Valparaiso Creamery, 1911 - Valparaiso, Indiana
Valparaiso Creamery
Date: 1911
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Joseph Decker
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The Valparaiso Creamery was established by an organization of farmers and businessmen in 1910. In 1914, the creamery business was sold to George Sheeks, who then sold it in 1916 to I. H. Riley of Granville, North Dakota. Riley removed the equipment to Rensselaer, Indiana, soon after purchasing it.
Louis Gast and Joseph Henderlong owned the property (building and land). Together, these two businessmen would work with Peter J. Horn to tear down the creamery and erect a six-flat building on the site, which was completed and occupied in October 1919. Today [2022], this site is known as the Saran Apartments with an address of 3 North Napoleon Street.
Newspaper reports indicate that in 1912 the creamery produced 59,837 pounds of butter and 3,000 gallons of ice cream.
The building partially visible to the left of the creamery in this image was a grocery store, which was located at the northwest corner of Napoleon Street and Main Street.
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The following newspaper item appears in the September 15, 1910, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
New Factory for Valpo.
A new factory is to be located in or near Valparaiso before long. It will be a plant for pasteurizing milk and making ice cream and butter. The stock, which has all be subscribed will be owned by seventy Porter county citizens, mostly milk producers, who will thus secure a reliable convenient and profitable market for their product. The concern was promoted by J. H. Kidwell, a representative of the Burnap Building and Supply Co., of Toledo, Ohio, who has been in the county since early in July. there will be a meeting of the stockholders at the Farmer's room in the court house Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for the purpose of selecting a committee to pick out a location for the plant. -- Valparaiso Messenger.
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The following newspaper item appears in the April 27, 1911, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Local, Personal, Social
August Harbrecht, one of the Chesterton citizens who went to Valparaiso last week to investigate the creamery proposition at the instance of the man who started the Valparaiso creamery, and who wants to launch a similar proposition here, returned with a very unfortunate report. He talked with stockholders in the Valparaiso creamery, and learned that so far it was a losing venture. Mr. Harbrecht thinks that there will be nothing done here to put in a creamery.
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The following newspaper item appears in the October 30, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
CHESTERTON ITEMS
Harold M. Jones, manager of the Valparaiso creamery, has been appointed deputy dairy commissioner for the state of Kansas by George S. Hine, head of the dairy department at Manhattan.
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The following newspaper item appears in the December 25, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Local, Personal, Social
The Valparaiso Creamery has been sold to George Sheeks, of Paoli, Ind. The transfer included the building, equipment, ground and the ground and building formerly occupied by the Herrick grocery. The stockholders of the Creamery company did not realize a penny on the deal. The new owner is a practical creamery man, who with his father, has been connected with a creamery for the past twelve years. He will move to Valparaiso and operate the plant.
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; September 15, 1910; Volume 27, Number 25, Page 1, Column 6. Column titled "New Factory for Valpo."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; April 27, 1911; Volume 28, Number 5, Page 5, Column 4. Column titled "Local, Personal, Social."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; October 30, 1913; Volume 30, Number 32, Page 7, Column 4. Column titled "Chesterton Items."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 25, 1913; Volume 30, Number 40, Page 5, Column 5. Column titled "Local, Personal, Social."
Decker, Joseph. 1911. Souvenir Book of Valparaiso, Indiana. Valparaiso, Indiana: Valparaiso Printing Company. Unpaginated.
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 14, 1928; Volume 1, Page 2, Column 5. Column titled "Do You Remember the Day?"
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; May 24, 1929; Volume 2, Page 2, Column 6. Column titled "Do You Remember the Day?"
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; May 15, 1931; Volume 4, Page 10, Column 6. Column titled "Do You Remember the Day?"
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; October 14, 1932; Volume 6, Page 4, Column 6. Column titled "Looking Backward."
Copyright 2009. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
Valparaiso Creamery, 1911 - Valparaiso, Indiana
Valparaiso Creamery
Date: 1911
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Joseph Decker
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The Valparaiso Creamery was established by an organization of farmers and businessmen in 1910. In 1914, the creamery business was sold to George Sheeks, who then sold it in 1916 to I. H. Riley of Granville, North Dakota. Riley removed the equipment to Rensselaer, Indiana, soon after purchasing it.
Louis Gast and Joseph Henderlong owned the property (building and land). Together, these two businessmen would work with Peter J. Horn to tear down the creamery and erect a six-flat building on the site, which was completed and occupied in October 1919. Today [2022], this site is known as the Saran Apartments with an address of 3 North Napoleon Street.
Newspaper reports indicate that in 1912 the creamery produced 59,837 pounds of butter and 3,000 gallons of ice cream.
The building partially visible to the left of the creamery in this image was a grocery store, which was located at the northwest corner of Napoleon Street and Main Street.
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The following newspaper item appears in the September 15, 1910, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
New Factory for Valpo.
A new factory is to be located in or near Valparaiso before long. It will be a plant for pasteurizing milk and making ice cream and butter. The stock, which has all be subscribed will be owned by seventy Porter county citizens, mostly milk producers, who will thus secure a reliable convenient and profitable market for their product. The concern was promoted by J. H. Kidwell, a representative of the Burnap Building and Supply Co., of Toledo, Ohio, who has been in the county since early in July. there will be a meeting of the stockholders at the Farmer's room in the court house Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for the purpose of selecting a committee to pick out a location for the plant. -- Valparaiso Messenger.
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The following newspaper item appears in the April 27, 1911, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Local, Personal, Social
August Harbrecht, one of the Chesterton citizens who went to Valparaiso last week to investigate the creamery proposition at the instance of the man who started the Valparaiso creamery, and who wants to launch a similar proposition here, returned with a very unfortunate report. He talked with stockholders in the Valparaiso creamery, and learned that so far it was a losing venture. Mr. Harbrecht thinks that there will be nothing done here to put in a creamery.
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The following newspaper item appears in the October 30, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
CHESTERTON ITEMS
Harold M. Jones, manager of the Valparaiso creamery, has been appointed deputy dairy commissioner for the state of Kansas by George S. Hine, head of the dairy department at Manhattan.
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The following newspaper item appears in the December 25, 1913, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Local, Personal, Social
The Valparaiso Creamery has been sold to George Sheeks, of Paoli, Ind. The transfer included the building, equipment, ground and the ground and building formerly occupied by the Herrick grocery. The stockholders of the Creamery company did not realize a penny on the deal. The new owner is a practical creamery man, who with his father, has been connected with a creamery for the past twelve years. He will move to Valparaiso and operate the plant.
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; September 15, 1910; Volume 27, Number 25, Page 1, Column 6. Column titled "New Factory for Valpo."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; April 27, 1911; Volume 28, Number 5, Page 5, Column 4. Column titled "Local, Personal, Social."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; October 30, 1913; Volume 30, Number 32, Page 7, Column 4. Column titled "Chesterton Items."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 25, 1913; Volume 30, Number 40, Page 5, Column 5. Column titled "Local, Personal, Social."
Decker, Joseph. 1911. Souvenir Book of Valparaiso, Indiana. Valparaiso, Indiana: Valparaiso Printing Company. Unpaginated.
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 14, 1928; Volume 1, Page 2, Column 5. Column titled "Do You Remember the Day?"
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; May 24, 1929; Volume 2, Page 2, Column 6. Column titled "Do You Remember the Day?"
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; May 15, 1931; Volume 4, Page 10, Column 6. Column titled "Do You Remember the Day?"
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; October 14, 1932; Volume 6, Page 4, Column 6. Column titled "Looking Backward."
Copyright 2009. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.