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Word: kluxes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whether he got $146,500 or $145,500 or $90,000 (as variously reported) Emperor William Joseph Simmons, founder of the present organization, last week severed all connections with the Ku Klux Klan and with the Knights Kamelia, Inc. Emperor Simmons, inventor of many famous titles, such as Kleagle, Kloncilium, Klonsel, is the genius who in recent years revived the Klan from its fast growing obscurity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KU KLUX KLAN: Simmony? | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...attempt was made by the radicals, assisted by the Ku Klux Klan element, to deprive President Lewis of his power to appoint union organizers, with the purpose of having the offices made elective. They argued that this patronage power made Lewis an autocrat. A standing vote was taken and Lewis lost, but a roll call was forced, which took the greater part of a day and Lewis' appointive power was sustained by a majority of 157 votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COAL: Peace and Confusion | 2/11/1924 | See Source »

Priceless, as an example of backwoods credulity feeding on religious bigotry, is the story (said to emanate from the Ku Klux Klan) that the 1917 Series of one-dollar greenbacks carries Catholic propaganda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jaw-bone of an Ass | 2/4/1924 | See Source »

...Rise of Rosie O'Reilly. George M. Cohan is responsible for this obvious "defy" to the Ku Klux Klan. He has been responsible for several others from the same mould in the past few seasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 7, 1924 | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

From the discussion groups it appeared that, by and large, Collegiate America is overwhelmingly in favor of the World Court and that there is considerable support of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan was vehemently denounced by non-undergraduate speakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Ann Arbor | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

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