Word: wilbert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bridegrooms, ran away with the pennant. At the turn of the century, under foxy Ned Hanlon, Brooklyn won the pennant twice (1899 and 1900), were promptly nicknamed the Superbas-after Hanlon's Superbas, a famed burlesque troupe of that era. In 1916 and 1920, guided by beloved Wilbert ("Uncle Robbie") Robinson, the newly dubbed Dodgers (originally Trolley Dodgers, because Brooklynites were constantly dodging ballpark-bound trolleys) again proved the class of the league...
When psalm-singing, radiorating Wilbert Lee ("Pass the Biscuits, Pappy") O'Daniel became Texas' 32nd Governor, he turned over his flour company to his two good-looking young sons, Pat and Mike. He also left them a sales idea that sounded sure-fire for Bible Belt sales of Hillbilly Flour: a tithe certificate with every sack. Purchasers of Hillbilly turned over the certificates to their churches as coupon shares in 10% of the profits of W. Lee O'Daniel Flour Co., reputed to have made Lee O'Daniel a comfortable fortune before he went to Austin...
...education of Wilbert Lee O'Daniel began after he was elected Governor of Texas. Until November 8, 1938, he was a pious flour salesman and promoter with a baritone voice. He believed that all Governors, State Legislators, Congressmen were great & good men, whose chief concern was the public welfare. He also believed what he read in the papers...