Word: trapping
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...beer, have been pouring in from all quarters. A telegram from Exeter brought the right solution at the wrong time. A letter from Andover brought out a weird arrangement of s and t's and periods, with the result running something like "Am in a mess. Beware of trap." They're in a mess...
...stamps plastered grandly across the entire top of the envelope, blew in last night. From Miss Marllou Donarell of Lawrence came a challenging cry: "It behooves can of the so-called 'weaker sex' to restore the honor of the Dragon Lady." The message she got, unfortunately, was "JAP HID TRAP." but none can help but admire this courageous woman straggling alone in a far-off town, triumphantly achieving her long-sought goal...
...Excavation for a building in Boston revealed an ancient Indian fish trap of 65,000 stakes, covering two acres, made with sassafras and sycamore trees which are now rare near Boston and argue a warmer climate. This evidence of higher New England temperatures in the past was substantiated by the finding of a 14-inch oyster shell...
...shaggy Wendell Willkie, the man who walks like a bear, was caught last week in a crushing bear trap. The springs and teeth had been fashioned out of his own party's machinery. He had fallen into it through his own stubborn disregard for danger signs. The result was that Wendell Willkie. while making his greatest impact on public life, was in jeopardy of being immobilized as a public figure...
...trap: explosive charges wired to the bodies of dead Italians and Germans, which went off when British soldiers attempted to bury them...