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Ruth Eva Cleveland (October 3, 1891 – January 7, 1904), popularly known as Baby Ruth or Babe Ruth, was the eldest of five children born to United States President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Cleveland. She is the purported namesake of the Baby Ruth candy bar.
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Baby Ruth was used in the 1985 American film The Goonies [28] by Chunk to befriend Sloth. In the 1985 Ghostbusters novelization by Richard Mueller, Egon Spengler frequently is said to be eating Baby Ruth candy bars. In the 1998 film The Mighty both Max and Kevin are awarded Baby Ruth bars for taking care of a problem in a local store.
Ruth memorabilia at the Baseball Hall of Fame (2014) One long-term survivor of the craze over Ruth may be the Baby Ruth candy bar. The original company to market the confectionery, the Curtis Candy Company, maintained that the bar was named after Ruth Cleveland, daughter of former president Grover Cleveland.
[4]: 243 Folsom and Cleveland first met when she was still an infant; [5]: 268 [6]: 106 he was a regular presence in her childhood, and he bought her her first baby carriage. [ 2 ] : 15 Although the Folsoms were financially secure when she was born, [ 7 ] : 144 her father's gambling habits and his penchant for helping others with his money ...
The next two batters were Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. [9] After taking a ball, Ruth swung and missed at the next two pitches. Mitchell's fourth pitch to Ruth was a called third strike. Babe Ruth glared and verbally abused the umpire before being led away by his teammates to sit to wait for another batting turn. The crowd roared for Jackie.
The birth of the Clevelands' first child (i.e., Ruth) received significant media coverage, and references to "Baby Ruth" appeared frequently during her early years. [ 5 ] The name Ruth ranked in the top ten for American newborn girls until after 1930, staying in the top 20 until after 1937 and in the top 50 until after 1950.
Claire Ruth at the unveiling of a memorial plaque in honor of her husband, Babe Ruth, at Baltimore's old Memorial Stadium (1955) Claire Merritt Hodgson Ruth (born Clara Mae Merritt; September 11, 1900 [1] – October 25, 1976) was a native of Athens, Georgia, United States, who is most famous for having been the second wife of Babe Ruth.