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Leave of Absinthe. In Lille, France, Joseph Brunard, 27, who had bet 1,000 francs that he could drink a quart of absinthe and live, lost...
...Homer. When established dairies last December raised milk prices 2? a quart, Kennedy held the price line, picked up as many as 1,000 new customers a day until the other dairies dropped prices back. As a result, in a year the Association has climbed to seventh among Detroit's 28 dairies, and grossed $1,250,000 in 1946 (estimated...
Kennedy still draws only $100-a-week salary. The milk drivers, who own their own trucks (jeeps proved too small), take care of their own overhead and get a commission of 5^ a quart. Some net $180 a week; the average: $100 a week...
...from 32.86? a pound to 31.45?). Amid the growing abundance of dairy products, wholesale butter fell as much as 7 ½? a pound in one day. In the New York area, the price of milk was reduced 44? a hundredweight by the Department of Agriculture, about a cent a quart, and pegged there to keep it from going lower...
Apple cider, commonly associated in New England environs with the first Pilgrim Harvest, was also in evidence about College rooms. One straitened but ingenious host placed a quart in his closet uncorked. "It'll be better next year, the natural reward for abstinence," said the Economics major...