Bake Sale (1903)

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BAKE SALE

   A while ago on ADS-L, "bake sale" was requested.  Jesse Sheidlower pointed
out a DIALECT NOTES citation of 1917.
   The regional newspapers of ancestry.com should cite just this kind of
thing--and they do...There are 9 total matches in 1908, but then about 100 matches
in Ohio newspapers in 1909.


   23 September 1903, TRENTON TIMES, pg. 3, col. 1:
(This is a bake sale by the W. C. T. U.  The copy is half on page two and
half on page three.  Try reading it yourself...This is the only hit on the
database for 1903--ed.)

   28 February 1906, TRENTON TIMES (Trenton, NJ), pg. 2, col. 2:
   A very successful bake sale was held by the W. C. T. U. Friday afternoon,
when about $23 was realized for their work.  The L. T. L. made $13 by selling
candy.
(From Newtown, PA--ed.)

   13 June 1907, COSHOCTON DAILY AGE (Coshocton, Ohio), pg. 5?, col. 4:
   Tomorrow--Division 14 of Grace church will give a Bake Sale at the office
of the Pacific Express office.

   18 March 1908, IOWA RECORDER (Greene, Iowa), pg. 16?, col. 5:
   Remember the Pythian Sisters "Bake Day" sale Saturday afternoon.

   14 October 1908, COSHOCTON DAILY TIMES (Coshocton, Ohio), pg.4, col. 2:
_District Gives Bake Sale._
   District 4 of the Grace church will give a bake sale at the Central
Grocery on Saturday which will continue the entire day.

   4 May 1909, COSHOCTON DAILY TIMES (Coshocton, Ohio), pg.4, col. 1:
   ...Grace church Monday evening.  The ladies decided to hold a bake sale
Saturday afternoon, at which they will have a line of aprons.

   11 July 1910, COSHOCTON DAILY AGE (Coshocton, Ohio), pg.3, col. 2:
   _German Evangelical_--The Frauen Verein hold a bake sale Saturday
afternoon in Lang's Millinery store.

   2 February 1912, EVENING TELEGRAM (Elyria, Ohio), pg. 1, col. 7:
      _BAKE SALE._
   Candy and bake sale by the ladies of the Christian church at the Library
building on Broad st., Saturday, 10:30 a. m. to 3 p. m.

   5 March 1914, ELYRIA EVENING TELEGRAM (Elyria, Ohio), pg.5, col. 5:
      _BAKE SALE._
   Mothers and Teachers of McKinley school will hold a bake sale Saturday,
March 7, at W. E. Shay's Store.

   17 February 1916, FORT WAYNE NEWS (Fort Wayne, Indiana), pg. 5, col. 4:
   The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church will hold a bake sale Saturday
evening.

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"THE ONION" ON POTATO CHIPS

   The 10-16 July 2003 THE ONION has a revolting cover photo of "Rice Krispie
Treat Eaten in 8" x 8" Square."
   On pg. 10, col. 2, is an advice column, "Ask The Back Of A Gourmet Potato
Chip Bag."  It's half-baked:

   According to legend, the Milwaukee potato chip was born in 1854 when
steamship captain and restaurant patron Heinrich Van Der Linus sent his fried
potatoes back to the kitchen, saying they were too thin and salty.  Annoyed, the
chef hacked a baking potato with his wife's pinking shears, tossed the angular
chunks into carefully spiced saffroot oil, and fried them to a crisp...and the
Munchwaukee Wunderkrunch was born!

(See ADS-L archives for "Saratoga potatoes" and ignore gourmet potato bag
advice columns--ed.)

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AMERICAN CHOP SUEY & APS ONLINE

AMERICAN CHOP SUEY--Jean Anderson's AMERICAN CENTURY COOKBOOK has 1915 for
"American Chop Suey."  Andrew Smith tells me he has 1906.  I'll try to beat that
with the CHICAGO TRIBUNE and APS ONLINE.  A lot of food slang originated in
Chicago.

APS ONLINE--Still the same periodicals, although summer additions were
promised.  This is some of the good stuff I'm waiting on.
   PUCK & LIFE.  These were the leading American humor magazines from about
1880-1920.  I'll be looking for "red hots" and "the real McCoy."  If those
terms existed in American slang, PUCK or LIFE (or the cartoonist TAD) would give
us a good date.
   HARPER'S BAZAR--It had popular American recipes, plus food ads.  "American
Chop Suey" might very well be here