culture blurb...17 obscure brands of soda

from howstuffworks: 17 brands you've probably never heard of...here's #5. Whooppee Soda...
"The Bottled Joy," a ginger ale-flavored soda, featured the innovative "Tilt-Top Cap." The best thing about this early-20th-century soda was a contest offered by the company. Up to $500 in prizes were awarded to the 24 best letters in which consumers described their "saddest, most injurious or embarrassing experience in taking off the . . . bottle crown cap." check out all 17...