Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Near Medicine Lodge, Kan., stands a five-room brick cottage, from which, 27 years ago, crusaded Carrie Nation, Prohibitionist, Reformer, Hatchet-Wielder. Last week Prohibitionists began a movement to preserve this cottage as a Carrie Nation Memorial...
...Carrie Gloyd married the Rev. David Nation, veteran of the Civil War. In 1901 the Rev. Nation, divorced her on grounds of desertion, cruelty. It had been her custom to sit in the front pew while he was preaching, comment audibly upon his sermon. When she had listened as long as seemed to her sufficient, she would shout out: "That will be about all for today, David!" In 1900 Carrie Nation, began to see visions and to hear angel voices. In church she became ecstatic, ran up and down the aisles, clapped her hands, shouted "Hallelujah!" and "Praise the Lord...
...Kansas was legally "dry," actually wet. Carrie Nation raided only one legally operated saloon. It was in Texas and was called "The Carrie Nation Saloon." Learning of this insult, Carrie Nation journeyed to Texas, made reprisal...
Sculptor John Gregory of Manhattan launched upon a vision of what architects and allied artists would accomplish: "The nation will be engrossed in art. Streets will lose their present character and become canyons of brass and color. They will be designed in units rather than as collections of buildings...
...With the nation's fiscal structure thus buttressed, the Government abstained from extending its 21-day moratorium permitting Japanese banks to suspend payment (TIME, May 2). When the moratorium expired last week no runs were reported. Confidence had been restored...