Texas Hot Wieners (from Pittsburgh, 1918); Michigan Sauce (from Vermont)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 07:23:37 -0400, Orin Hargraves <orinkh at CARR.ORG> wrote:

>Restaurants in Hanover PA that sell this delectation have signs that say
>Texas Hot Weiner [sic], in a design that suggests it's a logo -- or a
>small chain of eateries, perhaps. I've never been able to figure out that
>spelling, but perhaps it might also yield early hits.

That spelling has long been attested in New Jersey, as Barry has
documented (see the archives). The earliest I find on N-Archive is from
Trenton, 1921:

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Trenton Evening Times (NJ), April 18, 1921, p. 8 (advt.)
ATTENTION
Do You Know That We Serve 'Texas Weiners' In This City?
They're Delicious--the More You Eat, the More you Want
108 North Warren Street.
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--Ben Zimmer