Word: corning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most interesting case is that of Senator McKellar. This ardent champion of making the foreigner pay regardless of the consequences is a representative of the State of Tennessee. According to the World Almanac, Tennessee is primarily an agricultural state producing lumber, tobacco, cotton, corn and cattle. In 1930 it appears that of the total American production of tobacco 40% was exported, of cotton nearly 45%, of lard about 29%. It is plain, then, that the prosperity of Tennessee is intimately dependent upon a flourishing foreign trade and upon a recovery of world prices...
...barbecue supper was served near the lake. Much corn whiskey produced a general fog of intoxication. Mrs. Reynolds, demonstrating that she could "drink just like a man," got drunk. Her husband grew moody as the evening progressed. He seemed at odds with his wife. About midnight Mrs. Reynolds threw her arms around young Walker, exclaiming: "Smith doesn't love me any more." When her husband heard about it, he gloomily remarked: "Ab, I don't blame you. I blame Libby. She's that kind of a girl. . . . I'm going to end it all. Here...
This appointment made Washington gasp. Mr. Pomerene, a solemn, bookish man with a Websterian manner, whose hobby is growing early table corn, is not a banker. He is not a famed executive. While he made a good Senator, his name, it was claimed, was not familiar enough to inspire nation-wide confidence...
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...cart. In Iowa where 13 million hogs are born and fattened every year, the rise from June 1 to last week's average price made a difference of $40,000,000 figuring each hog at 240 Ib. Another boon to hog farmers has been the low price of corn. It is generally assumed by farmers that they can make money if they can sell their hogs at a hundredweight price ten times higher than the cost of a bushel of corn. Corn on the Iowa farm last week was selling at 20-21¢ a bushel while hogs...