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W.D. & H.O. Wills was a British tobacco manufacturing company formed in Bristol, England.It was the first British company to mass-produce cigarettes.It was one of the 13 founding companies of the Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland); these firms became branches, or divisions, of the new combine and included John Player & Sons.
Display in Deadwood, South Dakota with the dead man's hand (here given as A♠ A♣ 8♠ 8♣ 9♦). What is currently considered the dead man's hand card combination received its notoriety from a legend that it was the five-card stud or five-card draw hand, held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876, in Nuttal & Mann's Saloon, Deadwood ...
William Lawrence Stribling Jr. (December 26, 1904 – October 3, 1933), known as Young Stribling, was an American professional boxer who fought from Featherweight to Heavyweight.
The H. T. Hackney Company distributes over 30,000 different products to over 20,000 retail locations in 21 states. [6] Products include frozen food, baked goods, candy, snack foods, tobacco, cosmetics, and deli items, [6] and its major trading partners include General Mills, Kraft, Valvoline, Procter & Gamble, and Kellogg's.
He managed the 1941 Grand Rapids Colts of the Michigan State League and the 1942 Newport Canners of the Appalachian League. Lucas was a player/coach for the Nashville Vols in both the 1944 and 1945 season. He next managed the Lumberton Cubs of the Tobacco State League in 1947. [51]
Later, tours were conducted by train from Chicago, Indiana, Detroit, Grand Rapids, St. Louis, and other cities. Madame C.J. Walker, the first self-made U.S. woman millionaire of any race, owned property in Idlewild, Michigan. IRC had acquired over 2,700 acres (11 km 2) of land. The company sold a good deal of that land, and then turned the ...
Edwin F. Sweet — U.S. Congressman, mayor of Grand Rapids [16] Jerald terHorst — press secretary under President Gerald Ford; Edwin F. Uhl — U.S. Assistant Secretary of State ; mayor of Grand Rapids [16] Arthur H. Vandenberg — 88th President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate [26] Guy Vander Jagt — U.S. Congressman from Michigan [27]
William Vito "Black Bill" Tocco (born Guglielmo Vito Tocco; February 12, 1897 – May 28, 1972) was an Italian-American mobster from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan and a founding member of the Detroit Partnership of La Cosa Nostra.