Word: powder
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Then there were little boxes in the window with odd labels, such as "Peerless Corn Salve;" "In Excelsis Bug Exterminator; buy it, try it, and be no longer annoyed with cockroaches in your kitchen;" "Patent Labor-Saving Cleaning Powder," with the face of a female with abundant hair reflected in a table-spoon, and the like...
Down at Durango last week one of the miners on the night shift, in an unguarded moment, kicked the mud off his feet against a can of giant powder, and the coroner had to go after him with a requisition from the governor and a crumb brush. - [Boomerang...
There was a terrific explosion yesterday of five hundred kegs of powder at Oskaloosa, Ia., by which three lives were lost and much damage done...
...Contemptibles," pensively suggested the Ibex, as he sadly slipped a small package of tooth-powder in his rubber boot...
...rumored that the Directors of Memorial had something to do with setting fire to Wadsworth on Wednesday. Powder has been discovered leading from the Bursar's office to the roof. What would we have thought had we seen our esteemed friend hurled into...