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The Farmers Milling Company was a flour mill established in 1918<ref name=":0">[https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Miller_and_Processor/dctFAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=millhousen&pg=PA609&printsec=frontcover American Miller and Processor] issued July 1, 1918.</ref> on town lot #28. | [[File:Farmers Milling Company.png|thumb|412x412px|Undated Photo of the Farmers Milling Company<ref name=":1">[https://attic.flexstart.me/dusty-box/the-story-of-millhousen.pdf The Story of Millhousen] (1984), p. 20</ref>|left]]The Farmers Milling Company was a flour mill established in 1918<ref name=":0">[https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Miller_and_Processor/dctFAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=millhousen&pg=PA609&printsec=frontcover American Miller and Processor] issued July 1, 1918.</ref> on town lot #28. | ||
The mill's first directors included Bernard W. Zapfe, George M. Scheidler, Anthony Meyer, Bernard Hoeing, John H. Wheeldon, Frank Klosterkemper, and George Fry. $7000 was raised in capital stock for its founding.<ref name=":0" /> | The mill's first directors included Bernard W. Zapfe, George M. Scheidler, Anthony Meyer, Bernard Hoeing, John H. Wheeldon, Frank Klosterkemper, and George Fry. $7000 was raised in capital stock for its founding.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
The mill would later be known as Smith Bros. Feed Mill after being purchased by Alvin Smith.<ref name=":1" /> It was demolished in 2019 and is now a parking lot for the Knights of St. John Hall. | The mill would later be known as Smith Bros. Feed Mill after being purchased by Alvin Smith.<ref name=":1" /> It was demolished in 2019 and is now a parking lot for the Knights of St. John Hall. | ||
[[File:Farmers Milling Company Flour Sack.jpg|alt=Made in Millhousen, High Patent Flour, Farmers Milling Company, Milhousen, Ind.|thumb|343x343px|24 lb. flour sack from the mill, now on display at Stone's]]<mapframe latitude="39.210400" longitude="-85.435234" zoom="19" width="684" height="470" align="center"> | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:58, 13 June 2021
Undated Photo of the Farmers Milling Company[1]
The Farmers Milling Company was a flour mill established in 1918[2] on town lot #28.
The mill's first directors included Bernard W. Zapfe, George M. Scheidler, Anthony Meyer, Bernard Hoeing, John H. Wheeldon, Frank Klosterkemper, and George Fry. $7000 was raised in capital stock for its founding.[2]
The mill would later be known as Smith Bros. Feed Mill after being purchased by Alvin Smith.[1] It was demolished in 2019 and is now a parking lot for the Knights of St. John Hall.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Story of Millhousen (1984), p. 20
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 American Miller and Processor issued July 1, 1918.