Word: wet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With thousands of thirsty U. S. citizens poised expectant along the U. S.-Ontario border, the Ontario Liquor Commission last week announced that it might be another fortnight before liquor sales began in the Province. Legally, however, Ontario last Monday became wet, added a new aspect to the U. S. liquor question...
Ferguson. Ontario went dry in 1916 as a War measure; the man who made it wet again is Prime Minister G. Howard Ferguson. He said that under Prohibition, doctors wrote 1,500,000 liquor prescriptions a year; that 50 persons in Ontario died from poisonous liquor; that the Province was "saturated" with illegally sold liquor. Said Governor Ferguson: "Unless this thing was settled I would not care to be Prime Minister for another hour." In December, 1926, elections, the people elected a legislature pledged 2 to 1 in favor of the Ferguson plan of government liquor control...
...Kansas was legally "dry," actually wet. Carrie Nation raided only one legally operated saloon. It was in Texas and was called "The Carrie Nation Saloon." Learning of this insult, Carrie Nation journeyed to Texas, made reprisal...
After maintaining a faultless defense against the desperate endeavors of the Holy Cross team last Wednesday, the University fielders showed the effects of wet grounds and slippery pellets in their next two games. The result was a drop in the former fielding figure of 963 to the present mark of 939. Individual averages suffered a like dropping off, the responsibility for the team's miscues being pretty evenly divided among the various players. Jones is the only player who has been in action regularly who has maintained a perfect fielding record...
...bridge of the Cincinnati stood the heavy-jowled boss of Chicago. Glum, pouting, he clutched in his hand the manuscript of a wet and undelivered oration. In vain he sought the attention of crowds toiling on the levees. Had he ventured too near, shotguns would have banged and rifles crashed. The wash of his steamers menaced tottering dikes...