1882 | Food And Drink
Food And Drink
Toronto baker's apprentice George Weston, 17, bakes his first loaf of bread in Phoebe Street, buys a bread route from his epmloyer for $200, and establishes an enterprise that will grow under his son Garfield's management to become an international food-processing and retailing empire.
Former miller, industrialist, and political leader Cadwallader C. Washburn of Washburn, Crosby Company dies at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, May 14 at age 64, having served as governor of Wisconsin before making a fortune in timber, milling, and railroads.
Kentucky wholesale grocery salesman Joel (Owsley) Cheek, 29, quits his firm to devote full time to developing a coffee blend. His rural customers buy green beans for roasting. He has been experimenting with different kinds of beans, and he will move his growing family next year to Nashville, Tennessee (see Maxwell House, 1893).
The wire "Lightning" seal patented by a U.S. inventor clamps down a glass lid (see Mason, 1858; Ball brothers, 1887).