Word: silver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would decree minimum Chicago prices at Mr. Reno's much mooted "cost- of-production level," not at AAA's 1909-14 parity levels. In addition, the President was asked: to declare a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures, to refund the 4th Liberty Loan in new currency, to remonetize silver...
...Canada. This month began their season for pelting and shipping, cashing in on their year's work. Non-existent at the turn of the century, fur farms now supply about 20% of all raw furs on U. S. and Canadian markets. From farms come 98% of silver fox pelts. Farming of other furbearers is still largely experimental. But mink farms, of which there are now several hundred in the U. S. and Canada, are this year beginning to rank as steady and important sources of supply...
Mink fur, dark brown, deep, silky, lustrous, rates with silver fox as most popular all-round fur. It takes 75 to 100 pelts. which now average $5 to $20 apiece, to make a coat. With so rich a market in prospect, farmers have been trying to breed and raise mink for more than a decade. It has taken them that long to learn how. Not until this year have pen-raised pelts approached trapped pelts in quality...
...teaching career, Sumner's class was very large. "There had been, off and on, noise and inattention that had irked him sore. Toward the end of the year either the disorderly repented... or else feared reprisals; in any case there was bought for Sumner a large silver loving cup... Sumner took the cup and set it down on the table... he looked over the class in silence... without exhibiting any pleasurable emotion whatsoever. At length he spoke: I'm not accustomed to make valedictories, but one seems called for this time.' He stopped... and spoke with restrained emphasis...
...Chronicle," of which there is only one copy, contains 109 typewritten pages, and is bound in the House colors of blue and silver. It contains accounts of House sports, a story about the birthday party given to President Lowell, reviews of the dances, records of the various House organizations, notably the Music Society, photographs of the House, and cartoons drawn by John M. Murray...