Manufacturer Notes: Modes Glass CompanyPatentsModes, Edward C. assignor to Modes Glass Company, Cicero, Ind. Bottle Design 28,483 April 19, 1898 ____________________________________________________ New Glass Factory. NOBLESVILLE, Ind. Feb. 1.-The Modes glass factory will start at Cicero February 15 and will employ about 300 hands. This is a new factory and will do much toward aiding the unemployed in this section. The Iowa Citizen (Iowa city, Iowa) February 2, 1894 ____________________________________________________ --The Modes glass works at Cisco (sic), Ind., employing 400 men, were started Friday with a flourish of trumpets and brass bands. Everybody was given a souvenir cane. Decatur Daily Republican (Decatur, Illinois) February 19, 1894 ____________________________________________________ The Modes Glass company at Cicero, Ind., is erecting a hotel to accommodate 100 boys it will be compelled to bring in because of the new factory and educational laws. Fort Wayne News (Fort Wayne, Indiana) August 23, 1897 ____________________________________________________ CICERO-HAMILTON COUNTY. No. 286-December 7. Modes Glass Co. Employees: Males, 300; females, 5; males under 16, 32 McAbee, D. H.; First Annual Report of the Department of Factory Inspection of the State of Indiana 1897 (Indianapolis, Wm. B. Burford, 1898) ____________________________________________________ The Modes-Turner Glass Co. expect to put in another new tank this year at Cicero, Ind., thus making four tanks in all. Their business has increased from year to year and a jump of from two tanks to four has been made necessary. Mr. Turner is a resident of Muncie, and his friends will be pleased to note his prosperity. Muncie Morning News (Muncie, Indiana) October 22, 1898 ____________________________________________________ Representatives of the Modes Glass Co., of Cicero, Ind., are in town looking at the buildings of the Oatman manufacturing Co., with the idea of establishing a plant there. North Adams Transcript (North Adams, Massachusetts) December 8, 1898 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Go To North American Soda & Beers Home |