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They moved to Milwaukee when John was 11 years old. At age 12, he began to work for Henry Miller, a confectioner. [4] In 1861, he enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War, but returned to Milwaukee three months later due to ill health. [1] In 1874, he purchased James Curry's Confectioner and Ice Cream Business. [5]
Brian Miller is the owner and CEO of Miller Baking Company. [5] As of 2018, the firm employed 120 people, the vast majority living in the Milwaukee area. [4] In July 2012, Miller Baking was running out of space at its downtown facility. It purchased a second building in Milwaukee, primarily for freezing and shipping product. [6] [7] [8]
By 1923, a new store was built on the same site with more than 180,000 square feet (17,000 m 2) making it the largest store in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee. H. Carl Prange's goal in 1930 during the stock market crash was to do one million dollars in the grocery business and two million in dry-goods.
Sentry Foods stores got their start in the Milwaukee area in the 1960s, being operated and supplied by the Godfrey family. In the mid-1980s, Fleming Companies, Inc., at the time a major wholesaler, bought the majority of the stores and took over supplying them. Being predominantly a wholesaler, Fleming was never a major force in the retail ...
According to a Milwaukee Journal article dating back to 1963, the Kooky Cooky House took four men four months to construct, with most parts made of cast-offs, such as an old radio and a converted ...
Their second confectionery item was the chocolate-covered peanut butter crunch Butterfinger, which was introduced in 1926. [2] In 1931, Curtiss marketed the brand by sponsoring famous air racer, John H. Livingston , in the Baby Ruth Aerobatic Team flying the air-racer Howard "Mike" at airshows, and sponsoring Livingston's Monocoupe racer in the ...
By Justine Sterling These fun facts about birthday cake history will come in handy the next time you make a birthday cake. Check out the slideshow above to learn more about the history of birthday ...
Historic sections are the Sentinel's 1918 4-story cast concrete office building [181] and the Journal's 1924 5-story Art Deco pink office building (pictured) designed by Frank Chase, with its frieze depicting the history of communications in 6-foot relief figures carved by Arthur Weary.