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...board the Manhattan were nine tons of milk, 1,600 Ib. of peanut brittle. Athletes complained about their food the first day out, got permission to drink & smoke...
...famed soft drink, originated in Waco and the late Mary Louise ("Texas") Guinan was born on a nearby potato ranch. San Angelo makes its living from sheep and from goats, of which Texas possesses 90% of the U. S. supply. Abilene is a livestock town, also markets peanut products, poultry remedies, artificial limbs. Uvalde is famed as the home of John Nance Garner and as the world's biggest honey centre...
National Biscuit made $9,986,000 in 1935 compared to $11,597,000 in 1934. This was the worst year since 1923 for the world's largest biscuit company, which also makes candy, peanut butter, macaroni, ice cream cones and Shredded Wheat. National Biscuit's earnings have declined every year since their 1930 peak of $22,879,000. Processing taxes and increased competition from independents were major causes of last year's profit decline. The taxes increased manufacturing costs and the competition held down biscuit prices. National Biscuit got back some $1,000,000 of impounded processing...
...that time, Top Row's chief claim upon the attention of the turf world had been his name. His sire was Peanuts, his dam Too High. The combination had suggested to his owner, Mrs. W. Plunket Stewart, the last row of seats in the peanut gallery. As a racehorse, Top Row had appeared mainly in "claiming" races- minor events for mediocre horses in which each entry is for sale at a specified price, for which he can be claimed by anyone who wants him. In these his efforts had been so undistinguished that Mr. Baroni...
...rarely shown signs of achieving a dignity beyond that of exhibition matches. O'Brien's tours draw their biggest crowds in the East, their most serious patrons in California. Their worst behaved galleries were in Iowa, where spectators were slow to learn that loud chatting and peanut shelling are not good manners at tennis matches. Never likely to rival either Tilden or Lenglen as a drawing card, Ethel Burkhardt Arnold is at least likely to amaze galleries by her size (4 ft. 11 in.), the speed of her awkward forehand drive, her almost incredible stamina. As Ethel Burkhardt...