Salt Water Taffy (1889)

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SALT WATER TAFFY

   Nothing special, but a little earlier citation on a re-check of the
Newspaperarchive database.


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Daily Northwestern - 9/9/1893
...then lie n-y-g.j-rimnds, SALT WATER TAFFY, pier. cream, suda wat
-r.....The oflicia test of tile Neenali WATER works will occur week Thursday..
Oshkosh, Wisconsin Saturday, September 09, 1893  599 k

Lima Times Democrat - 9/1/1893
...afternoon, then merry -go-rounds, SALT WATER TAFFY, tinH28, pier,
switchback.....fought her ast battleagainst wind aud WATER and rill he towed to the
marine..
Lima, Ohio Friday, September 01, 1893  1006 k

Lowell Daily Sun - 12/22/1893
...OK TUB FAMOUS ATJ.ANTIC CITY SALT WATER TAFFY ALL OTHERS ART SIMPtV And..
Lowell, Massachusetts Friday, December 22, 1893  1421 k

News - 8/30/1889
...confronted with the sign, "SALT WATER TAFFY." But if you purchase
once.....specialties can justly say SALT WATER TAFFY can't hold a candle to any..
Frederick, Maryland Friday, August 30, 1889  1259 k
Pg. 3?, col. 2:
   ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (...)  As one walks along this gay boulevard along the
ocean you are everywhere confronted with the sign, "salt water taffy."  But
if you purchase once you'll never want any more, we suppose it gets its name
from the fact of being made alongside of the salt water.  And as for taste, well
he who has never tasted Beckley's home-made candies, Bowers' French bonbons,
McCardell's chocolate creams and Albaugh's specialties can justly say salt
water taffy can't hold a candle to any of them.

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NOTE TO THOSE NEW ON THIS LIST, AFTER READING WILLIAM SAFIRE'S "ON LANGUAGE"
COLUMN

   "Salt water taffy" is a regional American food.  The DICTIONARY OF
AMERICAN REGIONAL ENGLISH doesn't have it, but buy all the volumes, anyway.