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Crackerjacks and Those
Wonderful Prizes Jim Trautman
Even though Cracker Jack the caramel coated popcorn and peanuts treat has been around for over 100 years the prizes did not appear until 1912. The original business would have to have commenced in 1872 by William Brinkmeyer a popcorn and candy manufacturer. The business was then purchased by Francis William Rueckheim. He brought his brother Lewis into the business as a partner and the firm was named F. W. Rueckheim and Brother. The big event that started the business onto success was the World's Fair of 1893 in Chicago - the Columbian Exposition. World's Fairs were becoming famous for introducing new products to the buying public. From ice cream, ice cream cones, hot dogs and in 1893 a caramel coated popcorn, peanuts and molasses kernel product. At first it did not have a name, but the millions that attended the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, love it. In fact one of the slogans came from.....
Tables Past and Present By Marni Andrews
The next time you pound on a table to make your point or are told to take your elbows off a table for the sake of good manners, pause for a moment to respectfully consider that table. It may be constructed of the latest modern plastic or it could be a fine heritage piece crafted two centuries ago. Either way, the table we take for granted is as necessary a piece of furniture as any you will find. My mother would agree wholeheartedly with that. In her living room alone, she has eight tables.
It would be hard to imagine life without the table. We use it to eat, to entertain, to hold lamps and to display objects. Imagine the immense stacks of things that would surround us without the trusty table. It is not surprising, then, that its history dates back as far as anything that survives today.
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The History of Coca-Cola Helen Nash
The product that has given the world its best-known taste and led to a memorabilia craze was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, produced the syrup for Coca Cola® and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs' Pharmacy, where it was placed on sale for 5 cents a glass at the soda fountain. Carbonated water was added to produce a drink that was at once "Delicious and Refreshing," a theme that continues to echo today wherever Coca Cola is enjoyed...
Cranberry Glass By Tony Shaman
What can you give the person that has everything? The answer is not as difficult as you might think. If the individual on your gift list is a collector of antiques, or even recent-vintage items, the answer is even simpler: cranberry glass. In England, and in Europe generally, the delicate, pink-hued glass still goes by its original name, ruby glass. That older name, incidentally, aptly describes a product that also makes an ideal gift for couples celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. Conversely, in North America ruby has given way to 'cranberry,' a term that more closely describes the glass's delicate, pink colour. There are several explanations why the term 'cranberry' was adopted on this side of the Atlantic.
The Game of Chess
By Floyd Sarisohn
As the game of chess evolved, so too did the shape and design of the chess pieces and boards. With the games growing popularity in the Western World, it was inevitable that artists and others with imagination would try to create more decorative and artistic chess sets.