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...Washington. Thin, bespectacled, with puckish ears, he faintly resembled the cartoon personifications of Prohibition. His wife, Roxana, a W.C.T.U. member, attracted attention in 1930 with a recipe book of "Prohibition Punches," whose contributors numbered the wives of many high Washingtonians. One of Mrs. Doran's offerings was a mint julep without liquor. With the end of Prohibition, Doran became head of the Distilled Spirits Institute, resigned...
...none of this Guv'mint dough...
...most common U.S. coins were due for a face-lifting last week. To save copper, nickel and tin, the Mint announced that...
Here in the Carolinas we are having, this week of crisis, a convention of tourist agents. Two hundred of them from all parts of the country loll on terraces of inns and country clubs, sipping mint juleps which obsequious landlords provide. Smart dames and smooth gents talk languidly in low tones, with those little glances of confidence, eloquent of the present moment only...
...Flung Huey, the sage, goes south for the day and, mint julep in hand, predicts a hard fought win for the underdog Tulane tornado over Denny Myers' revamped B. C. sugarbowlers...