Cotton Candy (1905)

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COTTON CANDY

   OED & M-W have 1926.  I'd posted only a touch earlier.  From the American
Periodical Series online.

   21 January 1905, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, pg. 47:
Inquiry No. 6401.  For manufacture of the electric candy machine known as
:Fairy Floss" or "Cotton Candy."

   14 October 1905, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, pg. 310:
Ad for "Cotton Candy Machine Co."

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APS & ELECTRONIC DATABASE MISC.

   Columbia Univerisyt has the WALL STREET JOURNAL on its ProQuest
subscription, but not the WASHINGTON POST.  I'd like to see the WP.  Surely,
there's an early "martini" there?
   The American Periodical Series online looks like it's far from complete.
Some of the NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE items are mis-dated (1804?).  PUCK is not
there at all.  More will probably be added in a few months.  PUCK, for
example, probably will have "raspberry/razzberry."

THE REAL McCOY--From the boxer Kid McCoy?  I was surprised when the NATIONAL
POLICE GAZETTE--a leading boxing magazine--didn't have anything.  The first
cite here?  How about December 1933, in H. T. Webster's famous FORUM &
CENTURY article on "Slanguage."

I'M FROM MISSOURI, SHOW ME--Nothing earlier than what I'd found.
    21 April 1900, A JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR LIFE, TRAVEL, NATURE STUDY, SHOOTING,
FISHING, YACHTING, pg. 309:
    There is an old saying about the man from Missouri, who said: "It may be
so, but you've got to show me."

TUNA--Lots of wonderful citations from nature/fishing publications, but all
cites are later than 1881.

CHILI CON CARNE--Nothing before 1857 (the book is cited several times).  I
typed in just "carne" and also "chile."

ENCHILADA--Nothing early here.

TACO--Nothing at all.  Hey, OUT WEST magazine!  "Taco," fer cryin' out loud!
THe full text LOS  ANGELES TIMES is my next best hope.

JAMBALAYA--The AMERICAN AGRICULTURALIST, May 1849, pg. 161, shows up in
citation form.  THis word is spelled in different ways, so I also searched
for good old "gumbo."

UNCLE SAM--First citation here is 1817.

GOTHAM--Lots of interesting publications here for Washington Irving to steal
the idea from, and he "borrowed" everything.
   Full text of much of the pre-1830 material is not available yet, although
citations are given.  For example, a search of "sell like hotcakes" turned up
the KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE.  Search capability isn't there yet (you have to
go to the microfilm reels with your cite), but I know that's our first hit
for "hotcakes."

THE BIG APPLE--FWIW.
   June 1871, SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY, pg. 307:
   The big apple, the topmost cake, always belonged, I thought, to my
neighbor--who ever manifested a similar conviction.


O.T.  Not that it matters, but gotta go vote!...I hope David Shulman likes
these APS "Steve Brodie" cites.