Beemans Gum

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A delicious tasting gum, a cross between wintergreen and juicy fruit, in an old time five-pack. Beemans was invented in the late 1800s by Dr. Edward E. Beeman who discovered that p epsin, derived from the stomach of hogs, could aid digestion. The gum tasted good but sales were lackluster. Why? Probably because Beeman put the unfortunate picture of a pig on the wrapper. Luckily his assistant, Nellie Horton, reasoned with him. Beeman was a handsome, bearded guy. So why not replace the pig with his picture, instead? Beeman did. Sales soared. Show more