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...Francisco, Peter Breckenridge fractured several ribs in the following manner: He mounted his mule, set out for a ride. The mule stepped upon a nest of yellow jackets; the yellow jackets began to sting the mule, causing it to kick desperately. One of the kicks came in contact with a guy wire attached to a pole; the force of the kick made the pole fall down. A power wire strung on the pole fell on the mule, electrocuting it instantly; whereupon the mule fell over, landed on its rider, fractured the ribs of Peter Breckenridge...
...many weeks. First Spain's King Alfonso XIII came to say goodbye, then Albert King of the Belgians, and now Sweden's lank Gustaf V was at the door. All these kings no doubt meant well, but in their gracious goodbyes lurked an unintended sting, as though they said...
...take a restricted lease on the nitrate plant; 4) unknown millions would be required to modernize the "more or less obsolete" nitrate plant; 5) a capable board of managers believing in government operation could not be found; 6) the Government would be competing with its citizens. To take the sting out of his veto President Hoover suggested that Alabama and Tennessee as the two states primarily concerned name a joint commission with "full authority to lease the plants at Muscle Shoals in the interest of the local community and agriculture generally." The Senate sustained (34-to-49) the veto after...
Adolf Hitler, with his threat to stampede German public opinion madly against France, has made Paris bankers and Jewish bankers throughout the world think. A little money freely loaned may win much German friendship, may help to draw the dangerous sting of Jew-Baiting Adolf...
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