Word: vinegar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Vinegar...
...Greene, Me., a fire occurred on the farm of John Sawyer. Firemen failed to save three buildings, used up all their water. Then they filled their pump with barrels of Farmer Sawyer's vinegar, squirted it at a fourth building, saved...
...agents this edict: "The National Prohibition act authorizes . . . unrestricted manufacture of non-intoxicating cider and fruit juice in the home. . . . Conditions: . . . 1) it shall be non-intoxicating in fact; 2) it shall be exclusively for home use . . . 3) it shall not be sold or delivered except with a vinegar permit. . . . Nor will you interfere with such manufacture and use in the home...
...makes nearly all the compressed yeast sold in the U. S. Its eleven factories have a capacity of some 500.000 lbs. of yeast per day. In 1928, net sales were $64,004,366; net income $19,820,668. Fleischmann Co. is also one of the world's largest vinegar producers. ships in its own tank cars 15,000,000 gals. of vinegar per annum. The company has consistently promoted Baker's Bread v. Home Made Bread; cheerfully notes that in 1919, 60% of U. S. bread was sold by bakers, in 1928 the baker's share had risen...
...alcohol is usually derived from sugar-cane molasses, cheap and easily fermentable. Uses. During 1928 (fiscal year ending June 30) the U. S. produced 92,418,025 wine gallons of industrial alcohol. Alcohol is used in making artificial silks, hair tonics, tooth pastes, liniments & lotions, ether, perfume, vinegar, tobacco, photographic supplies. Makers of soaps, shellacs, varnishes, polishes and lacquers are alcohol-users, so are makers of fungicides, insecticides, deodorants and disinfectants. When alcohol in eau de Cologne is applied to an aching head, the alcohol evaporates rapidly, uses up the heat of the body and cools the fevered brow. When...