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...TOASTER In 1926 the Waters Genter Co. (later called Toastmaster) introduced the first pop-up toaster. Master mechanic Charles Strite had patented the spring-loaded automatic-toaster design in 1919. Although it cost $12.40, the Toastmaster quickly displaced the manual electric toaster that cost only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Hundred Great Things | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...playing the conquering Jew in Germany, Mark shrugged and said, "Actually, I've always liked this country." Then he added, tapping a lampshade, "Even though this shade is probably made out of one of my aunts." Bad blood welled up last week between Mark and Teammate Steve Genter, before they competed in the 200-meter freestyle. Word got around that Mark, upon hearing that Genter had been hospitalized, had said: "Well, this may sound terrible, but at least I don't have to worry about him." The situation grew worse when Genter charged after the race that Spitz had tried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spitz | 9/11/1972 | See Source »

...Pauper Profit. In Detroit, arrested after he tried to mooch a nickel from a passerby, Panhandler Genter Adams turned over $166 in cash and a bankbook with a $5,728 balance to cops for safekeeping, chose a 90-day jail term instead of a $100 fine, explained: "I can't afford to take all that money out of the bank with the interest rates so high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 21, 1957 | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

...brightest, most delicately flavored and highest Gold Leaf grown in Virginia. This is the old and original brand of Straight Cut Cigarettes, and was brought out by us in the year 1875. Beware of imitations, and observe that the firm name as below is on every packages. ALLEN and GENTER, manufacturers, Richmond, Virginia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 10/17/1887 | See Source »

...brightest, most delicately flavored and highest Gold Leaf grown in Virginia. This is the old and original brand of Straight Cut Cigarettes, and was brought out by us in the year 1875. Beware of imitations, and observe that the firm name as below is on every packages. ALLEN and GENTER, manufacturers, Richmond, Virginia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 10/15/1887 | See Source »

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