Word: arrowing
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...name made. She was one of four daughters born in Aberdeen, Scot land, to a Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Garden. Mr. Garden, now a dignified old gentleman with a white goatee, migrated to the U. S., went into the bicycle business (later he was an executive of Fierce-Arrow Motor Car Co.). Mrs. Garden followed with the girls, lived in Brooklyn for a while, then in Chicopee Falls, Mass., then in Chicago. Mary was the determined, aggressive one of the lot. She learned to play the violin, at twelve played in a concert. Then she studied piano, practiced patiently five...
...makers say 16 cylinders afford more power per pound than any other engine, make running smoother, more flexible. Cadillac has sold 2,010 of its big cars in nine months at a minimum of $5,350 each. Minerva keeps the old hand-horn for those who prefer it. Fierce-Arrow and Cord seem to favor broadcloth for interiors. Many cars have wide, single-bar bumpers. . . . Radiator shields are prominent. . . . Hubcaps are larger. . . . Black predominates for formal cars. . . . Many cars have radios. Le Baron's radio controls are placed in the vanity-box so they may be operated from...
...affair . . . should have prominent writers among its contributors. . . . The only explanation [of the crude art work] I can suggest is the somewhat improbable one that Editor Abbott himself drew the pictures." The Publisher. Amiable, courteous Robert Sengstacke Abbott is 60 years old, has three automobiles (Rolls-Royce, Cunningham, Fierce-Arrow) ; has traveled extensively in Europe and South America. A Republican, he does not dabble in politics, refused to run against Chicago's Negro Congressman Oscar De Priest. He was educated at Beach Institute (Savannah), Claflin University (S. C.) and Hampton Institute, of whose alumni association he is president...
Parson's Arrow...
...same demands for coolheadedness and skill, yields the same exercise, is just as captivating of interest and enthusiasm. At the tournament several records were broken, notably the world's long-distance flight record with a yew bow. The Rev. L. L. Dailey, of Monmouth, Ore. shot an arrow 14 yards short of a quarter mile. Present U. S. Target Champion is Russell Hoogerhyde, 24, who set a tournament record score in the American Round-30 arrows each at 60, 50 and 40 yards...