Word: ironing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bill for lumber was $232,511,000, which was 15 per cent, of total output. For iron and steel products, $464,955,000 was spent, of which $383,990,000 went for iron and steel castings and $80,965,000 for steel rails. Purchases of copper, zinc, lead, etc., came to $57,245,000; lubricating oil and grease, $15,678,000; and cement $6,120,000. The sum of $344,394,000 was spent for miscellaneous materials, including ballast, groceries, meat, canned goods, brooms, matches, pencils, typewriters and various supplies...
...example, a descendant of one William Dawes who emigrated from England in 1635. Another William Dawes, one of his ancestors, was a companion of Paul Revere in the famous equestrian escapade near Boston. In 1865 he was born, in Marietta, son of General Rufus R. Dawes commander of the Iron Brigade of Wisconsin. He worked his way through Marietta College as chief engineer of a small railroad in Ohio. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School. Then he began to move ? law practice in Lincoln, Neb. ? presidency Lacrosse Gas Light & Coke Co. ? presidency Northwestern Gas Light & Coke...
...real sensations of the Spring has been the unparalleled swift ness with which the output of pig iron has been curtailed. From the depth of the 1921 depression, pig production climbed fairly steadily until May, 1923, when it stood at 3,876,694 tons. From there it slumped to 2,920,982 tons in December last, and then rallied to 3,-466,086 tons last March. April, 1924, however, showed a reduction to 3,233,428 tons, and new figures for last May reveal the astonishing drop to 2,615,110 tons. From an average daily output...
...long time the 118 pounds of humanity calculated the distance. He took out a midiron?no, that would not do. A driving iron? Yes, certainly. No, perhaps not. A midiron. Why, yes. Clonk. "It's right at the pin!" shrieked Doyle, Lake Champion pro. And so it was. The little man scored a birdie three...
...roll. Everyone waited for the L's and the T's with breath bated and hearts palpitating. The Communists yowled whenever a Communist failed to answer his name, which usually meant that he was in prison; when the name of Prince von Bismarck, grandson of the Iron Chancellor, was called, they replied with: "Woe unto you who are his grandson!" Then came the L's and with them "Ludy's" name. The Communists shouted so loud that they almost frightened themselves-a Herculean effort that made their former exertions appear entirely Lilliputian. Jealous Monarchists screamed...