Word: wintergreen
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...used in carrying the right colored box for every occasion. In Canada, the Royal Highlanders at mess pass around a ramshorn filled with dry snuff, of which every member and guest must partake. Damp snuff is highly-ground tobacco mixed with a little salt and, later, oil of wintergreen, rose, or a similar flavor. The advantage of chewing snuff over chewing tobacco is that snuff does not form so large a cud (word used by all snuff technicians), therefore requires less expectorating, is less conspicuous...
...publicity he has produced a cascade of philanthropies this year, which probably (it is impossible to calculate) surpasses the volume of Brother John Harvey's. To Michigan State College of Agriculture & Applied Science he gave his experimental farm near Gull Lake, Mich., and his wild life sanctuary at Wintergreen Lake, Mich. He endowed both for 999 years...
...Wintergreen, artificial...