Soojee Moojee antedated to 1874

[Dan Goncharoff]

Here is an ad from 1904 for "Suji Muji":

http://books.google.com/books?id=Qd4TAAAAIAAJ&dq=suji%20muji&pg=PA172#v=onepage&q=suji%20muji&f=false

Interestingly, for a product that is supposed to be from India and
consisting of lime, it is sold by a company at the Calcutta Works at
Limehouse...

DanG


On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I get the impression that it was a generic term in the 19th century
> for a cleaning solution, but became a brand name in the 20th century.
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> > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>
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> > Was it a brand-name? Or something like "elbow-grease"?
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