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...female secretary almost fainted. Congressmen withdrew gingerly. "Very beautiful," commented Mrs. Owen, She picked up the reptile-a household pet of Dr. Kelly-and let it slide around her neck and shoulders. When the snake was put on the committee table it rustled among papers, allowed Mrs. Owen to pet it. Dr. Kelly explained that king snakes, indigenous to the proposed park, are harmless, destroy rattlesnakes-also indigenous to the area. Confessed Mrs. Owen: she had never handled a snake before...
With the North Carolina House delegation and many a potent State officer against Appointee McNinch, Democratic Senate Leader Robinson lined up his party to fight his confirmation in a rough & tumble floor debate, unless the President withdrew the name...
Invitations to the State Banquet read "Home going at 9:30." Punctual to the minute, Gustaf V & family withdrew to their private apartments for His Majesty's nightly bridge game. Guests found their...
...recovered he was given another dose. After the third injection, each succeeding dose was increased. At the end of three months, Doc Dobbin could stand ten times as much diphtheria poison as he had first received. He had formed substances in his blood to fight the germs. Laboratory men withdrew blood from Doc Dobbin's neck. They stored it in sterile glass cylinders, allowed the valuable antibody serum to separate from the rest of the blood. After three days the serum was siphoned of, stored in a refrigerator ready for use. Antitoxin horses are bled once a month...
Sculptor Borglum is an artist before he is a respecter of ex-Presidents. He edited the Coolidge text, added dates, omitted phrases, inserted a reference to Christianity. Historian Coolidge refused to accept the revised version, withdrew from the Memorial Association, refused last week to comment. Sculptor Borglum was less reticent...