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...from Dora that these subhuman salesmen sprung. For Dora's decree made many a public house, cafe and tobacconist close during certain afternoon hours and also close early at night. Ingenious, tradesmen put slot machines on their doors. Thus, while legally closed, they continued to dispense candy, chewing gum, cigarets, etc. Meanwhile the slot machines, at first an emergency measure, gained so strong a hold upon the British favor that their vogue is considered certain to continue even after Dora shall have been rendered extinct by the same unfeeling government that created her. Indeed, the robots of the present...
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...Manhattan, one Chick Gum, Chinese cafeteria cook, was tossing flapjacks in the hurry of early trade one morning last week. Of one jack he lost control. Flapping high, it curved down into the open neck of the Gum undershirt. Chick Gum yowled, got a doctor...
...National League, however, there is a real rival for the chesty Yankees. Backed by the chewing-gum millions of William Wrigley Jr., Manager Joe McCarthy has built up a formidable combination. Said Bucky Harris after the Chicago Cubs had beaten his Detroit Tigers five straight games in spring training: "It is the greatest team I have ever seen on a baseball field." Harris has seen the Yankees. He has seen them at their best...
American Chicle Co., (Black Jack and Kis-Me gum, Sen Sen breathlets) net, $1,795,268. Previous year...