Word: poppings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Going through McComb, Miss. (pop. 10,000), Manager Bill Terry of the New York Giants last year saw a crowd of 1,000 on the station platform. Delighted, he ordered an exhibition game for McComb this spring. Last week nearly half the population jammed their little baseball park to watch the Giants thrash the Cleveland Indians, 4-to-2. Next day, the Giants played the Indians in another exhibition game in Hattiesburg, Miss, where they were greeted by a brass band, a half holiday. After five balls had been pitched in the first inning, a downpour ended the game...
...life, he had declined to become Democratic nominee for New York's attorney-generalship, turned down lucrative invitations to join eminent New York City law firms. Reasons: Family life too important to be infringed upon by politics; multiplied income of New York City practice over that in Jamestown (pop. 45,155) would not permit same gracious enjoyment of unostentatious luxuries-would have to live in city or commute, and he hates both; might be expected to work Saturdays, and reserves Saturdays for domestic pleasures; several times the income that keeps a comfortable cabin cruiser on Lake Chautauqua wouldn...
...Vocal Club is presenting "Pop Goes the Weasel" by Schaffer, "Song of the Volga Boatmen," "Song of the Vagabonds" by Friml, "John Peel" arranged by Andrews, "Johnny Harvard" and "Fair Harvard...
...Over half of its total sales are accounted for by the Hershey bar (almond and plain, 5? and 10?). The rest comes from breakfast cocoa, chocolate syrup, chocolate covering for "enrobing" the candy of other manufacturers. On windless summer days the town of Hershey, Pa. (pop. 2,500) is permeated by a sweet sickish odor which Pennsylvania Dutch farmers round about call "da chockle shtink." But the Hershey earnings have not always been as steady as the Hershey "chockle shtink." Net profit dropped from $7,635,000 in 1931 to $4,246,000 in 1933, largely on account of competition...
...same day Mayor Hinchliffe's report appeared, Asbury Park, N. J. (pop. 14,900) was placed in the hands of the State Municipal Finance Commission, receivers, in effect, for profligate New Jersey communities. Bondholders were pressing for payment on their defaulted securities...