Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Punchboards used for gambling in California in the 1910s were a game "where the player puys for the privilege of inserting a disk in a covered hole on a board and punches out a number, which, if it corresponds to a certain number on the board, a prize is awarded the player."
The scheme of The Times Book Club (started in 1905) was, again, a combination of a subscription library with the business of bookselling and it brought the organization of a newspaper, with all its means of achieving publicity, into the work of promoting the sale of books, in a way which practically introduced a new factor into the bookselling ...
The first breakfast cereal prize was The Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures Book given to customers in the stores by merchants at the time of purchase of two packages of Kellogg's Corn Flakes. [30] In 1909, Kellogg's changed the book give-away to a premium mail-in offer for the cost of a dime . [ 31 ]
A look at upcoming events at the Granville Public Library. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
On 1 June 1642 [1] the English Lords and Commons approved a list of proposals known as the Nineteen Propositions, sent to King Charles I of England, who was in York at the time. [2] In these demands, the Long Parliament sought a larger share of power in the governance of the kingdom.
The champion could select the Wild Card prize at any time, but at the cost of his/her entire remaining bankroll. The round ended as soon as the champion did any of the following: Reach 21 exactly: Win the grand prize and all smaller prizes chosen from the board. Bust/Find the joker: Forfeit all prizes. Choose to stop: Keep all chosen prizes.
Clubs Casino compiled a ranking of the 10 biggest tournament cash prizes in poker history (adjusted for inflation) using data from The Hendon Mob.
This is a list of book sales clubs, both current and defunct. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .