Word: walgreen
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...Humanitarian gizzards pulsated last week upon mention of a new $25,000,000 corporation to manufacture and distribute machines which-for a nickel, dime, quarter or slug dropped into a slot-will deliver any one of a thousand commodities, from candy to cathartics. Three drug store chains (Liggett, Owl, Walgreen), Happiness Candy Stores, United Cigar, Schulte, Union News, McCrory, Woolworth, Penney, Metropolitan and Grant stores will thus dispense part of their wares, and as smartly as their clerks the machines will cry out "Thank you" to the customers. They will also say "Corked tips protect the lips," or some such...