Word: corns
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senator Smith Wildman Brookhart of Iowa. His method of transferring from the defunct Farm Revolt to the triumphant Hoover vehicle was to attack one of Lowdenism's loudest promoters, George N. Peek, executive chairman of the Corn Belt Conference. He accused Mr. Peek of plotting to ditch Lowden in favor of Vice President Dawes, whose outer office Peek used while lobbying for the McNary-Haugen Bill. Mr. Peek has lately been advising farmers to go Democratic. Piqued at Peek, Senator Brookhart said the Democratic farm plank was worse than the Republican; that Hoover knows more about the farm problem...
...independent State of Liechtenstein, once a fief of the Holy Roman Empire, is now the smallest Principality in Europe (65 sq. mi.), lies between Switzerland and Austria, produces corn, wine, marble...
...lesser Tigers (Ahearns, Sullivans, Hoeys, Flynns, Bradys, McCues, Ryans): no rough stuff, no noise, no liquor parties. Backslapping, in which Olvany does not indulge, actively or passively, is frowned upon. New York's Jimmie Walker, on the wagon, grins at the restless Tigers and quotes the price of corn whiskey.* Boss Olvany lifts his long eyelashes, advises calisthenics, cold showers...
...Corn whiskey, $1.50-$ 3 a pint; Gin, $5-$8 a bottle...
Newsgatherers scoured the Midwest for corroboration of all this exciting news. Governor A. G. Sorlie of North Dakota reported that his State would send a motor squadron and that he would lead it. Chairman William Hirth of the Corn Belt Federation reported from Des Moines, la., that the 1,000,000 farmers represented by himself and colleagues would "make a last stand for equality of opportunity . . . at Kansas City"; that if either Mr. Coolidge or Mr. Hoover were nominated, it would "result in a wholesale bolt of the party by the farmers...