Word: ranch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Wombat. Near Sydney, Australia, a captive wombat,* the property of one Timothy Sermon, was chained to a post for the entertainment of visitors to Timothy Sermon's ranch. A lanky, nervous creature, this sly marsupial† spent his days in a hopscotch circular gallop, his nights in forlorn and ridiculous nightmares, or wild nostalgic visions. Last week, Timothy Sermon found his wombat, covered with dirt and excrement, his thin sensitive nose pushed far into the yellow loam, a suicide...
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...timer here wants to correct you concerning the Alberta ranch of H. M. S. Prince of Wales [TIME, Aug. 22]. The ranch in question belonged to old George Lane whose brand was EP on the left flank. Therefore his holdings became known as the EP ranch...
TIME said: "Few U. S. citizens know that E. P. stands for Edward, Prince . . . and very few persons indeed realize that E. P. Ranch is not a princeling's toy but a strictly paying livestock invest-ment...
...politically bewildered East and high finance. Newsgatherers waited eagerly for Mr. Morrow to come away after interviews at which it was certain there would have been give and take on the renowned Coolidge "choice" for 1928. But Mr. Morrow came forth in owlish silence, boarded a train for his ranch in Idaho, left the world none the wiser...