Word: hershey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brewery is its Secretary & Treasurer Sol E. Abrams. Joe Uihlein has fine furniture and Gobelin tapestries, likes to make speeches on Gaul, the History of Cavour or the Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire. At one time he built an elaborate candy plant "Eline's"* to compete with Hershey. It was not a great success, was said to have swallowed $15,000,000-an amount said also to have been more than compensated for by profits in A. 0. Smith Corp. (steel products...
...Time-24.30. Winner-Bonthron (P), Arthur Foote '33, Turley (Y), A. S. Pier, Jr, 35. Minor (Y), Canning (Y), J.S.Hayes '33, J. P. Scheu '35, C. F. Woodward '35, Walker (P), Morris (P), E. F. Bowditch '35, James Parton '34, J. M. Estabrook '34, T. A. Robinson '34, Hershey (Y), Spruance (P), Foedisch (P), J. G. Miller (P), Tracy (Y), Hill (R), Hamilton (Y), Gardiner (Y), J. W. Higgins '34, Watson (Y), Flanagan (P), Walsh (P), Mcllinger (P), Prentice (Y), H. R. Miller...
...Founder Hershey spends much time walking through his plants and recreation parks. While this is his chief exercise, he would never walk for health alone; always he is inspecting. He is seldom in his small office in the Hershey National Bank Building. Sometimes he picks up a newspaper or magazine, has seldom been seen with a book. He has another negative habit: he rarely signs his name, writing no personal checks or letters. A man who has known him 35 years has not seen Mr. Hershey's signature more than ten times.? He goes...
While lower commodity prices have been a boon to Hershey, they have also been a boon to chocolate-eaters. The Hershey bar has been getting fatter. In 1929 the 5¢ almond bar weighed 1 oz., in 1930 1¼ oz., lately 1? oz. The 10¢ milk bar which was 2 oz. in 1929 has been fattened to 4 oz. This largess was no attempt to ballyhoo. In 1909 Hershey Corp. advertised in newspapers and on billboards. That was the only advertising it has ever done...
...backs of Hershey bars however appears the founder's signature...