound lines and 10-second backfields? With courage in their hearts, with iron in their souls, with the god of battles above them, and Joe Forecast on their side, the men of Harvard will make the greatest comeback of the season's gridiron history...
Loew's Orpheum--"The Iron Horse," continuous...