Did You Know...

When Gerties Ice Cream Opened in 1901, William McKinley was the president of the 25th President of the United States then. His nickname was "Idol of Ohio". He was born on Jan. 29, 1843, in Niles, Ohio.

In 1924 when Lindy's Chili opened, Calvin Coolidge was our 30th President of the United States. His nickname was "Silent Cal". He was born on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vt.

1901 Statistics
National League  W   L  Pct 
Pittsburgh       90 49 0.647
Philadelphia     83 57 0.593
Brooklyn         79 57 0.581
St. Louis        76 64 0.543
Boston           69 69 0.500
Chicago          53 86 0.381
Cincinnati       52 87 0.374
New York         52 85 0.380

George Bush, our 41st President of the United States was born in 1924 on June 12th in Milton, Ma.

That was the same year that Willem Einthoven won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram.

Queen Victoria died on January 22nd, 1901.

In 1901 stamps were $0.02 per ounce and a dozen eggs cost $0.219

In 1924 bread was $0.088 and a dozen eggs cost $0.476