Word: miltonic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stood ten feet high. From his hands the egg passed to the French administrator of the district, to another merchant, to a missionary named Gunerius Torvic. Last month Missionary Torvic reached Minnesota on leave, got in touch with an enthusiastic and learned egg-collector of San Francisco named Milton Smith Ray. A deal was arranged. In San Francisco last week Collector Ray tremulously unwrapped a package, shipped by express, consisting of twelve boxes, one inside another, each one wrapped in cotton. From the innermost box Mr. Ray removed the Aepyornis titan egg-intact...
...Milton Smith Ray has on the top floor of his house a collection of 75.000 eggs and stuffed birds (some mounted by himself) which he calls the Pacific Museum of Ornithology. He refuses to admit the public but has installed an elevator to whisk friends up from the front hall...
...newly elected Captain Pete Illman, hope to avenge their 15-9 defeat by Andover last Wednesday. Best lights of the contest at Exeter will be between Lewis and Captain Lacy of Exeter in the 175-pound division, and Illman and Stewart in the 155. The Schoolboys, smothered by Milton recently, won a major victory over Governor Dummer over a week...
...error to think that Ely Culbertson and Milton C. Work were responsible for making bridge a national frenzy. If any one man was responsible, it was Clifford E, Albert, who was last week rewarded with promotion to the presidency of Cincinnati's snug little U. S. Playing Card Co., succeeding Arthur R. Morgan, who retired to the chairmanship of the executive committee. Cardman Albert devised the bridge broadcast plan, whereby players in the home follow the game in the studio play by play. At one time U. S. Playing Card was promoting bridge in this fashion through 155 stations...
...Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. in Atlanta. Now in his eleventh year as executive assistant to the Stock Exchange Committee on Stock List, Mr. Hoxsey leads a meticulously rational life. Before taking up contract four years ago he made a close study of all the systems, decided that Milton Work's was the best. When he saw the Culbertsons beat this system he suffered the pangs of the defeated. His forehead cupped with silver hair, tall, mild, bespectacled Mr. Hoxsey afforded Senator Wheeler a perfect contrast to Richard Whitney, who looks more like a rich broker than rich brokers...