Word: gallon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thinks he cannot get along without his drinks the following is suggested as a solution to the bondage of the habit: "1. Start a saloon in your own house. "2. Be the only customer and you will have no license to pay. Give your wife $2 to buy a gallon of whiskey and remember that there are 69 drinks to the gallon. "3. Buy your drinks from no one but your wife. By the time the first gallon is gone she will have $8 to put in the bank and $2 to start business again. "Should you live 10 years...
...Owens Bottle Co. of Toledo, has long been the largest bottle manufacturer in the world. Its absorption of the Illinois Glass Co. last spring further underlined its importance. From its 17 factories pours every conceivable kind of bottle, from one-tenth ounce perfume containers to freaks of 13-gallon capacity. Some 2,000,000 nursing bottles are produced each month, and many more pop bottles. Owens Bottle Co. made thousands of specially inscribed bottles for Commander Richard Byrd to release in antarctic seas for ocean current tests. President of the company is William H. Boshart, onetime bookkeeper in Toledo...
Last week, New York motorists setting out to enjoy Labor Day were able to fill up with gasoline at 16¢ the gallon (plus 2¢ tax)?¢ lower than the previous price. Official explanations were not elaborate...
Selling in the U. S. at about 50¢ per gallon, whale oil is used mainly for soap production. Although many whalers bring back only oil, others are prepared to render all the byproducts, used chiefly for fertilizer and cattle meal. Thrifty Japanese treat a whale as thoroughly as they do a hog. The meat is sold in tins. In Tokyo, the tips of whale tails are considered the height of delicacy. The Arctic Right Whale, once valued at $10,000 each because of the fine corset stays it yielded, is no longer greatly desired, is practically free to cavort, make...
...owner is a tall man he can stand on the ground and look over its top. It weighs 600 lb. It will be shipped in a weatherproof packing case which has a hinged door and will serve as its garage. It will go 50 miles on a gallon of gasoline. It has a 4-cylinder air-cooled engine. It is a two seater but three can squeeze into it. It will sell for $200. It was invented by James V. Martin of Martin Aeroplane Factory, Garden City, L. I. Mr. Martin is looking for a Wall Street firm to finance...