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Moxie is a brand of carbonated beverage that is among the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. It was created around 1876 by Augustin Thompson as a patent medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food" [2] and was produced in Lowell, Massachusetts. [3]
Moxie was created in 1876 by Dr. Augustin Thompson, formerly of Union, Maine. Originally marketed as a patent medicine, Moxie is now Maine's official state soft drink.
Jul 30, 2023 · Invented in 1876, Moxie was the first mass-produced soft drink in the U.S. In fact, the beverage predates Coca-Cola by a decade and, at one point, even surpassed the iconic beverage in sales. Moxie's popularity declined during the Great Depression after the company drastically scaled down advertising.
Aug 12, 2023 · Invented in the late 1800s, Moxie was the first mass-produced soft drink in the United States. It has an herbal, slightly bitter flavor, which makes sense because the drink started out as “Moxie Nerve Food,” a cure-all medicinal tonic invented by Dr. Augustin Thompson in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1876.
Jun 10, 2024 · In 1876 Dr. Augustin Thompson of Lowell, Massachusetts, invented a new patent medicine which he called Moxie Nerve Food. Originally produced as a syrup, Moxie Nerve Food was purported to be beneficial for a variety of maladies including "exhaustion caused by nervousness or heat of summer."
Moxie was invented as a ‘nerve food’ by Augustin Thompson, born in Union, Maine, on Nov. 25, 1835. Thompson, a Civil War veteran, after the war enrolled in the Hahnemann Homeopathic College (now Drexel University School of Medicine) in Philadelphia.
Jun 27, 2017 · Moxie’s originator, Dr. Augustin Thompson (1835-1903), came from Union, Maine and set up his medical practice in Lowell, MA. He wanted to create a “cure-all” medicinal tonic. Using a “secret ingredient”, later known to be gentian root extract, he created a syrup called “Moxie Nerve Food” in 1876.
Let’s start with the history. The soda was created in 1884 by Maine native Dr. Augustin Thompson of Union, and is among the first sodas ever to be produced (even before Coca-Cola and Pepsi).
Jul 18, 2020 · It was created in 1876 by Dr. Augustin Thompson born in Union. Thompson created a medicine that promised to cure everything from sleep disorders to nervous exhaustion. When the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906 required medicinal products to prove their claims, Moxie became a soft drink.
Aug 29, 2022 · In 1876, while living in Lowell, Massachusetts, the Maine-born Dr. Augustin Thompson invented the original Moxie as a concentrated medicine (the name might have been inspired by Moxie Falls or Moxie Pond in Maine, but nobody knows for sure) with ingredients like gentian root, wintergreen, sassafras and possibly even cocaine.
