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*Truly Cincinnati Firm, Operated and Financed With Queen City Capital, Is To Have Display at RKP Capitol Theater.continuous which the of Cincin-is justlyfy^eight years ofij$ is the record of fk Company, one joldest concerns,proud| lt;Since 1S32, when Michael VVerk, | industrious German immigrant hov, came to Cincinnati and # startelt;L in business, the name of Werk has been a household byword in Cincinnati and vicinity.An [attractive display of this, company’^ products is to be on display this y'eek at the RKO Palace as a part \ the Made-in-Cincinnati pro-granx^Jhat is being sponsored in three.©f the downtown theaters bytho RKC) management and TheCommercial Tribune.M. Werk Company is truly a Cincinnati industry and is operated by♦ » •Cincinnatians and with Cincinnati capital. Its soaps and other products have a very wide circulation and are rated among the highest inquality to be manufactured anywhere.‘ Quality Is Boast.The concern is rated among the six largest concerns of its kind inthe United States. Although it doesn’t rate first in size, its products h ve. a quality that is without a peer jAt t 3 present time when depression a?Td unemployment are besetting sbmc concerns, the M- Werk% A T * •*»Compafiy is running along at top speed k11d its business is on the increase rather than the. decline.The same can be said for its employment. The M. Werk Company, according, to its President, E. C. Price, has not laid off a single manbecause of the businpfes depression.Officers of the company are E. C. Price, President; H. Dock, Vice President, and Louis Werk, Secretary and Treasurer.Started in 1832. fi r *»■ • ' iThe M. Werk Company1 got its start in 1832, when Michael Werk came tp Cincinnati and in a small house on what is now Sixth street.started making candles, soap and silk hats. When he first started, he would go out an^t collect all of the tallow that lie could, then return tohis home and make up a batch of candles.Then, out he would gothese. When the money lected, Tie would start in again and follow the same system. This went on for quite a time and his business began to grow-He quits the silk hat businessBACK TN THEM DAYS A FELLER C’D SHOOT SOMENon; York World News Service. STOCKVILLE, Neb. — Stockvilie has not laid claim to any real crack shots for nearlyincident here inforty years, since an the fall of 1S93 whena group of old discussing theirA rabbit wasstreet from asittinga n dwasallsellcoloverIndian fighters were ability.across thehardware store in which a gun was displayed as a rafr fie prize. One man. Jim Nail, offered to clip the eyebrows off the rabbit. He shot and the rabbit only blinked. Another shot, with no better result. Then George Gregg,Charles Marcellus and others, until finally one got mad and hit the rabbit with a rock.Then Dad Fenton, who had a warehouse some distance away, discovered holes in a barrel of kerdsene and some huge jars in his warehouse. The “crack shots” heard of it. looked at the warehouse, then found the sights of the gun had been raised for half-mile shooting, the bullets going six inches over the rabbit’s head. They paid for the damage/ Claims of being “crack shots”have been rare ever since.shortly after getting into it, but thenhe devoted more of his time to the making of soap and candles. Later on. when his two sons joined with him, he made wine under the name j of M. Werk Sons.In 1885, the concern was incorporated as M. Werk Company, the name it bears at the present time.The company is controlled today by heirs of the founder of the business.It Is Oldest Soap.Tag Soap, a bar soap which the concern built its reputation on, Is said to be the oldest bar soap manufactured in the United States. This bar is ninety-eight years old.The first real factory of the company was on P plar street, where the concern did business until 1912,when they built their present location in St. Bernard. The presentplant is made up of four large buildings and acreage of approximately twenty acres.Besides Tag Soap, the company manufactures Werx, a high quality soap for washing machine use and for the cleansing of fine fabrics; Werko, a white soap flake and textile scaps.The company is the largest producers of Saponified Stearic Acid in the United States. This acid is used in the making of cold creams, shaving creams, rubber compositions andMexican wax matches. Approximately 7 5 per cent of this product used in the manufacture of Mexican wax matches is furnished by the M.Werk Company.The soaps of the cdmpany are distributed principally throughoutthe Middle West.Since 18 32. when the concern got its start, the name of Werk lias stood for quality, not only in soaps but in all of its products.In addition to being one of the largest soap companies in the United States, the M. Werk Company is said to be the oldest soap company in theUnited States that still bears itsoriginal name.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, Nov 30, 1930
Page 12
Full Page
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Cincinnati A.
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