Friday, April 29, 2022

Today -100: April 29, 1922: Of sluiceways of corruption, spirit flappers, and corsets


Sen. Robert La Follette (R-Wisc.) calls the Interior Dept the “sluiceway for 90% of the corruption in this country.” (I’m not entirely sure that’s a 9). Sen. Miles Poindexter (R-Wash.) says the Naval Affairs Committee will probably investigate the lease of the naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome. La Follette says naval officers who protested the leases were transferred.

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Warlord v. warlord.

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The Chicago Corset Club, which, sadly, probably isn’t as kinky as it sounds, says only 5% of women wear corsets. How it came by this data is not disclosed.

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