"Hokey Pokey" Originator Dead (1907)

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   Another ProQuest discovery.  A Google search of "Samuel Dunham" and "hokey pokey" turns up nothing...TYPO ALERT: The previous "topeppo" post should read "During," not "Curing."



      "Hokey Pokey" Originator Dead.
              The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington, D.C.: Oct 9, 1907.                   p. 11 (1 page):
   Burlington, N. J., Oct. 8.--Samuel A. Dunham, an aged citizen and originator of the now widely popular "hokey-pokey," or ice cream brick, died at his home here yesterday from heart disease.  Dunham laid by a snug fortune before imitators spoiled his trade.  He took pride in being styled the "original hokey-pokey man."


      SAMUEL F. DUNHAM DEAD.
       Special to The New York Times..       New York Times  (1857-Current file).       New York, N.Y.: Oct 8, 1907.                   p. 11 (1 page):
_SAMUEL F. DUNHAM DEAD._
_He Was the Inventor of the "Hokey_
   _Pokey" or Ice Cream Brick._
      _Special to The New York Times._
   BURLINGTON, N. J., Oct. 7.--Samuel F. Dunham, an aged citizen and originator of the now widely popular "hokey-pokey," or ice cream brick, died at his home here to-day of heart disease.
   Dunham conceived the idea of selling ice cream in cake form for a penny and laid by a snug fortune before imitators broke into his trade.  He lived, however, to see the business he invented become a great industry, and took just pride in being styled "the original hokey-pokey man."


(If the WASHINGTON POST is going to steal the article from the NEW YORK TIMES and not give any credit, can't we at least be consistent with his middle initial?--ed.)