Word: dakotas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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First South Dakota gave Coolidge the "first choice" place on its primary ballot (TIME, Dec. 17). Then Henry Ford came out for Coolidge (TIME, Dec. 31). A fortnight ago the Non-Partisan Leaguers of North Dakota, led by their two insurgent Senators, Ladd and Frazier, technically Republicans, indicated a preference for Coolidge. Last week Senator James Watson, who long wanted to pose as a favorite son of Indiana, renounced his aspirations in favor of Coolidge...
...Passed a resolution proposed by Senator Ladd of North Dakota calling on Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to furnish data on the wheat futures market in Chicago as evidenced in the trading of the last two months...
...Those in which the town or township unit has been a considerable factor in consolidation. These include New England, Michigan, New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, North Dakota...
...Those states in which consolidation is being effected through a district system. They are Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, West Virginia...
Magnus Johnson, junior Senator from Minnesota: "Competing in a wood-chopping contest against Senator Frazier of North Dakota, I was defeated. Reports stated that I 'thought someone had taken a mean advantage of me.' Urged by cinema men to tell a funny story during the performance, I responded: 'Henry Ford never went to college but he went to Coolidge.' I could not help joining in the general laughter that followed. Said I: 'I used up much lung power while Frazier never cracked a smile but kept on sawing...