Word: plant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...found by MacMillan, may or may not cause a quarrel between Canada and Maine. Why Maine? "Because," said Governor Brewster in the farewell banquet given the explorers at Wiscasset, "this land will belong to Maine." And he presented MacMillan with the silken flag of the state to plant on this hypothetical land by way of a stake-claim notice...
...start a buckeye is to plant the seed. It is a difficult tree to transplant. And if the Ohio Society of New York wishes?and it is a praiseworthy wish?to plant a grove of buckeyes on Long Island, I shall be glad this fall, to send them a peck of buckeye seeds?buckeyes we call them...
...circulation. If two-dollar bills were used to replace one-dollar bills, only half as many would be needed and the cost would be 1% a year. Already the Bureau of Printing and Engraving is running to capacity and no more bills can be turned out without enlarging the plant...
...night last week, the Corporation smuggled maintenance men into a power plant for the purpose of restoring it and supplying power for the pumps in the mines. The strikers got wind of the move and, 800 strong, marched to the plant. A pitched battle ensued. The police fired. A miner named Davis fell dead. The crowd, maddened, "saw red," charged. The police fled, but not before they had been pummeled, mauled, kicked, clubbed and otherwise battered. The maintenance men successfully effected their escape...
...then advanced to the power plant, well-nigh destroyed it. Police forces of the neighboring towns arrived, but could do nothing. Many policemen were caught, locked up in the local prison. Their lives were spared only by the supplications of three clergymen. Mob rule set in. Stores were plundered. Thousands of dollars of damage was done...