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Beemans gum (originally Beeman's Gum) is a chewing gum formulated by Ohio physician Edward E. Beeman and first sold in February 1890. [1] It originally contained pepsin , but no longer does. Beemans became popular with early aviators as a good luck charm , and Chuck Yeager is purported to have chewed a stick of Beemans gum before every flight.
The Schmitt and Henry Manufacturing Company is a complex of three historic buildings located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The complex was built in three stages from 1901 to 1914 by Schmitt-Henry, who manufactured furniture. [2] It was designed by Des Moines architect Harry D. Rawson of the firm Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson.
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In 2001, a second store was opened in Clive, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines. The business occupied this 44,000 square feet (4,100 m 2) location until March 2019 when they moved into a 65,000 square feet (6,000 m 2) space, formerly occupied by the defunct Dahl's Foods.
It is the parent company of the retail brands American Signature Furniture and Value City Furniture, and the manufacturer brand American Signature. American Signature Furniture [ 1 ] and Value City Furniture [ 2 ] sell residential furniture manufactured by American Signature, Inc., as well as more than 30 additional manufacturers from 125 ...
The Des Moines Saddlery Company Building is a historic building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1881 by J. Rubelman of Muscatine, Iowa . [ 2 ] He choose to move his operation to Des Moines because of its location on two rivers and the 13 railroads that served the city.
Two 5-stick packs of Black Jack gum. Black Jack is an aniseed-flavored chewing gum manufactured by the American company, Gerrit J. Verburg Co. [1]. In 1869, exiled former Mexican president and general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (famous for losing the Texas War of Independence) was living in New Jersey. [2]
Another distinctive style of Amish furniture is the Soap Hollow School, developed in Soap Hollow, Pennsylvania. These pieces are often brightly painted in red, gold, and black. Henry Lapp was a furniture maker based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and it is his designs that most closely resemble the furniture we think of today as Amish-made ...