World Report: January 23, 1998 Vol.3 No.14
- This Issue:
- Table of Contents
- Cover Story
- Cover Story - Spanish Version
- Mini-Lesson
- Comprehension Quiz
- Teacher's Guide and Worksheets
Bubble Gum's Sweet Creator
Did you ever blow a bubble and have it burst on your nose? Blame it on bubble-gum inventor W.E. Diemer, who died on January 8 at age 93.
In 1928 Diemer accidentally created Dubble Bubble, the first bubble gum, while testing gum recipes. Diemer taught the Fleer Corporation's gum salesmen to blow bubbles. In his later years, he welcomed kids into his Lancaster, Pennsylvania, home to discuss his invention.
"He would say to me, 'I've done something with my life. I've made kids happy around the world,'" Diemer's wife Florence told the New York Times.
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