Word: gins
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Today the Old Farmer's yellow paper cover, drilled for a kitchen nail, is the same as in 1792. Although it now lacks the crotchety personal stamp of Founder Thomas, no longer carries temperance articles (with pictures of a sinister nurse mixing gin with the milk to pacify the baby), the Old Farmer has better than 100,000 subscribers (mostly New Englanders), from Bangor, Me. to Hong Kong. These ardent readers feared that the Old Farmer's 1940 issue would be its last. After the death of its fourth copyright owner, Bostonian Carroll J. Swan, in 1935, Little...
...bootleg liquor and bathtub gin made their first appearance. The Crimson emerged from that game with the "foot" in football very evident. Charlie Buell kicked two field goals, Arnold Horween one, for the game's only scores. The next two years saw almost identical games. Yale entered the favorite, emerged beaten 10 to 3, with Charlie Buell and George Owen doing yoeman service for the winners on both occasions...
...Toronto, a confused patriot armed with gun and gin marched a Greek restaurant owner and his Greek chef out of their cafe. His reason given to the police: he mistook them for Nazis...
...conclusion is that it can be done. After three weeks of trying to make Ernie Craig eat eggs instead of gulping gin and of avoiding his friends from the band, Louise Channing still believes that love can overcome all obstacles. Even her prim Back Bay aunt is suddenly converted and sees no reason why Ernie's friends shouldn't be hers too. Unfortunately, the audience isn't so easily satisfied...
...Bathtub gin, riots, and actresses may come and go, but the University Theatre carries on its crusade against the vices of college and day by day converts to the sweeter, the pleasanter, the movie-going Way of Life...