Word: teas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Schulte, United Cigar, Liggett and most small dealers joined in the price-upping, hoped that Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. would see fit to follow. Tobacco men believed that the move had at least the tacit approval of Mr. Hill who, believing he has the 10-centers licked, is reported to be pondering a boost in the wholesale price...
Even before the partnership blanks were distributed many a potent company had wired the President support of his program. Among the first were American Tobacco, Sears. Roebuck, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea, Florsheim Shoe. But it was the small independent employer not in the habit of telegraphing the White House who would make or break the campaign. Some doubtless would sign agreements and then secretly violate them. For such cheating some N. R. A. advisers thought they could be penalized under the National Recovery Act. Declared General Johnson: "We'll administer this thing through the squawks. When I hear...
...does not like our coffee and wonders why we do not like his tea...
Manhattan's Daily Advertiser advertised the U. S.'s first panorama show (Jerusalem) in 1790, "at Lawrence Hyer's Tavern, between the Gaol and the Tea Water Pump; the sight is most brilliant by candlelight." The U. S. panorama fad reached its peak in the 1850's, faded fast...
...with an eye to choice) the Italian, Hamburg-American, Cunard and White Star lines welcome visitors. . . If the dogs of conscience drag you to the Art Museum, don't forget you can get lunch on the premises. . . And finally, if you can save out seventy-five cents, there's tea at the Ritz