Comments on: The Unnatural History of the Dixie Cup

By: Promotional Merchandise

Promotional Merchandise — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:04:46 +0000

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By: John Hogan

John Hogan — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:12:54 +0000

Common to this time were sputum cups, disposable containers for TB patients so they did not spit in public and propagate the disease. In a time prior to antibiotics, it is natural such a disease reducing invention would be readily acceptable by society at large
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By: Ethel

Ethel — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:07:57 +0000

Hum, I don’t think we know what the meaning of Dixie. Frank McCourt used it to describe a dance in his home country of Sligo.

So, is it a dance, a $10 bill, or perhaps Dixie’s land in NY state where free and escaped slaves were welcomed?

By: Ron Graves

Ron Graves — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:05:01 +0000

Healthy motives? Possibly, but I suspect that the “free”aspect of publicly-available water was a great motivator, too, turning free into profitable.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:03:26 +0000

Why was pre-Civil War Louisiana paper money considered “reliable” in 1919?

By: Leon Stroffolino

Leon Stroffolino — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:31:29 +0000

Mr Mulder,I believe you are correct,very observent of you to put the two together,and even if it isn’t quite fact,let’s make it so,sounds good to me.

By: Paul MULDER

Paul MULDER — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:27:36 +0000

Excuse me my ignorance, and for being off-topic, but is this origin of the word ‘Dixie’ also the base for the word Dixieland (jazz) ?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:35:08 +0000

Ugh! So, people have been substituting K for C in Korporate America for over one hundred years?

By: Mark Woodward

Mark Woodward — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:42:20 +0000

Many thanks for a fantastic article, it is very interesting to find out how a product is started and how it evolves.
Although as the article states the paper cup was for water, a comercial purpose was found for this, one of the ealiest forms of packaging.
Ray Croc a salesman for a paper cup company, realsied that a soda shop was limited to the number of seats, as with glasses customers cound not take a drink away, he pushed for plastic lids to be manufactuered that then allowed the soda shop to sell drinks for takeaway, thereby expanding there business.

By: Matthew Battles

Matthew Battles — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:43:25 +0000

It’s also a reminder that this throwaway culture has its origins in real public-health concerns, just as the gastronomic and environmental scourge of processed comestibles can trace its origin in part to laws & methods designed to insure a healthy food supply in a time of real dangers from malnutrition and food-borne illness.