From the April 1, 1933, issue

BEER AND BREAD HAVE BEEN COMPANIONS SINCE PHARAOHS

Beer and bread have been companions on man’s tables since the remotest days of antiquity. The pharaohs of Egypt drank beer with their meals, and the kings of the Babylonian city-states maintained great brewing establishments in their palaces and temples, for the pay of their servants and the allowances of their harem ladies were partly in beer.