Court Avenue is a small street in downtown Bellefontaine, Ohio, located adjacent to the Logan County Courthouse. First paved in 1893, it is known for being the first street in the United States to be paved with concrete. Court Avenue is listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. |
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LOOKING WESTWARD ON COURT AVENUE
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Linoleum was invented by Englishman Frederick Walton in 1855. At first Walton called his invention “Kampticon”, which was deliberately close to Kamptulicon, the name of an existing floor covering, but he soon changed it to Linoleum, which he derived from the Latin words “linum” (flax) and “oleum” (oil). Walton opened the American Linoleum Manufacturing Company in 1872 on Staten Island. It was the first U.S. linoleum manufacturer, but was soon followed by the American Nairn Linoleum Company in 1887 (later the Congoleum Corporation of America), in Kearny, New Jersey. Walton was unhappy with Michael Nairn & Co’s use of the name Linoleum and brought a lawsuit against them for trademark infringement. However, the term had not been trademarked, and he lost the suit. The court opined that even if the mane had been registered as a trademark, it was by now so widely used that it had become generic, only 14 years after its invention. It is considered to be the first product name to become a generic term. |
Elmer’s Products
is an American-based company that has a line of adhesive, craft, home repair
and office supply products. It is best known as the manufacturer of Elmer’s
Glue-All.
The logo for the
brand was based upon “Elmer the Bull”, mate of Borden Inc.’s advertising
mascot Elsie the Cow. Named one of the Top 10 Advertising Icons of the 20th
Century by Ad Age in 2000, Elsie
the Cow has been among the most recognizable product logos in the U.S. and
Canada.
Elmer was created in 1940 and lent to Borden’s then
chemical-division as the mascot for Elmer’s Glue. In 1948 Elmer and Elsie’s
offspring’s, Beulah and Beauregard were first introduced.
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The plastic tags and twisty ties on loafs of bread are
color-coded to indicate the day of the week that the bread was baked.
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COLOR-CODING BASED ON A 5-DAY A WEEK DELIVERY
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COLOR
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DAY OF THE WEEK
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BLUE
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Monday
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GREEN
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Tuesday
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RED
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Thursday
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WHITE
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Friday
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YELLOW
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Saturday
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Artificial sweetener packets are color-coded based on the
chemical contents of the packet.
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COLOR
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CHEMICAL
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DETAILS
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PINK
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Saccharin
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Saccharin is the oldest artificial sweetener; first
discovered in 1878. In the 1980s saccharin was linked to cancer in rats and
mice, but that study was later debunked. Saccharin has no calories and is
about 300 times as sweet as regular table sugar. Some people complain that it
leaves a metallic after-taste.
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BLUE
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Aspartame
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Aspartame has 4 calories per packet and is about 200
times as sweet as table sugar. You cannot bake with aspartame, because it is
not heat stable. Aspartame has long been erroneously
linked to various negative health effects; including multiple sclerosis and
Gulf War syndrome. Some people who have a rare metabolic disorder cannot metabolize
one of the byproducts of digested aspartame. Aspartame is the main sweetener
in Diet Coke.
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YELLOW
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Sucralose
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Sucralose was first approved by the F.D.A. in 1999, and
is probably best known by its brand name: Splenda. Sucralose has no calories
and is 600 times as sweet as sugar. Sucralose is chemically stable, so it can
be used as a replacement for table sugar in any baked good or recipe.
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GREEN or
WHITE AND
GREEN
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Stevia
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Stevia is derived from a South African shrub, which is
why it’s often referred to as a “natural” sugar substitute. Stevia has no
calories and is 200 times sweeter than sugar. Stevia is the second most
popular non-sugar sweetener in the U.S., but it is more expensive than the
other artificial sweeteners, which is why it is not served in many restaurants.
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On July 1, 1941, at 2:29 p.m., the first television commercial
appeared on screens in the U.S.
The shaky, 10-second spot for Bulova, a New York-based
watch company, aired right before a Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia
Phillies baseball game and cost $9.
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There is a difference between East Coast* and West
Coast* butter. The difference has to do with the size and shape of the
packaging rather than the makeup of the butter itself.
On the East Coast sticks of butter are long and skinny,
while sticks on the West Coast are shorter and fatter.
Butter used to be sold in one-pound blocks, wrapped in
parchment paper and packaged in a cardboard box, until 1906, when a big buyer
of butter from a restaurant in New Orleans asked if the butter company could
sell butter in packs of four quarter-pound sticks rather than one big lump.
They obliged, and the sticks were a hit. At the time, the town of Elgin,
Illinois was known as the Butter Capital of the World, home to the famous
Elgin Butter Company since 1871. It was with their Elgin Butter Cutter that
the East Coast butter size was determined, and that's how the name “Elgin
Stick” was derived.
It wasn’t until the 1960s that the West Coast really
got into the butter making game. Once the West Coast finally caught up with
dairy production, the Elgin-style machines were no longer available. The
replacement machines packaged butter into short, fat sticks that are now
known as “Western Stubbies”.
Today, companies like Land O’ Lakes continue to produce
butter of both sizes to satisfy the stick preferences of the respective
coasts.
*It appears that the actual divide today is east and
west of the Rocky Mountains.
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Elgin Stick (top) and Western Stubby (bottom)
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CATSUP VS. KETCHUP
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CATSUP
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KETCHUP
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What is it?
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A condiment
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A condiment
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Taste
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Generally sweet and tangy but sometimes spicy
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Generally sweet and tangy but sometimes spicy
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Primary Ingredients
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Tomato, onion, salt, cinnamon
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Tomato, sugar, onion, salt, cinnamon
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Popularly used in
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Some parts of US, Latin America, Mexico
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Most parts of the world
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USDA KETCHUP GRADES
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GRADE
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SPECIFIC GRAVITY
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TOTAL SOLIDS
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Fancy
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1.15
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33%
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Extra Standard
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1.13
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29%
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Standard
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1.11
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25%
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Heinz Tomato Ketchup exits the iconic glass
bottle at 0.028 miles per hour. If it pours unaided at more than 0.028 mph it
is rejected for sale.
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