Word: mountaineer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Baron George Washington, 73, fifth cousin of the first U. S. President; near Graz, Austria. A retired Austrian Hussar officer, he refused to take up arms against the U. S. His last days were spent in his mountain castle, a bachelor, surrounded by six great hounds...
...Vacuum Oil Co. merger still patiently awaited, Standard stockholders last week were informed that their company will buy White Eagle Oil and Refining Co. One of the leading producers in the Mid-Continent Field, White Eagle markets its products throughout the Middle West and Rocky Mountain territory. In September White Eagle had assets of $36,000,000, of which $28,000,000 represented oil and gas leases, refining stations, pipe lines, tank cars...
...wings of a bird, ate up the Thebans who could not guess her riddle.* Smart Oedipus answered her: Man, who goes on allfours as a baby, on two legs as an adult, on two legs and a cane in old age. Whereupon the vexed Sphinx threw herself from a mountain...