The Reggie bar, which was named for New York outfielder Reggie Jackson in 1978.
Otto Schnering, the founder and president of the Curtis Candy company, named the candy bar after his infant neice, whose name was "Ruth". Babe Ruth, the baseball player, called on Mr. Schnering and demanded that he be given a royalty, but Mr. Schnering showed him a picture of the real baby, Ruth, sitting on his desk, and refused to pay anything to the baseball player.
Reggie Jackson and the Reggie Bar in 1976. ostensibly Babe Ruth has been credited for the Baby Ruth (which is still under debate), but for sure Reggie Jackson had "The Reggie Bar" named after him and it was a flop!
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr. was known to have many relationships outside of marriage. Officially, he adopted a daughter with his first wife, Helen Woodford. Later, the daughter claimed she was Ruth's biological daughter by a girlfriend. He also adopted his second wife's daughter.
Clara Barton's husband"s name was Morris Whitman. She also had a daughter named Ruth. not true
The Baby Ruth candy bar is named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter whose name was Babe Ruth . actually it was named after the base ball player. "Babe Ruth"
Grover Cleveland had a daughter named Ruth who died at age 12. The company that makes the Baby Ruth candy bar claims that she was the inspiration for the name, but that is likely to be an urban legend.
Grover Cleveland had a daughter named Ruth who died at age 12. The company that makes the Babe Ruth candy bar claims that she was the inspiration for the name, but that is likely to be an urban legend.
Actually, its just the opposite. President Grover Cleveland's daghter's name was Babe Ruth Cleveland. The Baby Ruth candybar was named after the President's daughter. Not the baseball player.
Baby Ruth.
The president is Grover Cleveland and the daughter is Babe Ruth.
Grover Cleveland had a daughter named Ruth who died at age 12. The company that makes the Baby Ruth candy bar claims that she was the inspiration for the name, but that is likely to be an urban legend. Check out this website for the details. http://www.snopes.com/business/names/babyruth.asp
Many people think that it was made from the famous Babe Ruth. Wrong! It was actually it was named after the 22th and 24th President Grover Cleveland's Daughter Ruth.
Ruth Cleveland , daughter of President Cleveland was claimed by the Curtiss Candy Company to be the namesake of the Baby Ruth candy bar. However, the bar came out in 1921 when Babe Ruth was making news for his baseball heroics and Baby Ruth Cleveland was dead and nearly forgotten.
A daughter named Julia.
the baby Ruth bar wasnt named after the legendary baseball player babe Ruth but president Cleveland's daughter Ruth Cleveland who died 16 years before the candy was invented
No she has a step daughter named Mekesha