Business and Industry Trivia Day 3!
The answer for yesterday’s trivia was Felix J. Trainor of the Trainor National Spring Company! Who knows what this factory produced?
Business and Industry Trivia Day 2!
For yesterday, a manufacturer who had 600 employees in 1903…not Maxwell-Briscoe, not the Rolling Mill…it was the Krell-French Piano Company! Their weekly wages? $6,000, the total of everyone’s paycheck, from the highest salary to the lowest. What was the name of the man who eventually bought the National Spring Company (made springs for Maxwells)?
Business and Industry Trivia Day 1!
The answer to last week’s final trivia question is E.T. (Ezekiel Trammel) Ice of Mount Summit! Today, we begin Business and Industry Trivia and there is plenty of that to go around for a couple weeks! In 1903, what manufacturer in New Castle had 600 employees on their payroll?
Social Life Trivia Day 5!
The answer for yesterdays question is tea parties! Final trivia question for this week and then next week we move onto Business and Industry! Who hosted a grand picnic on July 8, 1886, at his home near Mount Summit, also to dedicate a new half-mile race track? On July 8, 1887, the social event of…
Social Life Trivia Day 4!
The oldest fraternal organization in Henry County is in Knightstown, the Golden Rule Lodge No. 16. In July 1865, Robert B. Smith kept a diary and wrote about attending many what? These were held at the homes of his own, Judge Elliott’s Miles Murphy’s, John Thornburgh’s, and George Goodwin’s. Here is a fascinating tale of…
Social Life Trivia Day 3!
The Great Snake Hoax happened in the early 1880s! A giant snake was reportedly seen by the Rev. Clark Hosier and his wife as they made their way along Spiceland Pike (what is now Bundy Avenue, between I Avenue to South Main Street). They had seen a “snake,” pass from South Mound Cemetery to Bowers…
Social Life Trivia Day 2!
A chautauqua was summertime education! For adults and children alike, beginning in 1910 and lasting until 1927, a “Redpath” chautauqua was held in Henry County, first at the corner of South Main Street and Plum Street, later at the YMCA or North 14th Street fairgrounds, under a tent. Events included operatic performances, morning story hours…
Social Life Trivia Day 1!
The answer for last week’s final music trivia question was a phonograph! This week, we peek into the social lives of our ancestors. Just because they didn’t have social media 100 years ago doesn’t mean they weren’t social! There were lots of fun things to do…such as a chautauqua. What in the world is a…
Music Trivia Day #10!
The answer to yesterday’s trivia question was Jennings Hall. Our final music trivia question: What type of instrument is this? Save
Music Trivia Day 9!
Yesterday’s picture was of the Ridge Band. East Broad Street, east of 16th Street, used to be referred to as The Ridge. Where was this children’s recital held in 1885?