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...bill, subjecting all France, male and female, to the draft, passed...
...Draft McReynolds and he will lead to victory the historic Democratic Party, that ancient guardian of the people's faith in free government...
...bills. To leap over this law, investment bankers have adopted this subterfuge. They deposit foreign stock with a trust company, which in turn issues trustee certificates against the escrowed stock. Such stock is U. S. stock, and is passable on the Exchange. So the Governors last week had a draft made for proposal to the New York Legislature-that "bearer" stocks, as well as "registered" stocks be made legal for Exchange trading...
...bottle on his stomach or cervical spine; or merely stuck out his tongue as far as he could strain. These are various means of calming hiccoughs. The hiccough results from a spasm of the victim's diaphragm, which suddenly descends and causes the lungs to suck in a draft of. air. The air strikes against the partially closed glottis to cause the characteristic ripping cough. Frequent attacks of hiccoughs may accompany certain nervous and gastric disorders, uremia, peritonitis, etc., and should have a doctor's attention...
...room they enter is not large. There must first be a good deal of scuffling and grunting before all can be comfortably disposed on furniture, window sills and floor. Then cigarets are borrowed, matches found, pipes gurgled clean, and someone arranges the windows and door to prevent a draft but assure ventilation. Usually there is a search for a pair of eyeglasses, but as "Copey" keeps an innumerable quantity of these, variously ground for varying type-sizes and occasions, the search is brief and successful. A hush falls. Some one takes his last cough. "Copey" waits for another last cough...