Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...campaign is a dull thing to some of the onlookers, it is an exceedingly wearisome business for the candidates. But even for the candidates there is occasional relief. Charles G. Dawes,. peregrinating from stump to stump, halted at Hannibal. Under an ancient guide, he inspected the famous Tom Sawyer cave -a cave which Jesse James and his many men had also used. "Where," asked the General with reverence, "did Tom Sawyer find the opening out on to the river bank?" "We're coming to it," answered the guide. "But right here is where he found Injun...
Spalding seems best fitted for the position of relief quarterback. He is at his best in crucial moments of the game, when a victory or defeat might depend on the choice of one play. It, therefore, seems likely that Coach Fisher will reserve him for some such moment. The conclusion of this reasoning is that Stafford will be one of the eleven on the Union platform tonight...
...Manhattan tradesmen, who came before him on the White House lawn bearing ancient guild banners and their own goodwill; the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, before whom Mr. Coolidge went where they sat assembled in their newly dedicated home in Washington; the "Golden Rule Dinner" of the Near East Relief, at which Mr. Coolidge was guest of honor; the $100-a-plate dinner of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, the guests at which sat in Manhattan while Mr. Coolidge sat in his chair at Washington and let his voice be heard over a private telephone wire...
Another officio-political utterance was drawn from Candidate Coolidge by the "Golden Rule Dinner" of the Near East Relief. He reminisced about the Administration's foreign policies, saying: "In our country are many exceedingly modest souls. Constantly they depreciate their own assumption that our country has done nothing for Europe, made no contribution to world welfare. ... I do not think that our country needs to assume any attitude of apology. . . . America is ready today, as always, to do its full share. It wants the peace of goodwill and of the Golden Rule...
Great sighs of critical relief...