Ice Cream Sunday (Atlanta, 1895?)

[Joel S. Berson]

And again no--I just noticed the price of 65
cents in 1895 Atlanta, vs. (an alleged) 5 cents
in 1881 Wisconsin.  Even if Wisconsin is closer
to the cows, that seems like a large discrepancy.

Joel

At 8/7/2006 08:15 AM, you wrote:
>At 8/7/2006 01:04 AM, you wrote:
>>The story about the "ice cream sundae" in Sunday's NY Times (below) is  old
>>news to me. However, does anyone think that the
>>Atlanta Constitution's  various
>>"ice cream Sunday" 1895 ads are for sundaes (see below, from
>>Newspaperarchive)?
>
>No.  (I wouldn't expect to buy sundaes by the half gallon.)
>
>Joel
>
>>...
>>_http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/nyregion/06sundae.html?_r=1&oref=slogin_
>>(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/nyregion/06sundae.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)
>>
>>The dispute dates back decades. The two places have traded occasional letters
>>  and barbs since at least the 1970s.
>>Wisconsinites believe Edward C. Berners,
>>the  owner of a downtown soda fountain, created the first sundae in 1881
>>after a  customer asked him to spoon a little
>>chocolate sauce over ice cream. The
>>result  was so delicious, Mr. Berners began
>>selling the dessert for 5 cents on
>>Sundays,  according to the story told there.
>>However, Ithacans claim the first sundae was not invented until 1892, when a
>>local proprietor, Chester Platt, served his local priest vanilla ice cream
>>covered in cherry syrup with a dark candied
>>cherry on top. The priest suggested
>>  the dessert be named after the day, Sunday —
>>although the spelling  was later
>>  changed out of fear some would find it offensive.
>>A resident of Two Rivers, Jerry Schubring, 64, a retired accountant, says the
>>  Ithaca story is nonsense. “Everybody knows Two Rivers invented it,” he
>>said.  “That’s why we’re all so fat here. We eat a lot of them.”
>>Two Rivers has a historical marker in one of its parks telling the sundae
>>story. That is proof enough, residents said.
>>“I think (Ithacans) want us to send
>>  them some cheese,” Mr. Schubring theorized.
>>Ithacans have something they think is better— an
>>1892 newspaper adveertisement
>>  for a new “cherry sunday.” “We have the
>>historical documents and they don’
>>t,”  Ithaca Mayor Carolyn K. Peterson said.
>>...
>>...
>>...
>>28 July 1895, Atlanta Constitution, pg. 19:
>>TRY WOHL'S special peach ice cream Sunday, only 65 cents half gallon.
>>Telephone 704. Open on Sundays.
>>
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