Word: cola
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Coca-Cola Co. ("Eight million a day") reported largest sales in its history. Earnings: $9,163,155. Previous year...
Stockholders in a few more than 500 U. S. corporations last week received and cashed dividend checks totaling more than $500,000,000 as their income for the first quarter of the year. More than 30 companies also declared extra dividends, notably American Safety Razor, Childs (restaurants), Coca-Cola, Pere Marquette R.R., Midland Steel, Humble Oil & Gas, St. Louis & San Francisco ("Frisco") R.R., United Fruit, Singer Sewing Machine. The largest extra dividend-$60 a share-was paid by a relatively obscure concern, Pratt & Whitney, manufacturers of aircraft...
...Coca-Cola stockholders met last week; reflected that they no longer had preferred stock on which to pay dividends, and only 500,000 shares common; gave themselves a 100% stock dividend...
...given a million dollars, an old man lay dying. The press took note of his impending demise. He was the president of a famous soft drink company. Very well, he must have a rags-to-riches obituary. So the papers watched for the passing of Asa Griggs Candler, Coca-Cola king...
...family was indifferent to money. Let a man be honest-shrewdness was unnecessary. It was about 1887 that he sold in his store (he had started a little dispensary of his own in Atlanta) a few quarts of some stuff invented by a certain Dr. Pemberton, and called Coca-Cola. Various people had owned and controlled Dr. Pemberton's in. fant company. During the first year 25 gallons had been sold and $46 spent for advertising. In 1889, Mr. Candler got a part interest in the company; in 1900 full ownership. In 1919 he sold the Coca-Cola Company...