Word: volsteadism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that he will wire the parsons and the wimmen that it would be much better to have SMITH in the WHITE HOUSE than to have NEGRO DEPUTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA PLACING HANDCUFFS ON WHITE MEN AND TAKING THEM OFF TO THE PENETENTIARY TO SERVE TIME FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE VOLSTEAD ACT AND OTHER CRIMES. (Of course the other crimes such as-burglary-arson-murder-THEFT-etc., etc. are nothing at all in the eyes of the ultras-as compared to the possession of a "pint tickler of yaller corn" "that would make a jack rabbit spit in a bulldog...
...average citizen of normal intelligence deplores such spectacles as Heflin, Volstead, the K. K. K., the drab monotony of Mr. Coolidge, and like tendencies; he maintains a respectful and open-minded attitude toward Al Smith and wife, "humble example(s) of transmogrification," and kindred influences; therefore he resents being so subtly harangued by a paper that makes an issue of nonpartisanship. TIME grinds axes and shouts "News!" from cover to cover...
...Bishop Cannon an utterer of falsehood. Senator Glass told Senator Tydings he was behaving "indecently." Senator Tydings leaped at Senator Glass, had to be held. Josephus Daniels berated Senator Tydings for the use he made of Woodrow Wilson's name. Senator Tydings retorted that, nevertheless, Woodrow Wilson vetoed the Volstead...
...That the Volstead Act should be liberalized...
Henry Ford emerged from a 1928 model Ford sedan to browse in the antique shop of Mrs. L. A. Eaton at Conneaut, Ohio. His browsing cost him $1,100; cost Mrs. Eaton practically her entire stock. Strict prohibitionist, Collector Ford defied the Volstead law, bought a bottle of Milwaukee beer, vintage 1848. Two days later Ford employes celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Ford Motor Co. by working...