HOME BAKERY 223 1st St. EIndependence, Iowa Every community has had their own bakery at one time or another. Independence was no exception. The Home Bakery, was located on 1st St. E. In 1931 the bakery was owned by Milo Naxera who sold to Rose Brothers of Chicago in 1931. In 1932 Pete Gaylor became…
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Frank Megow, ownerLocated at corner of Corinne Ave.And 3rd St. NE (near the river) Mr. Megow was born September 11, 1848, in Germany and came to the United States in 1856. The family settled in Montella, Wisconsin, where Frank learned the machinist trade. In 1860 he and one of his brothers took jobs as engineers…
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The earliest forebears of hooked rugs were the floor mats made in Yorkshire, England during the early part of the 19th century. Workers in weaving mills were allowed to collect thrums, pieces of yarn that ran 9 inches (23cm) long. These by-products were useless to the mill, and the weavers took them home and pulled…
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Feed sacks bring to mind poverty of the Great Depression but at the same time there is a romance to the idea that women could make something beautiful from something so mundane. In truth feed sacks were used for sewing well before the depressions and for several years after. The evolution of the feed sack…
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Webster Seed Co. – 1908 WEBSTER SEED CO- INDEPDNENCE, IA. Article that appeared in “The Conservative” Independence 1930: “The Mel L. Webster Co. is engaged in selling vegetable and flower seeds. Mel L. Webster, the founder of the company, began packeting seeds in 1989, when he was engaged in the retail grocery business in Independence.…
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