Word: throat
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Before a meeting of the American Veterinary Association at Portland, Ore., stood a dog. Angered by the faces that festooned the air about him, the dog tried to bark, failed, tried again- and again only the dismal spectre of a bark issued from his inflamed throat. He laid his head down on his paws. Two sad-eyed goats stood nearby. For these goats had lost their happy bleats; they would converse no more. A veterinary surgeon, one Dr. F. R. Whipple, explained to the faces how simple it had been to remove the bark, the two bleats -as simple...
...Pepper" Martin. Having thus taken a gallant flyweight, Death laid a bleak forefinger on the throat of Vincent ("Pepper") Martin, stopped his breath. Martin-a boring, windmill, hell-for-leather youth-first came to fame as a bantamweight, put on weight, entered the junior lightweight division. A fortnight ago he was beaten by Alike Ballerino, Junior Lightweight Champion. During the bout he whispered to his handlers that he had a pain in his chest. He was defeated, went to a hospital with pneumonia, was defeated again...
Died. Francisco Gellido (Pancho Villa), 24, flyweight boxing champion of the world; in San Francisco, following an operation on his throat...
...outlandish costume-alpaca coat, shabby policeman's trousers and an opera hat- and hopes that the new day may bring him an audience for his weird sermon proving that Negroes are not human beings. The barker for a tent show called The She-Devil clears his throat...
...fewer operators (the Federal Trade Commission, last week, published a report recommending measures to increase competition in the production of anthracite, contending that 70% of the production is in the hands of eight operators). In the bituminous fields, there is no monopoly tendency; there are many mines and cut-throat competition. The possible soft-coal production is 25% or more greater than the demand...