WAY BACK WHEN

(The Spirit is pleased to share with our readers vignettes of life in the 19th century as originally reported in past issues of the newspapers. These reproduced stories include their original headlines.)

April 8, 1896 A Large Wholesale Cracker, Cake and Candy Factory

Some gentlemen from the State of Indiana are negotiating for a piece of land near the railroad in the lower end of town upon which to erect a large cracker, cake and candy factory. They are men of experience and capital, and will manufacture exclusively for the wholesale trade. We understand that the firm has a capital stock of $50,000, and that it expects to employ of 30 to 50 people.

The parties will be here this week, when they expect to complete arrangements, and push the construction of the works without delay.

A railroad siding will be built to the works for loading and unloading supplies. The industry will be one of the considerable importance, and the gentlemen interested should be given all the encouragement possible to insure the location of the plant in this town.

April 15, 1896 Will Build a Mill Near DuBois

Rev. C.H. Prescott, of Cleveland, after whom the town of Prescottville, Jefferson county, is named and who is well-known in DuBois and throughout this section of the State, owns a tract of land between DuBois and Reynoldsville, containing 1,100 acres and estimated to have 7,000,0000 feet of timber on it. Mr. Prescott proposes to put his timber on the market and commence sawing this year. For some time he has been negotiating with parties in town in regard thereto. Mr. Prescott proposes to put a large, modern saw mill on the site of the old Spears’ mill, less than a mile south of the borough limits, on the road between DuBois and West Liberty. He also intends building a town by the mill site and having the street car line extended to it.— DuBois Express