Some things are so ubiquitous that it’s hard to imagine anyone ever inventing them. But even the most simple items got their start somewhere.
In the early 1900s a grocer in St Paul had his own eureka moment: he realized he could put handles on paper bags. And voilà! The modern shopping bag was born. What followed was business success, wealth, and a second life as a conservative pundit and business icon.
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