People who lived in towns and cities could easily refresh themselves in the hot summers just before the turn of the (36) . Coca-Cola had been invented in Alaonta in the 1890s, and it was for sale at thousands of (37) and candy store soda (38) all over America. But people who lived in the country couldn’t easily go into town every time they wanted a Coca-Cola or (39) soda water. So Joe Biedenharn, a Vieksburg, Mississippi, candy store (40) , decided soda should be taken (41) of the cities and into the country, where most Americans lived. He began to fill 10.5 (42) , wire-stopped bottles with Coca-Cola, shipping them by (43) and boat to the small towns along the Mississippi River. (44) that Biedenharn was forced to move his bottling plant to a larger building. (45) . Biedenharn sent them his first two cases, (46) .