“Look at dat cake. Caesar’s Bakery.” I kid you not—that is the headline in the February 17, 1898, Idaho Statesman. I bet you didn’t know “dat” was a popular word in the Old West! It’s actually a spin-off of the “Who Dat?” chant that originated in minstrel shows of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A bakery is hardly the first business
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