Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...From the peak of its prosperity symbolized by the erection of the new building, the CRIMSON, like the rest of the world, fell upon dark days. After the United States declared war in 1917, the University was turned completely topsyturvy, but somehow the CRIMSON managed to continue publication until the fall of 1918, when the very small number of men returning to college forced the suspension of publication on October...
...entire Brown squad, with one exception, is in perfect condition. Keefer and Dixon, star carriers, were both given a rest on Saturday, and should reach the peak of their game against the Crimson. Payer, another back, has also recovered from the minor injuries he received a week ago in the Brown-Dartmouth tussle. Captain Stifler, who never has reached his top form this season, has recovered from his foot injury and should discourage runs around his end in Saturday's encounter...
...with all its lights lit, waver for a moment, vanish again. Farmers declared that they had heard the noise of a motor above them early on the morning that Ames disappeared. Searching parties found nothing. Last week a boy, one Harry Dobson, 15, found Ames on top of a peak called Nittany Ridge, four miles east of Bellfonte. The plane lay in a tree, bottom up; the man dangled from the cockpit. He had been dead ten days. Pouches of mail lay scattered underneath. They were put on board a train...
...National Industrial Conference Board has been conducting a nationwide study of rents, covering 179 localities in this country. According to the Board's statement, the peak for rents the country over was reached in July, 1924, when they averaged 86% higher than in 1914. Since that time a general decline has occurred, until in July, 1925, they stood at 79% higher than pre-War rates...
...profound and lengthy researches, has recently presented statistics which go to show what everyone knew already-that average incomes in this country were apparently on the increase. The national income during 1909 is placed at 27 billion dollars and in 1913 at 32 billion; it rose gradually to a peak of 74 billion in 1920, and relapsed to 62 billion...