Word: pillowed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Watertown, S. D., an immense flock of dapper Lapland Longspurs* migrated north. The males were colored black, white and ochreous; the females were a little duller and streaked. They all sang-until they headed into a freezing layer of air. Then they began tumbling, like feathers from a ripped pillow. Hundreds were chilled to death when they struck the ground. Other managed to reach trees. Where their long claws clutched at bark, they found footage and rested, necks pulled in, eyes squinting miserably...
...Harmon every day for ten or fifteen minutes in ultraviolet rays [which] help the blood absorb the calcium in food, thereby building bone. The baby is given a series of exercises three times a day designed to strengthen the muscles . . . sleeps on a bread board with a pad and pillow...
There were fireworks that night in Honolulu. And while Commander Rodgers, relieved from duty, began a 16-hour sleep in a bed with sheets and a pillow, the newspapers of the world were thundering the news of his rescue, telling of his service record, of his famous naval forebears. They told about the John Rodgers of England who commanded the vessel that rescued Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe) from the Island of Juan Fernandez. They told of the buff-and-blue John Rodgers, lieutenant on the frigate, later Commander Rodgers. They pointed out that at no time since the last British...
...hospital door bushels of flowers arrived. Two extra operators were detailed to the telephone switchboard to answer calls concerning Mr. Valentino. (When a rumor that he was dead circulated, the calls came at the rate of 2,000 an hour.) A maid delivered an Irish linen bed spread and pillow case marked "Rudy" with a card from Jean Acker. (She was his first wife.) From Paris came a message, "Pray God night and day for your recovery." It was signed Winifred Hudnut. (She was his second wife.) "This is Pola Negri in California," said a brittle voice on telephone...
...Atherton, Kan., Mrs. E. T. Perry, rich lady, issued invitations for a wake. Several friends came and sat with the bereaved. Through 96 hours (four days and four nights) the corpse lay in its silk-lined coffin, the head on an embroidered pillow. Solemnly, Mrs. Perry related the deceased's virtues and exploits, beginning with the day in 1913 when she bought him, "the cunningest" French poodle puppy, in San Francisco; tearfully ending with her "dear Phil's" heart attack several months ago, his removal to a nursery adjoining her regal bedroom; his brave struggle for health, aided...