Word: breakfaster
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...annual meeting of the conference of Governors. There was, for the first time in 17 meetings, a woman member-Governess Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming. There was also the son of Mrs. Ross, a lad of 10, of whom Governor Brewster of Maine remarked to the conclave assembled at breakfast: "I was anxious to see that he presented the best possible appearance here. I wanted his clothes brushed and his hands and face clean. When I told him that he should look his best he remarked: 'My mother won't know me if I'm clean...
...receive the President. At the entrance of Red Gables, home of Frank W. Stearns, the selectmen of Swampscott greeted the party. Mrs. Stearns, who recently suffered a breakdown on her return from a trip abroad, appeared waving a white shawl to Mrs. Coolidge. Then all went in to breakfast. Afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge crossed into the grounds of their summer residence next door, by way of the formal garden...
...account of Shelley's cremation, at a Washington breakfast table...
...Having witnessed (on the train returning to Washington) motion pictures of himself at the Norse-American Centennial at the State Fair grounds betwixt St. Paul and Minneapolis, the President was ready to resume work. At Evansville, Wis., while he was eating his breakfast in the dining car, an infant in its mother's arms extended to him a nibbled cracker. The President reciprocated with the tender of a buckwheat cake. He made a number of rear platform appearances, but no speeches. At Willard, Ohio, on such an occasion, someone in the crowd shouted: "Mr. President, you ruined a perfectly...
...live very comfortably in Nancy for 25 francs a day, which is equivalent to about $1.25. This includes lodging, which costs about $4.00 a month, and the three meals. A hearty breakfast sells for 2 francs, and lunch runs from 5 to 10 francs, with an extra charge for wine...