Straws

Marvin Stone, a manufacturer of paper cigarette holders, came up with the idea of paper drinking straws in 1888. Before his straws, beverage drinkers were using the natural rye grass straws. Stone decided the ideal straw was 8 1/2-inches long with a diameter just wide enough to prevent things like lemon seeds from being lodged in the tube. He patented the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper drinking straws on 3 January 1888.


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