Of course this is for club members only. We of advancing years. Remember Black Jack chewing gum? And Beemans and Clove? How about Necco wafers? Ribbon Candy? Have you seen a bar of ...

People have been chewing on some form of gum for thousands of years now, and over those centuries, many unique, old-school ...

Never did I expect chewing gum to hit the headlines. But there it was: “Black Jack gum available twice a year.” The story behind the headlines: Black Jack vanished from the nation’s candy ...

“The idea was born in the 1860s, Adams received a patent in 1871, and by 1884 there was a mass-produced licorice-flavored Black Jack gum,” says Gene Carlucci, manager of school and family ...

After 104 years as the country’s longest- running flavored gum, Black Jack chewing gum was discontinued in 1974. The gum’s demise went largely unnoticed, even among the legions of licorice lovers.

There's good news for those of us who can't get moving without one or two (maybe three) cups of java in the morning. The Harvard School of Public Health is out with new research showing that ...

Failing to concoct a rubber substitute from the springy sap, Adams instead succeeded with his licorice-flavored Black Jack gum. Consumers went wild, and other entrepreneurs leaped in, including ...

Also from that era: Turkish Taffy, Beeman's Black Jack Gum, Chiclets, Good & Plenty, Jawbreakers, Necco Wafers. Fun facts: Candy Corn was originally called Chicken Feed. Now owned by Jelly Belly ...

D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.