Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Shot from sheer rock and broke...
...house warmed to him, he took many curtain calls. In the last act, there was a change of scene in which the stage, masked only by volutes of steam, was transformed from "a wild region at the foot of a rocky mountain" to "the summit of the Valkyries' rock." Taucher, about to make his exit from the former setting, took a step into the steam, trod upon emptiness, plunged down 25 feet to the mouldy basement of the Metropolitan through a trap which had just been opened to receive scenery. Stagehands, mechanics, saw Taucher's 200-pound shape...
...family has spread, but hardly aggrandized itself. All but one of the railroads controlled by Jay has slipped from their grasp. Last week, Edwin, second son of the great Jay, let it be known that even that had gone- control of the St. Louis Southwestern was sold to the Rock Island...
...required another three hours to wind the cable back on the drums lifting the dredge alongside the Arcturus. The dredge resembles an oyster dredge with runners on top and bottom. Up from the bottom were brought glass sponges (similar to ordinary sponges but with fine glass skeletons) and volcanic rock. A traveling net was likewise used, attached to the cable at varying depths. This brought up a number of large-mouthed fishes (i.e., mouths huge as compared to bodies), a male pipefish with a brood pouch full of eggs, giant red shrimps, several octopi, fish with eyes...
...bitter struggle; and pride in its development has led to forgetfulness of the old unscrupulous dealings. Yet even today new giants are waging financial wars, or at least sparring for position in a great game of railroad chess. By the present deal, which was actually consummated months ago, the Rock Island Road gains a position of vantage in the Southwest carrying trade. Looking forward both to further competition, and to a day when the Southern Pacific will seek a road to the East, the Rock Island realizes that the "Black Belt" will be both an important factor in consolidating...