Word: coffeeman
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Three years ago Adman Raymond Ritchie Morgan approached James Folger of San Francisco, with the rummage sale notion-"the hottest idea I've hit in years"-to sell Mr. Folger's coffee. Coffeeman Folger was impressed when one of the first items disposed of on the program was Mr. Folger's speed boat ($800). The following year, when the air time was expanded to 15 minutes over CBS station KNX, the telephone response put the Hollywood, Hempstead and Hillside exchanges out of order, burned out the generator which operated the busy signal on one, caused the telephone...
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