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HISTORY OF THE POPSICLE

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The first ice pop Popsicle was created by accident in 1905 when 11-year-old
Frank Epperson left a mixture of powdered soda, water, and a stirring stick in a 
cup on his porch in cold weather. That night, temperatures reached a record
low, and the next morning, Epperson discovered the drink had frozen to the
stick, creating the idea of a fruit-flavored ‘Popsicle.’ Eighteen years later in
in 1923, Epperson introduced his idea to the public at an amusement park in
Alameda, California. Seeing that it was a success, in 1924 Epperson applied
for a patent for his confectionery idea which he called the Epsicle ice pop. He
renamed it to Popsicle and sold the rights to a New York company in 1925.

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Frank Epperson with his granddaughter

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MAGAZINE’S FIRST ISSUE ON THIS DATE IN 1925

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The New Yorker is a magazine of commentary, criticism, essays, fiction,
satire, cartoons and poetry. It was founded by Harold Ross and his wife,
Jane Grant, a New York Times reporter. The New Yorker started as a
weekly and is now published 47 times per year, with five of these issues
covering two-week spans. The magazine has a wide audience outside of
New York. 
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COMIC STRIP LAUNCHED ON THIS DATE IN 1937

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Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a 
long-run comic strip created by Hal Foster (Shown below) in 1937. It’s an  
epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history,  
and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 3700 Sunday
strips. Currently, the strip, according to its distributor King Features
Syndicate, appears weekly in more than 300 newspapers including,
The Sunday Oregonian.

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Illustrator Hal Foster, creator of the award-winning Prince Valiant comic

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Among the first Prince Valiant strips in 1937

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