Word: alfalfaism
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William H. ("Alfalfa Bill") Murray, 77, a limber-tongued front-page regular when he was Oklahoma's tobacco-stained Governor in the early '30s, got some publicity after a long drought. He broke into the New York Times twice: 1) when the paper referred to him as "the late 'Alfalfa Bill'"; 2) when it had to correct itself, admit that he was still alive & kicking...
Oklahoma's taste in governors has run to flamboyant showmen like sulphurous old "Alfalfa Bill" Murray or gregarious millionaires like outgoing Governor Bob Kerr. With the inauguration last week of Roy Turner, a well-heeled oil-&-cattleman, Oklahoma got a little of both...
Reporters remembered that the Alfalfa Club was having its annual summer picnic at Frederick that day. They called the estate of former Ohio Representative Joseph H. Himes. Sure enough, the President, Charlie Ross and Senate Secretary Les Biffle were all on hand, hobnobbing with their 200 fellow club members (Washington officials, businessmen, newsmen...
...When you take aspirin, take some vitamin K (found in alfalfa, kale, hog liver, etc.) with it; aspirin depletes the body's K supply...
...bounden duty, said Cowboy Hoffa, to remedy this inequity. The union had suffered too: only 150 union men were hauling goods from wholesaler to retailer as compared to a prewar total of 550. Was this fair to the returned veteran? Finally Hoffa held out a handful of alfalfa. Store owners would not be asked to join, just their employes...