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  Charles Elmer Hires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Elmer Hires (August 19, 1851—July 31, 1937) was the inventor of root beer.
Hires was originally going to call his drink "root tea" also but thought that "root beer" would be more appealing to the working class.
Hires was active in the temperance movement, and it is believed that he wanted root beer to be an alternitive to alcohol.
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 Hires Root Beer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hires Root Beer was created by pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires on May 16, 1866, who gave it the name root beer rather than herbal tea.
It debuted in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was sold to the public in bottles in 1893.
Hires Root Beer Kits, available in the United States from the early 1900s through the 1980s allowed consumers to mix a dry extract with water, sugar and yeast to brew their own root beer.
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 Hires Root Beer   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hires Root Beer was created by an entrepreneurial pharmacist named Charles E. Hires, who discovered a delicious herbal tea made of roots, berries and herbs while on his honeymoon.
Hires continued to experiment with his original recipe and introduced Hires Root Beer at the 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, an event which also marked the introduction of other notable inventions such as Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, the Remington typewriter and Heinz Ketchup.
Through the years, Charles Hires' stubborn insistence on using more expensive ingredients and flavorings than his root beer competitors may have frustrated his accountants, but Hires Root Beer ultimately became a product that was synonymous with high quality.
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 Does Hires Root Beer Date Back 120 Years?
So, the only way Hires Root Beer could be said to date back more than 120 years is if you take into account the glasses of root beer Charles Hires sold to customers at his drug store.
Various websites blindly parrot the phrase “Hires Root Beer was created by pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires on May 16, 1866,” but no documentation is provided.
Given that Hires was born Aug. 19, 1851, that would mean he was 14.
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 Anecdotage.Com - Thousands of true funny stories about famous people. Anecdotes from Gates to Yeats
Charles Elmer Hires did not originally plan to call his new soft drink "Root Beer." Until a friend convinced him that many consumers would be reluctant to drink it, Hires wanted to call it...
Coca-Cola, which famously blundered with the introduction of "New Coke" in the early 1980s, introduced its first drink in 1886.
[Trivia: One famous soft drink was named by chemist Charles Alderton in honor of the father of a girl he was dating.
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 May 16th Theme Unit - Root Beer Invented
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 Read about Hires Root Beer at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Hires Root Beer and learn about Hires Root Beer here!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hires Root Beer is a soft drink marketed by
Charles Elmer Hires on May 16, 1866, who gave it the name root beer rather than herbal tea.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was sold to the public in bottles in 1893.
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A favorite summer drink, root beer, was created by Charles Elmer Hires of Philadelphia in 1876.
It was a syrup based on an American elixir made from sassafras and other natural herbs and roots.
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 Encyclopedia: Charles Elmer Hires   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jump to: navigation, search August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar.
Jump to: navigation, search Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population.
May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years).
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 May 16 - Today in Science History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He formed the Colburn Machine Glass Co. in Aug 1906, installed drawing machines at two factories in 1908 but went bankrupt in 1911 before the technology was perfected.
His brother Jeremiah patented a detector lock in 1818, which proved to be the foundation of the later success of the firm of Chubb and Sons which Charles founded when he moved to London in 1820.
Charles Chubb made improvements on this lock, with patents in 1824, 1828, and 1833.
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 Charles Elmer Hires Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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Hires was originally going to call his drink "root tea" but thought that "root beer" would be more appealing to the working class.
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 village voice > news > Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway
Charles Elmer Hires invented root beer in 1866.
The Fort Riley civilian employee may have saved Nichols from the death penalty when he testified that he saw three other vehicles—including a truck piled with bags of what looked like fertilizer—and a group of men on the day McVeigh claims he and Nichols put together the bomb by themselves.
Charles Key: The Oklahoma state legislator and former insurance salesman thinks the government case is a cover-up for a wider conspiracy.
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The church hired the best lawyers and lobbyists to petition Congress for statehood, starting in 1849; however, Utah was not to become a state until 1896.
Hires' root beer's slogan reads "as old as the nation." Actually, Hires created root beer hundred years after the U.S. was founded.
This petition was endorsed by the governor, Arthur L. Thomas, and Charles S. Zane, who had again become chief justice, and many leading "Gentiles." It was read before the senate committee on territories and became a part of the published record of that body.
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 DrGWSwett.html
This seems to be the one point in the Hires story on which all parties seem to agree: marketing it as "beer" instead of a "tea" was a key to its success.
Hires began selling his root beer at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in tiny packages that contained the various herbs, barks, and berries.
That the said Nathaniel Swett immediately before his death was inhabitant of the said county of Charlotte and that he died seized or otherwise entitled to real estate of the value of 675 pounds in the said county and personal estate or other value of 125 pounds.
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 09 Jun History: This Date
Under invitation by leaders of the English Commonwealth, Charles II [09 Jun 1630 – 17 Feb 1685], the exiled king of England, enters London in triumph on his 30th birthday, to assume the throne and end eleven years of military rule.
In 1649, Charles vainly attempted to save his father’s life by presenting Parliament a signed blank sheet of paper, thereby granting whatever terms were required.
Charles issued on 15 April (04 April Julian) 1660 his Declaration of Breda, expressing his personal desire for a general amnesty, liberty of conscience, an equitable settlement of land disputes, and full payment of arrears to the army.
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 Journal and Courier Online - ARCHIVE
Charles Robert Paul, 85, of Lafayette, died at 9 a.m.
Surviving are 2 grandchildren, Noelle Daley (husband: James) of Hamlet and Nathan Brundage of Warsaw; 1 great-grandchild, Addisyn Daley of Hamlet.
Judge John Roberts has interviewed for what may be the most important job in the world that hires by interview.
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 1866   (Site not responding. Last check: )
May 16 - The United States Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
May 16 - Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
May 24 - Battle of Tuyuti - 32.000 soldiers of the Triple Alliance defeat 24.000 Paraguayan soldiers few miles north of the Parana - 18.000 dead
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 W & ET - Ask Mark Parker Volume 32 September 1998
Hires root beer advertising items are highly collectible, especially older ones.
Originally, it was sold as a dry mix and later as a liquid extract and syrup.
Hires liked to use pictures of plump, pink-cheeked children to promote the benefits of their "great health drink," and a lot of different faces graced their ads before the familiar "pointing boy" (often shown wearing a dress or robe) became a standard logo.
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 Cerveza De la Raíz De los Hires   (Site not responding. Last check: )
La cerveza de la raíz de los hires fue creada por los hires de Charles Elmer del farmacéutico de mayo el 16 de 1866, que dio le la cerveza conocida de la raíz más bien que a té herbario.
La cerveza de la raíz de los hires fue promovida como "la bebida de Temperance" y "la bebida Salud-Que daba más grande del mundo." Los hires anunciacióces agresivamente, creyendo "haciendo negocio sin la publicidad son como el guiño en una muchacha en la obscuridad.
Los hires arraigan los conjuntos de la cerveza, disponibles en los Estados Unidos a partir de los 1900s tempranos con los años 80 no prohibidos consumidores para mezclar un extracto seco con agua, el azúcar y la levadura para elaborar cerveza su propia cerveza de la raíz.
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 MJ Forums -> Rank and discuss the works of Martin Scorsese
Rupert's nagging mother was her best role up to that time (not counting the documentary "Italianamerican" where he interviews his folks), but of course her shining moment comes years later in GoodFellas, as the Joe Pesci character's mother ("Why don't you settle down, find yourself a nice girl?").
Charles wan't used as prominently, his most visible part coming in Raging Bull as one of the main Mobster's always present sidemen.
The musical score by Elmer Berstein is for the most part a re-arrangement of the original score from Thompson's film, a wonderful theme by the immortal Bernard Herrmann (Citizen Kane, Verigo, Psycho), who's last score was for Marty's Taxi Driver (completed quite literally in the last days of his life).
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 John Dillon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The son of (Click link for more info and facts about John Blake Dillon) John Blake Dillon (1816-1866), he was educated at (Click link for more info and facts about Trinity College, Dublin) Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards studied (The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques) medicine.
Dillon entered (A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)) parliament in 1880 as member for (Click link for more info and facts about Tipperary) Tipperary, and was at first an ardent supporter of (Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891)) Charles Stewart Parnell.
He was arrested in May 1881 under the Coercion Act, and again in October, after two months of freedom.
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 South Side residents voice concerns about numerous arsons - PittsburghLIVE.com
Mike McKitrick, the driving force behind the group's organization, will be coordinator, while South Side resident Kim Kerns will serve as secretary and the Rev. Elmer Reamer will be treasurer.
Charles Bosch said he is disappointed that no one from the police department attended.
Ruggieri said he walks the streets of his neighborhood every night at different times with his reflector vest and flashlight.
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 David Denney's World of Trivia
Charles Lindbergh was only 25 years old when he made the first successful transatlantic flight.
In 1862, English clergyman and mathematician Charles L. Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, began inventing the story of "Alice in Wonderland" for his friend Alice Pleasance Liddell during a boating trip.
In 1649, one vote caused Charles I of England to be executed.
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 Timeline Food   (Site not responding. Last check: )
c1867 In NYC restaurateur and entrepreneur Charles Feltman, who owned a pie wagon at Coney, was looking for something simple he could prepare and serve in a confined space.
Charles Menches sold ice cream at the fair and an anonymous Syrian sold the zalabia pastry in the next booth.
The containers took off in 1951 when he hired Brownie Wise (d.1992), a secretary from Detroit, who developed a sales network based on patio parties.
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pharmacist from Philadelphia who invented the eponymous Hires Root Beer beverage on
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 History 102 - Appendix
July 2: President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau, a disgruntled office-seeker.
August 23: Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed in Massachusetts for the 1920 killing of a factory guard, despite protests that they were being punished for their radical beliefs.
March 1: The son of aviator Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped.
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