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...When he had convinced himself that his find was really ivory, the farmer tossed away his shovel, dashed for his Ford, and whirled off to Johnstown without a backward glance for his prostrate porker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATHER UNEARTHS MASTODON REMAINS | 10/13/1926 | See Source »

...father, a pork-packer, had started life with but a single pig, but so brilliantly had he manipulated that lone porker, that he had at length attained unto dizzying financial plenitude and a mansion on Chicago's Gold Coast. He had, moreover, a passion for cleanliness. In public life, he stood for: "Clean Water Supply (Prohibition!), Clean Education (Paul Revere's Ride!), Clean Literature (Pollyanna!), Clean Minds (belief in the stork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Candide Recrudescens* | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

Score, Harvard 31, Worcester 28. Baskets from floor, Gordon 5, Lowenthal 3, Miller 3, Berry 4, Sharpe 3, White 2, Whelpley, Higgins, Bittner. Baskets after fouls, Gordon 5, McLeish 4, Berry 4. Referees, Oswald Tower and James Porker. Time of halves, 20 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUINTET REPEATS EARLY SEASON VICTORY OVER WORCESTER TECH 31-28 | 2/19/1923 | See Source »

Arrived at its destination staid 1916 will indulge in baseball games, a greased pig contest, a lively 100-pound porker having been specially donated for the occasion, and various other forms of amusement. The return trip will start...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OVERALLS READY FOR PICNICKERS | 5/17/1916 | See Source »

...island there will be baseball games, a greased pig contest, a 100-pound porker having been donated for the occasion, and various other forms of amusements. The return trip will start at 4.30 and all men will be deposited in Cambridge by 6 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SENIOR PICNIC DESCRIBED | 5/10/1916 | See Source »

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