Sawbuck and the Roman numeral X (10), which formerly appeared on $10 bills. A "double sawbuck" is a twenty dollar bill. Sawbuck A sawbuck is a device for holding wood so that it may be cut into pieces. Easily made in the field from rough material, it consists of an "X" form at each end which are joined by cross bars below the intersections of the X's. The stock to be cut is placed in the V's formed above the intersections of the X's. A sawbuck is very simple to build. The five "V" sawbuck was designed with 10 vertical 2×4s,
What Happened to Mary What Happened to Mary What Happened to Mary (sometimes erroneously referred to as What Happened to Mary?) is the first motion picture serial made in the United States. Made by Edison Studios, the action serial starred Mary Fuller in twelve one-reel episodes released monthly beginning July 26, 1912 to coincide with the serial story of the same name published in McClure's "The Ladies' World" magazine. "What Happened to Mary" was performed as a stage play and published as a single-volume print novel. Therefore, it is an early example of a multiple-media marketing campaign. The scripts were written by Horace G.