Business & industry
Canneries and sweet corn, the King's Powder Company, a seized distillery, Fred's Mushrooms and Kash's Bargain Barn.
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A.G. Wright’s distillery at Bucktown seized by government
Revenue agents seize A. G. Wright's distillery over $186,000 in unpaid whiskey taxes.
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In 1876, The Canning Industry History
Before the canneries: J. M. Hayner's sweet-corn drying business on River Road.
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Doughman marriage at the Hayner Cannery, and the accompanying photograph
A wedding held at the Hayner Cannery, with the photograph taken that day.
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The Canning Industry at South Lebanon. 1900
A 1900 Western Star visit to the four canneries operating in and near South Lebanon.
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Frank Snook decides to leave South Lebanon
Frank Snook leaves South Lebanon to start a cannery in Waynesville.
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Miami River Power and Light Project Proposal – 1906
A 1906 proposal to dam the Little Miami ten feet high for electric power.
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Sugar Corn
A 1909 letter arguing that the government's first sweet-corn seed came from a garden in Lebanon.
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Fred Mushroom Products Co.: South Lebanon's Mushroom Business
How Corwin Fred's basement experiment grew into a mushroom farm and cannery on West Railroad Street, and one of the biggest employers in South Lebanon.
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Fred’s Mushroom Company
Photos of Fred's Mushroom Company.
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Kash Amburgy
Kash Amburgy, Kash's Big Bargain Barn, and the Amburgy family's ads and deeds.
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King Power Co.
The King's Powder Company and Peters Cartridge Company: ads, caps, and buildings.
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Leisure Time Drive In
A menu from the Leisure Time Drive-In.
