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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 21, 1947 | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Milky Way | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Milky Way | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down, Down, Down | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Voracious Diners Get Ample Festive Turkey In Fat Second Rounds | 11/29/1946 | See Source »

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