Word: trunk
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...British House of Commons has been likened to the trunk of an elephant: It can uproot a tree or pick up a pin. The same might be said of our democratic form of government. In New York City Mayor Hylan has become terribly excited about the City Hall cat, which lapped up six dollars and fifty cents' worth of milk last year. The city administration is aghast at this peculation of the public funds. Why cannot Robert, the cat, eat the scraps from the janitor's table and save the common people all this vast expenditure? cry the city fathers...
There was a small fire in the trunk room of Claverly Hall yesterday afternoon. The fire, however, was stopped in time to prevent serious damage to the property stored in the room...
...more fit and enduring, more able to withstand hardships. Our college athlete is the fighting type. His spirit, his arms, his legs, are good. The only point where we have in a measure failed is in his setup, the deepening of his chest and the better development of his trunk for suppleness, action and resistive force. That is a point we are remodeling today and the athlete of the future will be more the all-around man and the average man in college will have more of the possibilities of the athlete
...small fire started in the trunk room of Claverly Hall yesterday morning about 8.30 o'clock, but by means of the dormitory hose it was practically extinguished when the Cambridge fire department arrived. The damage is estimated at about $200 to $250, covered by insurance, besides a few trunks on which there was no insurance. The quick discovery of the fire and the effective use of the hall apparatus prevented further damage...
...probable that a smouldering cigarette was left in the reading room, and was carried into the trunk room with the papers and trash that are stored there...