Word: bndweiser
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. August A. ("Gussie") Busch Sr., 68, famed St. Louis brewer; by his own hand (pistol), following long illness; in his palatial home at Grant's Farm outside St. Louis. Son of Founder Adolphus of the Anheuser-Busch brewery (Bndweiser), "Gussie" Busch carried the family business safely through Prohibition, continued the family tradition of liberal philanthropy. Snubbed by snobbish socialites, he and his family attained an enviable social standing without their help. For the last several months Brewer Busch had been ridden by heart trouble and gout...
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