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...parasol failed to save her Scottish skin from Southern sunburn. Washington was 94° that day. Along the processional route, 500 people collapsed. So did 60 Girl Scouts, waiting at the White House to be reviewed. From the Boy Scouts (he was one) the King received a neckerchief ring made of a fossilized shark's tooth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Here Come the British | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

...with them. He broke his rule, however, for the sake of a stranger encountered on the steps of the Rapid City High School, temporary White House office. The stranger wore a hat wider even than the President's ten-gallon fishing headgear. In his silk shirt and flowing neckerchief clashed vivid colors. He wore high-heeled, embossed riding boots bearing the letters "put" in white just below each knee. Not even Hollywood could have produced a cowboy attired in more complete accordance with the traditions of his calling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Jul. 11, 1927 | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

...will be desirable to obtain a part of the uniform outfit covered by the $30 deposit. Such an cutfit can be obtained on board the Kearsarge and will consist of: 1 suit white undress, $1.35 1 neckerchief, .80 1 white hat, .27 1 pair leggins, .60 Total...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EARLY TRAINING FOR CRUISE | 6/15/1916 | See Source »

...went out he carried a stout cane like a club, in the end of which was a long sharp spike. This served him as a defensive weapon, for the old man was very much afraid of robbers. On the street he always wore the same cap and red neckerchief which served him in his last years, and in his pockets he carried crumbs with which to feed birds, of which he was very fond. If he had anything to carry, were it a pound of sugar from the grocery, white grapes for his favorite chickens, or his clean linen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMUNICATIONS. | 1/10/1884 | See Source »

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