Word: whiskeys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Boat. That operator was recently hunched over a tumbler of bourbon in Seattle's exclusive, leather-lined Rainier Club. In his Sunday best, he looked very uncomfortable. He became more uncomfortable when told that the club's whiskey deliveries were smaller than those of some newer clubs. "Goddamn it," he roared, "I go and talk to Mon [Governor Monrad
When Pearson drove into a filling station for gas, Bone found that he was out of whiskey. He yelled for more. Then he put on an act which he had used before: he shrieked that he was being beaten and robbed, then stuffed a handkerchief into his mouth. Scared, Pearson and Johnson drove off in a hurry (with Bone still in the back seat), were soon overtaken, dragged from the car and beaten by the hastily formed...
Saskatchewan's Socialist government achieved a tax reduction this week. It eliminated the 2% sales tax (levied for educational purposes) on groceries, fruit, vegetables, soft drinks, candies, restaurant meals. The tax will still apply to such luxuries as whiskey and beer. The reason for the reduction: revenue from other sources (liquor sales, farm income...
...precept of the "home away from home." After golf or tennis, they stop in at the club-the Polo (men only) or the Pickwick. The Polo provides two tables for volunteer snooker, a tattered copy of Punch, and a few low easy chairs in which members can order a whiskey-&-splash, and rehearse the good old days of rumrunning. The younger set prefer the Pickwick, for its jukebox...
Editorial Policy. In McCall, Idaho, Editor M. O. Brown increased his paper's page size, told readers why: he was getting too many complaints that the "paper was too small to wrap a bottle of whiskey...