• Hires Root Beer was created by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires. The official story is that Hires first tasted root beer, a...
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    marketing root beer for its medicinal qualities. Pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires was the first to successfully market a commercial brand of root beer. Hires developed...
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    the Charles E. Hires Co., which manufactured and distributed Hires Root Beer. Hires was born on August 19, 1851, to John and Mary Hires in the Roadstown...
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    Drink portal A&W Root Beer is an American brand of root beer that was founded in 1919 by Roy W. Allen and primarily available in the United States and...
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  • Dad's Root Beer is an American brand of root beer that was created in Chicago in 1937 by Ely Klapman and Barney Berns. It is currently owned by Hedinger...
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    Barq's (redirect from Barqs root beer)
    Hires Root Beer company, which was attempting to claim a trademark on the term "root beer". It was also due to some differences from other root beers...
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  • Root Beer A&W Cream Soda Cactus Cooler Canada Dry Canfield's Clamato Crush Dejà Blue Diet Rite Dr Pepper Hawaiian Punch Hires Root Beer IBC Root Beer...
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  • Chocolate Fudge Crush Dr Pepper Floats Gini Hawaiian Punch Hires Root Beer IBC Root Beer RC Cola Diet Rite Nehi Ricqlès Schweppes Squirt Stewart's Fountain...
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    pottery industry in the world at that time. The teapot was originally a Hires Root Beer sign in the shape of a large barrel and was converted into a teapot...
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  • (Sunkist) Schweppes Orangina (until 2020) Snapple Dr Pepper Crush Hires Root Beer Mott's Clamato Mott's Mr & Mrs T "Labatt and Canada Dry Mott's Inc...
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  • Observatory's spectrometer Hires Big H, restaurant chain headquartered in Utah, U.S. Hires Root Beer Hires (surname) Hire (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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    Some types of soda that rose to popularity in Philadelphia include Hires Root Beer, Franks Beverages' unique Black Cherry Wishniak or Vanilla Cream, and...
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    Schweppes Vernors Root beer Mug Root Beer Barq's Ramblin' Root Beer (until 1995) A&W Root Beer Stewart's Rootbeer Hires Root Beer Cream soda Mug Cream...
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    local bottlers Hires Root Beer – licensed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up to local bottlers Hyvee – only marketed in the midwest IBC Root Beer – 11 flavors, owned...
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    7-Eleven. Dr Pepper Flavored Freezies are available with Grape Crush and Hires Root Beer flavors. The Serious Bean Company makes a variety of baked beans using...
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  • Jean's Coffees Green Mountain Coffee Hawaiian Punch (U.S. only) Hires Root Beer IBC Root Beer Keurig K-Cups Mott's Clamato Mr & Mrs T Peñafiel ReaLemon and...
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    appeared in television commercials in the 1980s for McDonald's, Toyota, Hires Root Beer, and Rent-A-Center. He appeared as himself in the 2004 BET Comedy Awards...
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  • Verve Records, Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs was recorded for Hires Root Beer, on whose television commercials Dearie had sung. The album was originally...
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  • popular audience. In 1962, Dearie recorded a radio commercial for Hires Root Beer. As it proved very popular, the LP Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs...
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  • inventor of the soft drink Pepsi Charles Elmer Hires (1851–1937), American inventor of the soft drink Hires Root Beer John Pemberton (1831–1888), American inventor...
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    invented in Michigan in 1866, sharing the title of oldest soft drink with Hires Root Beer. Faygo was founded in Detroit on November 4, 1907. Two of the top four...
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  • Pop" March 10, 2024 (2024-03-10) N/A The origins of soft drink brands Hires Root Beer and Dr. Pepper is depicted. 51 4 "Sunshine in a Glass" March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17)...
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    Teapot started its life as a gigantic wooden hogshead barrel for a Hires Root Beer advertising campaign. Devon purchased the barrel in Pennsylvania and...
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    reformulated to remove alcohol and is still sold as a children's laxative. Hires Root Beer: originally marketed with claims that it could "purify the blood and...
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    Carnation, Chesterfield, Esso, Eveready, General Electric, General Motors, Hires Root Beer, Knickerbocker, Lysol, Maxwell House, Mobil Oil, Palmolive, RCA Victor...
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    Wine Coca-Cola Dr Pepper Fernet Branca Graham crackers Grape-Nuts Hires Root Beer Moxie brand soda Pepsi Cola Tonic water List of topics characterized...
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    Ketchup Wallace-Farmer Electric Dynamo, precursor to electric light Hires Root Beer Kudzu erosion control plant species The right arm and torch of the...
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    stores from 1946 to 1965 and had a bottling facility for Life Cola and Hires Root Beer on the first floor. The building is five stories tall and rises 55...
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    Some of Jim Jordan's investments included the bottling company for Hires Root Beer in Kansas City. Fibber McGee and Molly originated when the small-time...
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  • (door-to-door bushels of peaches). By age fifteen, he had also become a Hires Root Beer reseller and sold at a roadway stand with the family's produce and...
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