Soda Straw (1922)

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   OED has 1926 for "soda straw."  The NEW YORK TIMES full text doesn't have earlier than 1923.  A trademark search wasn't helpful.
   This ad was interesting.  The same publication said that chocolate milk could be had through a "school straw."


   December 1922, THE MILK DEALER, pg. 105 ad:
("PURITY SODA STRAWS" product box is seen, although this ad and publication mention it as a straw for milk--ed.)
_PURITY ARTIFICIAL STRAWS_
FOR USE IN
SCHOOLS, CAFETERIAS AND LUNCH ROOMS
   The "drink it through a straw" idea has spread like wild fire in Public Schools and Cafeterias throughout the country.
   The half pint bottle of milk for school children or cafeteria service has created an added demand for milk.  A straw with each bottle is the only sanitary and economical way to dispense it.
(...)
COE MANUFACTURING CO.
35 Warren St.  New York.