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Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Story of Dr. Charles Pepper's Soda

Charles T. Pepper opened a drug store in rural retreat, Virginia after the Civil War. In 1874 he hired Wade Morrison to work as a pharmacist and it was Morrison's first job. There is this story that he had fallen in love with Charles Pepper's daughter and wanted to marry her. That information does not hold up to scrutiny.

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