Maxwell House on Radio
December 8 was the birthday of a Southern coffee broker by the name of Joel Owsley Cheek (1852-1935). Cheek's chief claim to lasting fame is that in 1892 he convinced Nashville's Maxwell House Hotel to carry his product and bless it with its name. We digress briefly to talk about the hotel, which for nearly […]
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