Word: tree
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...historic tree on Garden Street fell to the ground on October 26, 1923. "There is no proof," says Jack, "That Washington either assumed command of the 'American Army' under the shade of this tree, or that he noticed it or cared for it; and there is certainly very much doubt with regard to the authenticity of the origin of some of the offerings made by professional nurserymen...
Chicago bookmakers were annoyed last fortnight by the mysteriously accurate racing tips of a "Mr. Sullivan." Last week they were further perturbed when Linden Tree, who had been regarded as a 1 t03 favorite in a two-year-old race at Agua Caliente†, won at the surprisingly long mutuel odds...
...odds at mutuel tracks are mechanically determined by the varying amounts of money which bettors place on the various horses in a race. Bookmakers are bound to pay their clients at mutuel odds, which are theoretically a fair expression of opinion. But the mutuel odds on Linden Tree did not seem to be a fair expression of opinion. How this came about was explained by Baron Long, hotelman, racehorse owner and part owner of Agua Caliente Corp...
...Linden Tree with an Eastern Commissioner. As the horses were going to the post, I asked the manager of the mutuel department if it was too late to make a bet. He replied 'No,' and I handed him $3,500 and a list of bets made up of every horse in the race except Linden Tree...
...frightful storm. Just in time the Robinsons abandon the crippled ship, are whipped away into the night on an air-raft. They come safely to rest on the mooring mast of the Empire State Building, still unfinished, which at first they take to be some kind of gigantic tree. Father Robinson makes several exploratory trips down into the seething jungle below, gradually comes to the conclusion the place is civilized. He loses his family. is annexed by a masterful flapper who makes him into a popular lecturer and a U. S. enthusiast. When he finds his family again, they...