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Word: districting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Another is Mr. Kvale, earnest and fearless. He defeated Volstead by convincing the farmers of his district that Volstead was not dry enough. He is so dry he could dehydrate a desert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Toil and Trouble | 3/15/1926 | See Source »

...Regional Chairmen follows: LeR. R. Jacobs '14, Alabama; L. H. Marvin, A. M. '17, Ph.D. '20, Arizona; R. B. Emmons '06, Los Angeles, California; B. H. Dibblee '99, San Francisco, California; W. S. Fales '90, Colorado; N. H. Batchelder '01, Connecticut; Le Roy Harvey '94, Delaware; Walter Tuckerman '03, District of Columbia; T. H. McKittrick Jr. '11, London; C. D. Morgan '06, Paris; H. G. Dillingham '04, Honolulu ; Barrell Wendell '02, Illinois; P. C. Lewis '17, Indianapolis; D. D. L. McGrew '03, Japan; Harold Hinckley '02, Bangor, Maine; J. C. Hamlen Jr. '09, Portland, Maine; J. C. Hamlen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REGIONAL CHAIRMEN FOR HARVARD FUND ANNOUNCED | 3/12/1926 | See Source »

...backfield mates conquer the waiter's eleven, but are penalized 30 days, for unnecessary roughness by the superior blue jacket reserves. An accidental escape from jail follows, a hasty wedding, so that Dexter's stay in foreign waters may not be lonesome, and a pardon by the district attorney--the bride's father, of course--lead to the fade...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/10/1926 | See Source »

Harry Houdini appeared as a witness before the House Committee of the District of Columbia, which was holding hearings on a bill to regulate clairvoyants, "mediums," etc., in the District of Columbia. In the back of the room sat several mediums. As a climax to his denunciation of their trickery, Mr. Houdini drew a telegram from his pocket, crushed in his hand and dashed it down upon the table before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mediums | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

...Department of Agriculture recommends that hospitals be created as county institutions. Where the county is too poor, it suggests that a medical district be created by the co-operation of two or more counties. Town hospitals should spread news of their facilities to the surrounding farms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Rural Hospitals | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

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