Word: pint
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Three other states, Montana, Ohio and Michigan, have government liquor monopolies. In Michigan the first State stores opened last week. Governor Comstock bought the first bottle-a pint...
...Orleans topers fared no worse than those of most other cities in the matter of prices. Sixteen-year-old straight whiskeys like Paul Jones, Four Roses and Antique were going at $3 a pint. Jamerson's Irish brought $5 a fifth; Royal George Scotch $4. Cook's Imperial champagne, made in St. Louis ($5 a fifth) sold at national pars...
Chicago was long on U. S. whiskeys, short on Scotch. Old Taylor, Old McBrayer, Old Grand Dad, Four Roses, brought $3 a pint. No Johnny Walker or Haig & Haig were in sight...
Boston maintained the New England rum tradition by popularizing Spanish Main ($3 a pint) and New England ($2.75). Old James E. Pepper bourbon cost $3.25 a pint. A Great Western champagne sold for $3.50 a quart...
...Manhattan, Macy's, which boasts that it will not be undersold, was doing a landoffice liquor business. All old straight American whiskeys cost $6.94 a quart, or $3.74 a pint. Other prices: blended Golden Wedding ($2.94 a quart), *** Hennessy ($4.49 a fifth), Holloway's gin ($1.74), Mumm's Cordon Rouge 1926 champagne ($5.74 a quart...