Word: tobaccos
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yale in China, Presbyterian church, Singer Sewing Machine Co., Standard Oil Co. of New York, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Seventh Day Adventists...
...made herself popular, by the U. S. political trick of baby-kissing and by getting herself adopted into the tribe. She stayed ten months. Her only traveling companion was a fox terrier, her only equipment a revolver, a first-aid kit, 25 Ibs. of staple groceries, gifts of tobacco, tinsel, toy balloons, with which she had small difficulty in winning her way among New Irelanders...
Manufactured Tobacco...
Last week, indeed, George Washington Hill, able and aggressive American Tobacco president and dictator, announced a 2-for-1 stock split, an increase ($8 to $10) in dividends, and a doubling of 1930 profits over 1929. Yet American Tobacco stockholders have been asked to approve an increase in common and common B stock from 3,000,000 to 6,000,000 shares, with an extra dividend of $4 on the old stock and a $5 dividend on the new. In 1929 American Tobacco showed net earnings of $30,182,669; on the basis of the 100% net increase announced...
...Hill specifically credited advertising with the greater portion of American Tobacco's 1930 success. He referred proudly to the editorial quality of his advertising, judged that it was effectively competing, in reader interest, with the non-advertising columns of the publications in which it appeared. Not surprising was his accent on newspaper advertising, since the Lucky Strike campaign has been essentially a newspaper effort, supplemented by magazine pages but relying upon its daily appearance for its greatest effect. Mr. Hill added that his 1930 advertising appropriation had been increased over 1929 by $2,300,000; an increase which would...