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In 1904, Blechynden reportedly decided that a cool tea drink would be more profitable than hot tea during that year's World's Fair. The fair was held in St. Louis that year during a particularly hot period, driving up sales of Blechynden's iced tea. The beverage sold so well that it gain national popularity after the event. [1]
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 million (equivalent to $525 million in 2024) [ 1 ] were used to finance the event.
1801 – Paris, France – Second Exposition (1801). After the success of the exposition of 1798 a series of expositions for French manufacturing followed (1801, 1802, 1806, 1819, 1823, 1827, 1834, 1844 and 1849) until the first properly international (or universal) exposition in France in 1855.
1904 fiction books (2 C) N. 1904 non-fiction books (30 P) 1904 novels (11 C, 4 P) P. 1904 poetry books (2 P) S. 1904 short story collections (5 P) Pages in category ...
The book consists of 365 pages and included 67 categories and further classified into 217 sub-categories. Over 2,600 items are listed, each with one or more photos, along with a biography of Robert Hendershott. The Forward and Publisher's Note is written by Kurt Krueger, publisher of a previous book of 1904 World's Fair Exonumia.
Beverage: Source: Date of first mention: Description and significance: Moloko Plus (Nadsat for "Milk Plus") : A Clockwork Orange: 1962: Aka "milk with knives in it"; drunk by the protagonist to get him in the mood for "a bit of the old ultraviolence" [2] In the film, Moloko Plus is milk laced with one of three (possibly illegal) drugs, Vellocet, Synthemesc and Drencrom.
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It was introduced to almost 20 million people while attending the 1904 World's Fair Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri as a new kind of soft drink. [6] Its introduction in 1885 preceded the introduction of Coca-Cola by one year. Corner Drug Store exhibit at the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas.