Word: raisin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chances by publishing a story about a trip which his daughter made to Atlantic City with her fiance, an attache of the British Legation, unless the Senator will vote a large appropriation for Prohibition enforcement. They also argue over Prohibition. The Senator thrusts the Prohibition Bible (in which "raisin cake" is mentioned instead of wine) under the preacher's nose...
...train ran into a shower. Once in the mountains, the temperature was less and less offensive. In the diner, Mr. and Airs. Coolidge ate alone, with Secretary Kellogg and Senator Lenroot across the aisle. Mr. Coolidge had a two-inch broiled steak, a cup of jellied consomme, toasted raisin bread and hot coffee. Mrs. Coolidge confined herself to the cold consomme, chicken salad and iced coffee. After dinner, they retired to the observation car. At Cumberland, Md., she received a delegation of Camp Fire Girls...
...Jewish bankers who seek to control the food markets of the world." Indeed, according to Mr. Sapiro's declaration, he has been accused by the same publication of seeking to gain control of the markets for wheat, potatoes, hops, hay, tobacco and cotton, as well as the raisin and bean industries...
...Maid Raisin Growers Association California Fruit Growers' Exchange California Prune and Apricot Growers Portland Cement Association Dairymen's League Cooperative Association Florida Citrus Exchange...
...word "wine", so objectionable to sensitive souls of today, has been changed to "raisin-cake" in a new Bible published by Charles Scribner's Sons. To further the good work of Scriptural regeneration, the Uplift Societies must now get busy upon certain other errata in the texts which, though not so demoralizing as the wine passages, are nevertheless capable of improvement. Joseph's narrow escape from Mrs. Potiphar, for example, might be changed--indeed must be changed to read as follows...