Word: copperizing
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...dissatisfied with their lot, felt the need of some change. When lovely Ann Moon. Frisby's niece, came over for a London season, and the equally desirable Kitchie Valentine paid a visit to Berry's next-door neighbor, changes came fast & furious. Engagements, false beards, gunmen, a copper mine, burglary, wedding bells are all Wodehumorously manipulated...
When Jesus of Nazareth scourged the money changers out of the Temple, his head was on no coin. But in Vatican City last week the Papal Government promulgated a new law authorizing issuance of Papal State gold, silver, nickel and copper coins...
...Copper 10-centesimo: bust of St. Peter; Papal Arms...
Practically all industries have some trade association. Famed are such potent and august bodies as the Copper Institute, the American Iron & Steel Institute, the Institute of American Meat Packers. Less famed are the Better Bedding Alliance of America, the Corset & Brassiere Association of America, the Hickory Handle Association. The aim of each is to promote the interests of its members: soapmen know that the Cleanliness Institute is a booster for more washing. But sometimes .this mutual help goes further than advertising. And for this reason last week many an institute fearfully watched the affairs of the Asphalt Shingle & Roofing Institute...
There lies the main obstacle to the plan: the problem of re-purification of the combined gases. Experimenters now propose passing the polluted gas under pressure over copper oxide, which would act as a catalytic agent and cause the hydrogen and oxygen to form water...