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II Was rPmAriftlf-i I ,----- ‘-‘v- UVVVIALL'U Wiiilinfo a dining room’ and Trild-5 f £?2f? goid cao®« m _ na kHcr-eil crystal holders and a large 4-tiered£*ldm*n, Carol WoLTJjl ST-. 1,1' Mrs- ***lph Wotfe, fete*; MarJohn P.rrW »'•» »='«h™?. Marilyn .-my Kerfcry.MrioCaPhenin ChemicalCELEBRATESSIX-TENTHSAnd about this time •S^sSSS'MSUSOFCENTENNIAL1896 to 1956with the original name HISTORICAL SKETCHW overlyt896Thv Dr?iFranVC3AennCal ComPan' Was founded in 'l-i u Osmcup to market a formulawhich he had devised in his practice of medicineDoctor Osmcup had come to Waverlv m the sjning ox 1894. a young modern doctor trained in thehl:^e^,0p-mentS.?f medicine and surgery, and soon OuiUmp a large practice.t-90?, ihe .unceasing demands and si.din Oi thi* practice had so broken the doctors headho a ever, that r.e was obliged to retire. In order tokeep time from hanging heavy on his hands he spenthours in the laboratory working out new formulas toada to tne manufactured line. A catalog was issueda no these items, mostly medicinal tablets, were sold tophysicians m Iowa ar.d nearby states.About this time the Antikamnia Chemical Company of bt. Louis s«ea Doctor Osincup for damages, alleging infringement of trademark because of the K in the two names. The spelling at that time was Kap-hemn . The young law firm of Sager and Sweet v. as employed, and won ihe case, obtaining from the Anti-Companx a settlement in reverse thex raviL£ ncident to changing the **K‘ inKapbenih to .eaftcr the Antikamnia Compsm never er suit, tho previous to this time lhe\ had n; doing so all over the countrv an-tismg purposes.Original quarters for the business ver.-i* now the Liebau building at 2X3 West BreW* mie. Later, in 1900. Doctor Osincup built gwj • the structure at 413 First Avenue S \V no- *V. -40fwri? w hC acquire(j the oJd Waver]\ V-t00,402 'V?1 Bremer Avenue, and remode V-d Vlactory. This was a former frontier hotel bum » of native bnck. oak and walnut andstones of the old west Several Iar4 ca Acartridges were dug up bv workmen and h •-on good author* that a maThad been S’ room on the second floor, and supposed h-V - ■were pointed out *«ppo»l« .In 1913 Doctor Osincup resumed tr-medicine. turning over the ma-fac^rir ' his son. Lvnn. and in 3921 hi« [ir.the firm.' nLs other son- ^ dFrom this time until 1945 the C'iPhr- .♦ '■Company manufactured and ; 1the medical profession, a line of 3UJ 'selling by mail in every state mcdlclniI •!In 1945 the opportunitv arrived to - *, •wholesale outlets a number of ^this continued until 1953 Tn a^ T' h vbrothers sold thVCaPhMn T'953 lhlt;‘ ('-Alyer and A. W Tandy ofLSw I idy immediately earned u^rK lo?aiandn'SJ business. «vem to take charge o:EARLY DAY PHOTOTODAYOne of the Interesting sidelines manufactured at the oresent t!mofe*UPed lt;3:FI° foot °Perat®d !it1uid soaP dispenser. Nearly ten thousand of these dispensers haveibeen installedfin hospitals and doctors' officetthroughout the world. Many of these have been sent to as far awav HSiam. f,n the Past Ye*r a lar9e assortment of veterinary products has been added to the line and greater emphasis is now being placed on sales ofthese items to the graduate veterinarians in Iowa, Minnesota and Wis*on-sm, with plans being laid to expand sales throughout the midwest.The CaPhenin plant is well equipped with modern machinery for themanufacture of a wide variety of pharmaceutical products Tablet markines with a capacity up to 480,000 tablets per day are just a part of the on erafion. Supporting equipment includes dryers with a combing Pby of 3,500 pounds per day, end mixers rh,/ would m “w’Sj, C gram aspirin tablets at one time.
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Bremer County Independent and Waverly Republican
Waverly, Iowa, US
Wed, Mar 07, 1956
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