THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Dec. 5, 1927

¶ Five angry-eyed turkey gobblers (half as many as last year) arrived at the White House. The biggest, a 30-lb. creature from the North Platte Valley Co-operative Market Association of Nebraska, was elected, to rear its inverted bulk on the Presidential platter. Mr. & Mrs. Frank Waterman Stearns of Boston were the only White House guests, so there was plenty for all.* Dinner was served in the evening after a day, more springlike than autumnal, during which President & Mrs. Coolidge sat in a box at Keith's...

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