Word: mountain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...This irate old God who thunders imprecations from the mountain or mutters and grouches in the tabernacle, and whom Moses finds so hard to tame; who, in his paroxysms of rage, has massacred hundreds of thousands of his own chosen people, and would often have slaughtered the whole lot if cunning old Moses hadn't kept reminding him of 'what will the Egyptians say about it?' makes one feel utter contempt for the preachers and unfeigned pity for the mental state of those who can retail serious countenance as they per the stories of his peculiar whims...
...Post of the Yellow '90s was little flimsier than its Denver contemporaries, excepting the historic Rocky Mountain News. The latter's name alone was sufficient to carry it through the jamboree that followed Mr. Tammen's advent, and until 1913 it was in the able hands of Sen. Thomas M. Patterson. But all other Denver papers soon wilted. As soon as the Post began to pay, which was very soon, Gambler Bonfils appeared upon the scene to collaborate with Bartender Tammen in one of the most prodigious campaigns for circulation in the history of journalism. They imported from Publisher Hearst...
...ladies and gentlemen, Vermont has as good mountains as any other state. So when the President of this country, Calvin Coolidge, cannot find a mountain in Vermont good enough to bear his name, I scruple at his right to continue as manager of the only silent spokesman, official or otherwise, ever heretofore allowed to parade the White House Grounds...
...wrong. Mr. Coolidge may be perfectly willing to have a mountain named after him, even a small mountain. I can only believe the press. (Grace and I were never confidential although we both have spent our lives in or near Vermont.) But the press reports that there isn't a mountain high enough for such honor. I would amend that to say, didn't fear a war with the vested interests, that there isn't a mountain low enough...
...Waits until the time comes when there's only one place to jump and then jumps in that place with the smile of one who has planned a surprise. The only difference this time is that the water is over his head. And then there isn't good enough mountain to name Calvin Coolidge Hump or Mt. Calvin in my state? It isn't right, ladies and gentlemen I think...