Word: specials
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...quickest, sharpest G. 0. P. answer to Nominee Smith's farmstorming tour was emitted by Senator George Higgins Moses of New Hampshire, official Hooverizer of the East. Quoth he: "The ploughboy of the Eastern world goes West in a $1,000,000 special train to carry relief to the harassed farmers of that section. His remedy consists of a plea to give him a chance. His promise consists in a pledge to appoint a commission to tell him what...
...retort to the Denver Smith speech, Senator Moses said: "Mr. Facing-Both-Ways has again descended from his eleven-car million-dollar special train to spread light and learning in those sections of the country which are unaccustomed to the effulgence of the Brown Derby. ... He misrepresents, distorts, bisects sentences and employs periphrastic phrases to make his points. . . . The candidate neglects to say that three of his own chief financial backers in this campaign-Messrs. Young, Brady and Ryan-are also leaders of the power trust...
...principle object of the Union's activities this fall will be to stir up interest in the coming political campaign. On election night especially a busy program has been arranged. Open house will be held at the Harvard Union and a special wire has been strung to enable listeners to secure the election results. Neal O'Hara '15, of the Boston Herald, has promised his services as announcer. At 12 o'clock pictures of the Tunney-Heeney fight will be shown and refreshments are to be served...
Came a bright September evening and the Warrior sprang from the defense into militant campaigning. In a new brown derby, with Mrs. Smith on his arm, he boarded an elaborate eleven-car special train at Albany. As it sped westward, a big red bull's-eye sign on the back platform announced: "Smith-Robinson Special−the Victory Ticket...
Alfred E. Norris, Manhattan stockbroker, was indicted on a charge of conspiracy with 'Legger Kerper, who was alleged to have sent some 15 shipments of liquor to the broker's apartment. Special Assistant Attorney General Davis hoped to set a precedent for prosecuting buyers as well as vendors. He did not, however, neglect 'Legger Kerper, who was indicted on 33 counts...