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...short skirts and long necks" for the Whispering Campaign. He cried: "Neither the Republican nor the Demo cratic platform declares in favor of Prohibition." He said: "Senator Curtis and I are dry - nobody knows how dry we are!" Also, he mixed with Editor William Allen White of the Emporia, Kan., Gazette, in an argument of the kind that is thoroughly enjoyed in a country of long adjectives and short tempers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Votes Oct. 15, 1928 | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

When the Smith Special arrived at Newton, Kan., it found a newsboy at the station distributing, free, copies of the Fellowship Forum which announced: "Roman Catholic Clerical Party opens big drive to capture America for the Pope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Who Pays the Klan? | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

Newton and Dodge City, Kan., Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Itinerary | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

Original and romantic intent was to run 1451 miles-up and across Kansas, south through high Oklahoma and higher Texas, across the Rio Grande, then southwest across Mexico, 1,451 miles to the Gulf of California. The line from Kansas City to Wichita, Kan. is still "under construction." From Wichita one can ride 735 miles to Alpine, Texas, without changing cars-on a local train...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Orient | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

...Olathe, Kan., Probate Judge George W. Fulmer, a 60-year-old official with one arm, married Elizabeth Conn, the 16-year-old daughter of an iceman, to one William Washburn, 21. This done, E. A. Conn, local iceman and father to Elizabeth, swirled into Probate Fulmer's office and beat the smiling, crippled, bewildered old fellow within an inch of his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Sep. 3, 1928 | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

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