Word: sales
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...next. The Cabinet of Premier Gaston ("Gastounet") Doumergue was reported considering whether to legalize absinthe at its full pre-War strength of 66% alcohol or perhaps go further and legalize what used to be called Swiss absinthe (80%). According to inspired reports, "The Government feels that by monopolizing the sale and manufacture of absinthe they can keep consumption within moderate limits and yet obtain a large revenue...
...wood, wormwood is a bitter-tasting weed fairly common in Europe and the U. S. under such local names as madderwort, mugwort, ming-wort, warmot and wermuth. Swiss farmers never think of buying absinthe, but make it at home from their own weeds. Swiss law, while banning the sale of absinthe in Switzerland, permits every farmer to make as much as he likes...
...Fleet David Beatty, Earl Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby, who took half his title from the waters where he fought the Battle of Jutland, half from the Leicestershire estate where he rides to hounds, announced that the estate, 13th Century Brooksby Hall, was up for sale...
...State Industrial School in Miles City. The proposed dog races at the State Fair were off. George Miner, agent at the Northern Pacific station, was selling travelers' insurance on false teeth and Paris Cleaners were doing three ladies' dresses for $1. Field mouse kid shoes were on sale at Smithers for $6.75 and rib boil could be purchased at Hennessy Bros...
...grave is a prospect. Even though the average price of a tombstone dropped from $500 to $350 as Depression deepened, many a man preferred to leave his loved one's grave unmarked until he could afford a memorial. These unmarked graves are the industry's backlog, each a potential sale...