Word: logs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...meantime the old man had gone off into the swamp, without ax, hammer, or saw, with the intention of felling trees and building a log house for his family. He has not been heard from since he left...
...ancestral estates have always had more honors than cash behind them. The pair spent their honeymoon in a Lake Ontario log cabin. Lord Edward returned to serve gallantly through the War with the Irish Guards, go bankrupt in 1918 owing ?300,000. Already separated from his chorus girl Duchess, he succeeded to the Dukedom in 1922. To recoup his fortunes the Duke of Leinster sold stock in himself as "The Dukedom of Leinster Estates, Inc." The Duchess fell in love with a 26-year-old cook named Stanley Williams...
Passing a large pool where log rollers do their stuff five times a day, the spectator comes to the teepee of Chief Walks-Like-An-Elephant, who is hitting his little portable tom-tom with alarming vehemence. Coming to the last of the wild animal exhibits, a stirring collection of rare rabbits and guines pigs, the observer will-hear someone say, "Oh! Look at the bob-tailed rate...
...show because it hasn't changed except for a few slight improvements in scenery from the general style of the last few years, but those who are away from home will want to visit the exhibition some time before they leave the Hub of the Universe. Several contests in log-rolling, wood chopping, and canoetilting are held each day to attract the interest of those who are not there to see the sporting equipment. In addition, there are exhibitions of fly casting that cannot be equalled...
Gadgets are really the most important part of a boat show. Last week they outnumbered boats by 39,900, took up one entire floor of Manhattan's Grand Central Palace. Sample gadgets: streamlined searchlights, helmets for novice deep-sea divers, log cabins, bilge pumps, nautical china, gear grease, chronometers, barometers, fire extinguishers, glue. Best sellers this year as last were life-preserver cushions...