Word: stick
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Perhaps the finest, largest gingko in the U. S. is on the grounds of Henry Douglas Pierce, No. 1415 North Meridian St., Indianapolis. The Pierce gingko is more than 8 ft. around. Planted when no larger than a walking stick, it grew amazingly, its roots bathed in soapy drainage from the Pierce laundry. The gingko, bright yellow in autumn, has a curious habit of shed-cling each and every one of its leaves in a single night...
...Standards affixed 700 stamps to envelopes, put them in a revolving barrel, turned it with electric power until the edges of the envelopes were worn off: Not one stamp left its envelope. Results: proof that there is no base for recent charges that U. S. stamps do not stick on as long as they used...
...supporting cast is above the average. For pure assinine slap-stick Jack Sheehan and Doris Patston would be hard to beat. Pierce and Harris, however, the skilled dancing team, win the most applause from the audience. Girls, girls, girls, with colorful futuristic settings and gay music, put the finishing touches to a production which is sure to satisfy the musical comedy appetite...
...suddenly his attention was attracted by a disturbance before his cell. He saw one man strike another, whom he supposed by his dress to be an officer; the latter at once drew his sword and ran the former through the body. The wounded man felled his adversary with a stick, and then sank upon the pavement. At this juncture the guard came up and carried off the officer insensible and then the corpse of the man who had been run through...
...British press also discussed Mr. Chadbourne's cravat, his preference for cigarets v. cigars, and described the malacca walking stick and bulldog tenacity of Mr. Swope...