Word: cornfield
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sent pink roses from the White House greenhouses. ¶ When invited to spend his summer vacation in Idaho, President Coolidge let it be known that he thought Idaho too far west. This limits his field. He is not going to pitch a tent in the middle of an Iowa cornfield; nor is he likely to choose a Rocky Mountain playground, away from the angry farmers' area.* Current political strategy hints that the President will select the Black Hills of South Dakota or some convenient fishing spot in Wisconsin. To him will be called dirt farmers, farm organizers, midwestern Senators...
Last week, the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared at the village of Tres Bocas in the province of Vera Cruz. Daily her image appeared, at 8 a. m. and at noon, on the stump of a large tree in a cornfield. It would speak only to a native girl, aged nine, asking that a Church be built on the site of the tree stump...
Children in rural Illinois are to go to school in the cow pasture and the cornfield during their Summer vacations. Each child may choose some line of practical activity. His work will be checked up by District Superintendents and teachers and he will receive academic credit for successful completion. The purpose of the plan is to dignify farm labor...