*In addition to lodging, the so-called “American Plan,” soon offered by hotels across the country, included breakfast, lunch, early dinner, later dinner, tea, and supper and not only every meal but every dish on the menu. Even a down-market establishment like Thompson’s Two-Bit House in Portland, Oregon, offered three kinds of meat at breakfast, dinner, and supper. The owners instructed guests to eat up and “get the wrinkles out of your bellies.” In a century of gluttony and food bolting, dyspepsia preceded obesity as the national affliction.