Word: northwesterner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thick grey curtains of rain descended upon the northwestern corner of Wisconsin. All week they brushed the forests, slowly, monotonously. Everything dripped and the rust-colored road from Lake Superior to small Brule, the inland riverbank settlement, developed treacherous potholes despite the thousands of dollars Wisconsin had just spent to make it a safe road for a President to travel. An Army truck transporting mail-of-state foundered and tipped over. A light passenger car transporting a heavy, round-shouldered figure out of the dismal wilderness, slithered into a rut, stuck, had to be dragged out by horses...
About 29 miles away (northwest) is Superior, Wis., on Lake Superior. There, in the high school, will be President Coolidge's office. Governor Fred Zimmerman of Wisconsin swiftly promised to mend the red clay roads in the northwestern corner of his State. Six miles from the Lodge is Brule, a five-street village (unpaved) inhabited by 200 Finnish fishermen. Four miles beyond Brule is Lake Nebagamon and the Congregational Church and Rev. John Taylor. Mr. Taylor is blind, uses a Bible printed in Braille. Perhaps Mr. Taylor will be taken for a cruise on the Navy cutter that will...
Then Joel 0. Cheek did a very bold thing for a merchant. He started a national advertising campaign before he could supply the goods he advertised. But he created an insistent demand, and by the time his salesmen got to northern, midwestern, southwestern, northwestern and Pacific Coast jobbers they met very little sales-resistance...
Curious, Professor George Herbert Betts, of Northwestern University, made out a questionnaire and sent it to 500 ministers in or near Chicago. Four hundred thirty six ministers answered his inquiries. All wrote "Yes" when they answered the question: "Do you believe God exists?" Their other replies were varied. Questions and answers in the order of assent (figures in percentages...
...Wildcats have played only two games this season, losing their opener to Bates by a 6 to 3 count, but defeating Northwestern 2 to 0 in a very close contest. Slayton, the probable starting twirler in today's clash, is considered one of the leading pitchers in New England collegiate ranks. Last year he held the Crimson to five hits, but the University nine won by a 7 to 5 score, owing to costly fielding miscues on New Hampshire's part...