Dr Pepper: America’s favorite soda prescription

Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Sodas weren’t a thing until 1885, when a pharmacist’s odd past time eventually became a million-dollar business. Charles Alderton was a young pharmacist in Waco, Texas, whose true passion was mixing drugs for his customers. In his spare time, Alderton enjoyed creating carbonated beverages at the soda fountain. Here’s where it gets strange. He loved the smell of the drug store. The many fruit-flavored syrups at the fountain created an unusua