Word: pints
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Franciscans favored U. S. whiskeys, particularly De Luxe ($3.35 a pint), Golden Wedding ($3), Greenbriar ($3). Old Raven ($3), Cedar Brook ($2.75). Popular gins were Old Ram's Head ($1.75 a fifth), Old Colony ($1.55) and a local product, Old Smoothie...
...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...
...testimony of Stanley, who signed with a cross since he, like all the girls and a few of the good burghers of the town, was unable to sign his name, reveals another visit to the College on January 3, with James Alling, the willing Freshman, fetching the pint to be again "mixt with sugar and water." The action of the college seems to have stopped with the slight fine imposed by Danforth in his capacity as justice of the peace. It is due to the investigation made necessary by the more serious scandals concerning the activities of Mary Ruggles, Hannah...