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President Roosevelt sat at his desk in the White House all one day last week happy in the thought that before another dawn he would get rid of Congress for six months. Towards evening he paused to dictate the customary letter of farewell and appreciation from the President to his co-workers at the Capitol...
...broken window. Champion Sarah suddenly threw up her head and howled. Almost instantly both hounds were scrambling on the trail. Red-faced, hot and excited. Mrs. Sadlier pounded along, her champions nearly pulling her arms out. Up a hill they raced, through copses and hedges and across fields. Dawn was just breaking...
...dawn on the morning of May 27, 1905 the newly invented wireless telegraph began to crackle and spit on a small Japanese warship: "The enemy's squadron has been sighted at point No. 203. The enemy is apparently steering toward the Eastern passage." About 2 p.m. a grizzled little man who had studied at Britain's Greenwich Naval College and well knew the Nelson tradition hoisted a fluttering ribbon of flags to the truck of his flagship...
...fetched a potato scales and weighed the lot in the clothesbasket: 13 Ib. 6 oz. The Dionne roosters were crowing for dawn while Dr. Dafoe washed up, eased his suspenders, donned his coat and drove back to his wifeless, book-filled home. He needed a little sleep, for later that day he expected another confinement...
Last week for her maiden flight she rose before dawn, went with her husband to an airfield in Detroit. With famed Balloonist Edward J. Hill they took off at 5 a. m., drifted nine hr., came down with a bump in a field near Thamesville, Ont. 58 mi. away. Bruised when her companions landed on top of her, Balloonist Piccard was more concerned about an angel cake she had taken along. "I really don't know what happened to it," she said. "We didn't have a chance to eat it. I guess it got crushed...