Word: bed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fairbanks was the farthest point of the President's journey to Alaska. There the first really untoward event of the trip occurred. Mrs. Harding took to her bed. Through all the travails of the strenuous tour up to that point, Mrs. Harding had held out bravely. There exhaustion overcame her, and Brigadier General Sawyer, her physician, ordered that she remain in bed...
...actually the " life " of the party, entering fully into the spirit of each occasion and sparing herself not at all. That she should be overcome by her exertions was unfortunately to be expected. The result was that on the return trip from Alaska she was largely confined to her bed and participated in no public functions. It is understood, however, that her indisposition is a case of exhaustion and not a recurrence of her previous illness...
General Juan C. Gomez, First Vice President of the Venezuelan Republic, was stabbed to death while asleep in bed by an unknown assassin. The crime took place in Miraflores Palace, Caracas, capital of Venezuela, in the early morning...
...small hours before dawn on last Saturday morning the government of Bulgaria, quietly and without bloodshed, changed hands. The former Agrarian Ministry which had retired comfortably to bed on Friday night found itself lodged in jail by four of the next morning. Although Sofia is safely delivered over to the revolutionists Stanboulisky, the deposed premier, is still at large and has Fortified himself in Slavitsa. But the Agrarian party has been taken at a disadvantage. Aside from Stanboulisky, what capable leaders it has are either imprisoned or out of the country in diplomatic service, while its great rank and file...
Pete Herman, former bantanweight champion, who went totally blind as a result of a blow received in an exhibition bout for charity, has regained the sight of one eye. Herman had been under treatment for a year and in bed for three months with his eyes bandaged. Said he, when the gauze rolls were removed: "Thank God, I can see! I will never fight again, but I'll be a manager...