PASTA PLANT: We got a few calls for more information about an
item that appeared in the “100 Years Ago” slot in the Oct. 14
“Another Era” referencing a long-ago macaroni factory on Davis
Street.

Here’s what the Era of Oct. 15, 1909, had to say:

“A macaroni factory is doing business in Bradford and turning
out a fine line of goods. Thomas Carey & Co.’s macaroni factory
on Davis Street is a novelty in the line of local industries. The
plant is comparatively new, but a fine brand of goods is being
turned out.

“The capacity of the factory is about 1,000 pounds a day, but at
present, about 700 pounds of the various brands are turned out in a
day. The product is sold both wholesale and retail.

“The 10 brands and their Italian names are as follows:
Perciatellini, Ditalini, Ditali, Spachettini, Tagliarine, Rigatoni,
Fettucce, Tubbettini, Perciati and Ziti.

“Thomas Carey, the senior member of the firm, is on the road and
a good-sized trade is being obtained as a result. The factory is
neat and clean, and the manufacture of the goods is carried on
under modern methods and with modern machinery. Besides macaroni,
the firm also manufactures vermicelli.

“Within a few days, Thomas Carey & Co. will open an Italian
grocery in connection with the factory.

“At the present time, three hands are employed at the
manufactory, but the force will be increased as the business
grows.”

SMALL WORLD: Mike Raabe of Knoxville, Tenn., writes: “My son,
Andrew recently completed play in the Rawlings High School Fall
Baseball league here in Knoxville. On Andrew’s team was Matthew
Ford, son of Case’s National Accounts Manager, Maury Ford. Maury
and I had not met before this … Maury’s son is a sophomore at
Farragut HS, and my son, Andrew, is a sophomore at Knoxville
Catholic HS.  It wasn’t until I spotted Maury wearing a Case Knives
shirt that I discovered the connection.”

OIL DAYS: Lola Schneider drops an e-line: “I can remember going
with my father to check a nitroglycerin storage place back in the
woods in Limestone, N.Y. He was a shooter for American Glycerin Co.
and they had horses stabled in a barn on Barbour Street. Once we
went to watch him shoot a well; however, I was too young to really
remember the location.”