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"Bubbles became one of the most famous of British paintings; Pears' became one of the world's biggest soap firms."
Millais' greatest success came in 1885, when he painted Bubbles, a portrait of his little grandson blowing soap bubbles. Pears' Soap bought Bubbles outright, used it as an advertisement. Result: Bubbles became one of the most famous of British paintings; Pears' became one of the world'...
> In California's rich valleys beet fields were plowed under and 4,000,000 pounds of sugar were lost every day for lack of workers. Growers begged for 30,000 extra men-cityfolk, school children, convicts, soldiers-to save grapes, pears and peaches from rotting.
But for farm prices three alternative "floors'' were set up: 1) 110% of parity; 2) Oct. 1 or Dec. 15 market prices, whichever are higher; 3) the 1919-29 average price. Furthermore, Leon Henderson's ceiling, when set, is made subject to the veto of Secretary of...
North and South American prickly pears, members of the cactus family, were taken to Australia in the 19th Century, planted for hedges and as a source of fodder. By 1925 they threatened to crowd out native vegetation on 30,000,000 acres of land, and on 30,000,000 more...