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...Vagabond, hearkening to the past, set about his brewing. The honey stuck up the kitchen a good deal, and the bruised ginger root gave off an aroma that corroborated the statement of the Latin ponies. And there was another difficulty, the directions said to boil the concoction for a half hour stirring the while. The Vagabond had conjured up lovely visions of leaning over a gurgling caldron, much as Merlin might have done. But as the minutes passed failure dwelt hard upon their tracks. No while arose...
Thirsty inhabitants of Greenwich Village were alarmed one day fortnight ago to see a large new padlock on the door of a popular 6th Avenue shop. Gone from the window were the innocent green ginger ale bottles which had identified it as one of Manhattan's legion of "cordial & beverage" shops. On the sidewalk rested several battered milk cans. Pasted on the door was a notice that read: "Closed for violation of the Prohibition Law." But before the day was over Villagers were reassured. The sign had not been up 24 hours before above the padlock notice appeared...
...cordial shop is easily identified. It is a small, neat store in the window of which are some ginger ale or nonalcoholic liqueur bottles, or a pot of flowers. No longer is liquor on display inside; cautious vendors now keep it under a counter, behind a partition, or in an ice box out back. In some stores a prospective purchaser must bring an introduction or answer questions, but in most of them all comers are served with cheerful uniformity...
...clean up the city," but Chicago today is as crime-ridden as ever. Last week's news was that Alphonse ("Snorkey") Capone had organized the city's saloons into such a perfect chain that he was selling them not only their liquor supplies but everything down to ginger ale and table linen. So Chicagoans were not excited last week when Mayor Anton J. Cermak abruptly ousted Commissioner John Alcock and appointed in his place Captain James P. ("Iron Man" ) Allman. Mayor Cermak called his City Council into special session to whip through the appointment, had the new commissioner...
...going to Lipton's. The best shop in town for Irish Bacon." He opened shop after shop until he built a chain of some 600. In 1885 he began specializing in tea, developed his own plantations in Ceylon. His interests widened to include candy shops in London, ginger ale plants in Ireland, a slaughter house in Chicago. In 1898 his enterprise was incorporated, his fortune estimated at $50,000,000. His motto: "Never take a partner." When he was made a baronet in 1902, this changed to "Labor Omnia Vincit" ("Work conquers all") beneath a coat of arms with...