Mrs. Roebuck smilingly declined and began suddenly to go on about her son, who was `` onleh a little younguh than you bawhs ''.

Mrs. Roebuck thought Johnson was a `` sweet bawh t'lah lahk thet '', but her Herman was getting to be a man, there was no getting around it.

When Hooper fell into financial difficulties, the Britannica was managed by Sears Roebuck for 18 years ( 1920 – 23, 1928 – 43 ).

In the 1890s the Sears & Roebuck catalogue, which was distributed to millions of Americans homes, offered a syringe and a small amount of cocaine for $ 1. 50.

The first of these was the production of sulphuric acid by the lead chamber process invented by the Englishman John Roebuck ( James Watt's first partner ) in 1746.

In 1969, Sears, Roebuck & Co. was the largest retailer in the world, with approximately 350, 000 employees.

Initially endowed by Julius Rosenwald, the Sears, Roebuck and Company president and philanthropist, it was supported by the Commercial Club of Chicago and opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress Exposition.

Clarence Gilyard remained on, but with the addition to Roebuck to the cast and the character of Cliff Lewis becoming a second private investigator, his role was diminished somewhat.

The concept was taken to the U. S. by Julius Rosenwald, chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Company, who visited the Deutsches Museum museum with his young son in 1911.

This was later developed at Roebuck Springs under the leadership of club women.

* Richard Sears, founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company, was born in a neighboring town and grew up in Spring Valley.

About the only way things were purchased away from home was through the Sears and Roebuck Catalog.

In the 1920s, Sears, Roebuck and Company was a major mail order company.

The Broome Bird Observatory, sited in pindan woodland close to the northern shore of Roebuck Bay, was established by Birds Australia in 1988, and formally opened in 1990.

The House of Commons was moved by Roebuck to reverse the sentence, which it did 29 June by a majority of 46, after having heard from Palmerston on 25 June.

John Arthur Roebuck ( 28 December 1802 – 30 November 1879 ), British politician, was born at Madras, in India.

He became associated with James Watt when Watt's business partner, John Roebuck, was unable to pay a debt to Boulton, who accepted Roebuck's share of Watt's patent as settlement.

Arnold was also bullied by other children at school — where he was known as " Bonehead " and his best " friend ", Porky Roebuck, once spearheaded a plan to eat him during a Space Scouts survival course.

Rimmer later recounts an occasion on which Roebuck threw his favourite shoes into the school septic tank whilst he was wearing them.

The company was formed as a joint-venture between the Robert Simpson Company ( Simpson's ), an existing Canadian department store retailer, and Sears, Roebuck and Co. of the United States.

The publication of these diaries as New Voyage Round the World in 1697 was a popular sensation creating interest at the British Admiralty and in 1699 Dampier was given the command of the Roebuck with a commission from the Admiralty ( and by inference King William III who had reigned jointly with Queen Mary II before her death in 1694 ).

Chain stores previously located downtown — Woolworth's, W. T. Grant, S. S. Kresge, JC Penney and Sears Roebuck — shut their doors or moved to malls on the outskirts of Lewiston or Auburn.

Roebuck is located at ( 34. 884195 ,-81. 960597 ).

There were 17 pubs in the town although the Spite ( properly known as the Roebuck ), the Chevin and the Royalty are on the outskirts, with the Spite located in North Yorkshire.

The Roebuck Tavern located on Roebuck Street was a favourite assembly point and was also owned by Henry Hawley.

Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holliday, Nancy Stafford, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Brynn Thayer, Julie Sommars, Kari Lizer, Daniel Roebuck and Carol Huston were all featured in the intros for their seasons.

In 1879, Charles Harper suggested that the pearling industry could be served by a port closer to the pearling grounds and that Roebuck Bay would be suitable.

On the eastern shore are the waters of Roebuck Bay extending from the main jetty at Port Drive to Sandy Point, west of Thangoo station.

Roebuck Bay is of international importance for the millions of migratory waders or shorebirds that use it seasonally on migration through the East Asian – Australasian Flyway from their breeding grounds in northern Asia.

Migrating waders in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia

Sandpipers spending the non-breeding season in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia

* Roebuck Bay, Western Australia

Dampier then followed the coast northeast, reaching the Dampier Archipelago and then Lagrange Bay, just south of what is now called Roebuck Bay all the while recording and collecting specimens, including many shells.

He believed that they made kidnapping raids and ranged as far south as Roebuck Bay ( later Broome ) where ‘ quite a fleet ’ was seen around 1866.

Despite the accident, the expedition proceeded to the west coast, which was surveyed as far as Roebuck Bay.

Lake Argyle and other wetlands of the Ord and the Kimberley are important habitats while there are important populations of shorebirds in the Ord estuary, Eighty-mile Beach and Roebuck Bay, which has been described as " one of the most important stop-over areas for shorebirds in Australia and globally ".

* July 26-William Dampier's expedition to New Holland ( Australia ) in HMS Roebuck reaches Dirk Hartog Island at the mouth of what he calls Shark Bay in Western Australia and begins producing the first known detailed record of Australian flora and fauna.

That year, he also invested in the unsuccessful attempt to establish a pastoral settlement at Roebuck Bay.

The red sand beaches of northern Roebuck Bay

Roebuck Bay is a bay on the coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Roebuck Bay is a 550 km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 210 mi < sup > 2 </ sup >) tropical, marine embayment.

Roebuck Bay experiences a hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen, Bsh ).

Roebuck Bay lies in the traditional country of the Jukun and Yawuru Aboriginal peoples.

Waders in flight across Roebuck Bay

Waders roosting on Campsite Beach, Roebuck Bay

Eleven mangrove species are found in Roebuck Bay.

Broome is a major tourist destination, and Roebuck Bay is used for recreational and tourism activities such as fishing, sightseeing and birdwatching.

In the 1890s, Roebuck Bay was the terminus of a proposed but stillborn land grant railway from Angle Pole across the border in the Northern Territory.