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Consumer Products | ----- | food & drink meals, snacks & staples Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes Post Toasties Grape-Nuts cereal Quaker Oats Crisco (1911) Hellman's Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise (1912) Mikesell's Potato Chips (1910) Uneeda Biscuits Ceresota Flour Chicken Of The Sea tuna (1914) Morton Salt (1912) Holsum Bread Kraft processed cheese (1917) desserts & candy Marshmallow Fluff (1917) Wheat's Ice Cream Jell-O Ice Cream Powder Oreo cookies (1912) Cracker Jack Life Savers candy (1912) Sen-Sen Jell-O Chiclets gum Clark Bar (1911) Brach's candy N.B.C. Graham Crackers beverages Coca-Cola Hires Root Beer Moxie Dr. Pepper Pepsi-Cola Orange Crush Chero-Cola ======================================== ======================================== ======================================== ======================================== other products Hall Brothers greeting cards (1916) steel-nibbed dipping pens Bon Ami cleansing powder Rinso laundry detergent (1918) Health Kups*Dixie Cups men's wristwatches fountain pens Fels-Naphtha laundry soap Prince Albert tobacco colored gift wrap (1917) | ||
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Origins
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 Potato chips were invented at Saratoga Springs in 1853. They were known as saratoga chips and were served only in restaurants until the 1890s. Grocery stores started selling them in 1895. In the 1910s, they were becoming known as potato chips and were sold in tins or dispensed from bulk containers.  "A prize in every box"....In 1910, a box of Cracker Jack came with a coupon inside, which could be redeemed for a prize. In 1912, the company started putting actual prizes in the boxes.
 Before the 1910s, cigarette smokers were definitely in the minority when it came to tobacco use. For the upper classes, cigar and pipe smoking carried more prestige. Less-refined men favored chewing tobacco. Before cigarettes were manufactured by machine, consumers either rolled their own or bought an expensive hand-made brand.In the 1880s, the first factory-made cigarettes were produced. These tailor mades helped launch a cigarette craze, and by the 1900s cigarette smoking was a national issue. Concerned citizens formed anti-smoking groups, women were arrested for smoking in public, and government officials attempted to pass anti-smoking legislation. 15 states had a ban on cigarette sales in 1909, and it looked like the anti-smoking forces were winning. In the 1910s, the tide began to turn the other way. Anti-smoking groups were ridiculed and anti-smoking laws were repealed. The introduction of the first book matches in 1912 made smoking easier than ever. The first modern, nationally-advertised brands went on sale during this decade....Camels, Chesterfields and Lucky Strikes. Then came World War I. Cigarettes were handed out to the soldiers as part of their rations, and anyone who opposed this practice was labeled a traitor. A whole generation of young men came back from the war addicted to cigarettes. | ||
In the 1910s, gifts were wrapped with brown paper or tissue paper. Occasionally, you could find tissue paper with solid colors or printed patterns, but usually white was used. This all changed in 1917 when the Hall Brothers Store in Kansas City ran out of tissue paper right before Christmas. Thinking quickly, the owners put some fancy envelope lining papers on sale for ten cents a sheet. When it sold out, they knew they had a potential goldmine. The Hall Brothers Company added printed wrapping paper to their new line of greeting cards.
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At Work | ----- |
wages child in textile mill.................$3.54/week housekeeper..........................$5.00/week girl in sweatshop...................$8.76/week meat packer............................$9.50/week Ford auto worker, 1913............$2.00/day Ford auto worker, 1914............$5.00/day After Henry Ford installed his assembly line in 1914, workers quit their boring and monotonous new jobs in droves. Ford instituted a $5.00 per day wage as an incentive for them to stay. This higher wage drove wages up all across the country. average salary, 1912................$592/year average salary, 1914................$627/year average salary, 1916................$708/year 
child laborIn the 1800s, some states tried to outlaw child labor, but were unsuccessful. In the 1900s, the progressive movement tackled the issue, and by 1914 every state had some form of child labor law. While these laws didn't eliminate child labor, they did put restrictions on it. In addition to needing a valid work permit, most kids had to reach a certain age or attain a certain level of education before they could work. | ||
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