Word: mash
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Federal agents, peering through a window of a private house from a back alley, saw steam rising from copper coils, heard the roar of a boiler fire, smelled the sour odor of cooking mash. Although they did not see the moonshiners at work, they broke into the house without warrant, seized the aromatic mash, the steaming still...
...known as R. C. Sherriff Ltd. "to acquire the copyright of all and any existing and future literary, dramatic, and artistic works of R. C. Sherriff and to carry on the business of publishers and booksellers." Capital: $5,000. Directors: R. C. Sherriff, Mrs. Sherriff, E. Tudor Mash...
...observed too that fowls suffered from an analogous polyneuritis and were feeding largely on polished rice. Putting many two's together he concluded that milling and polishing rice must remove some diet essential. He took some "silverskin" (rice pericarp) chaff, soaked it in water and fed the mash to sick fowls. They speedily recovered. Humans also recovered. Thus he showed that eating whole rice was a preventive against beriberi. As preliminary reward his colleagues made him professor of hygiene and legal medicine at the University of Utrecht...
...officers and you're under arrest," called Agent Stevens. Leveling his rifle at the farmer, Stevens started to rush him, tripped over a sand rut, pulled the trigger, shot the farmer through the heart, dead. Stevens had no search warrant. His raid netted a still, 19 barrels of mash, 28 gallons of whiskey. He was held for murder...
Last week royal favor descended once more upon the potent brewers of Burton-on-Trent when Edward of Wales flew down from London, visited the brewhouse, mixed for himself a special vat of extra strong mash to be known as ''Prince's Brew." Waiting at the flying field to greet him was the Chairman of the Company, Colonel the Right Honorable John Gret-ton. Conservative M. P. for the Burton Division of Staffordshire. Waving proudly over the old brewery was a great banner lettered GOOD HEALTH TO OUR PRINCE. Edward of Wales attended a special luncheon after which he sampled...