Two-/Three-/Five-/Ten-Gallon Hat

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   I was asked to beat 1920 to the two- or ten-gallon hat.


   24 December 1903, TRENTON TIMES (Trenton, NJ), pg. 1, col. 3:
   "City Clerk Harry B. Salter wants a pretty diamond pin to wear with his
two gallon hat and cane."


   12 October 1904, TRENTON TIMES (Trenton, NJ), pg.5?, col. 3:
   For campaign purposes an automobile is about as useless as a two-gallon
hat, gold-headed cane and kid gloves.


   13 March 1905, TRENTON TIMES (Trenton, NJ), pg. 5, col. 5:
   Since then Scott has thought of getting a "three gallon" hat and frock
coat for general wear.


   1 April 1905, TRENTON TIMES (Trenton, NJ), pg. 1, col. 3:
   It is a little late for warnings, but for those who shall run across a
tempting derby or "five gallon" hat later in the day it might be in furtherance
of the Brotherhood of Man to sound the warning note, "Beware!"


   12 August 1915, FORT WAYNE NEWS (Fort Wayne, Indiana), pg. 5, col. 1:
_TWO-GALLON HAT_
   _FAMINE IN FRISCO_
_AND THE SUFFERING IS VERY_
   _TERRIBLE INDEED THERE_
   _THESE DAYS._


   2 June 1918, WICHITA DAILY TIMES (Wichita Falls, Texas), part three, pg.
1, col. 1:
   Hall was standing on the line one bright morning waiting for his motor to
be fixed, when an eager old gentleman, with nanny-goat whiskers and a
ten-gallon hat, asked: "Say, don't you fellers ever get tired of answering questions?"
   "Sure!" said Hall.  "What do you want to know?"