Grace A. Rush, Inc. records, 1912-1976.

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Grace A. Rush, Inc. records, 1912-1976.

Contains correspondence from U.S. Senators, cabinet members, governors, and one from President Eisenhower thanking the Rushes for fruit cakes and other food stuffs. Includes price lists, catalogs, advertisement mock-ups, recipes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks with photographs, etc., from 1912 to 1974. Also contains information about the proposed merger with Beaumont Inn Foods.

1.2 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Longworth, Nicholas, 1869-1931

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Nicholas "Nick" Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American Republican politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the successful Longworth Act of 1902, regulating the issuance of municipal bonds. As congressman for Ohio's 1st congressional district, he soon became a popular social figure of Washington, and married President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice Lee ...

Rush family.

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Willis, Frank B. (Frank Bartlette), 1871-1928

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Governor of Ohio 1915-1917, and U.S. Senator from Ohio 1911-1915 and 1921-1928. From the description of TLS, 1922. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 12850629 ...

Bulkley, Robert J., 1880-1965.

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Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936

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Charles Curtis "God-Sent into Politics" A champion jockey in his youth, Charles Curtis recalled that once before a race in Texas, a horse owner called him over for final instructions. The man, seated with a rifle across his lap, said, "Son, the last dollar I have in the world is on this race. If you don't win, don't stop when you cross the finish line. Keep right on going." Curtis won that race and many more. Famous for his one-eighth Native American ancestry, he rose to prominence in the ...

Beaumont Inn Foods.

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Donahey, A. Victor (Alvin Victor), 1873-1946

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Governor of Ohio, 1923-1929; U.S. Senator, 1935-1941. From the description of Autograph, [between 1923 and 1929]. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 12698889 ...

Rush, Grace A., 1881?-1967.

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Fess, Simeon D. (Simeon Davidson), 1861-1936

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Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Library. From the description of Letter, 1929, January 31, Washington, D.C., to William C. Pelkey, Providence, Rhode Island. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598877 ...

Grace A. Rush, Inc.

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Grace A. Rush baked fruitcakes in her home in Cincinnati as gifts. About 1916, her sister gave a shopkeeper in New York City a sample. The shopkeeper ordered some cakes, and the business was begun. The company expanded its product line to include dates, ginger, sauces, puddings, nuts and other delicacies, which were sold in fashionable stores including Pogue's in Cincinnati and Bloomingdale's in New York. In 1937 the company built a factory on Madison Road. Several family members were involved i...

White, George, 1872-1953

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