Ice Famine and the Question of a Local Factory
A local paper grouses that the town is again suffering an ice shortage and floats the idea of a home-grown ice factory paired with a creamery, needling the town's women's club to take the lead.
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Mesa Free Press · June 29, 1900 · Page 1
1 min readFlorence is "enjoying" an ice famine again. Why don't the people of this county start an ice factory of their own, and not be at the mercy of Tempe and Phoenix? An ice factory here would pay well, in connection with a creamery. The Tribune will take stock in such a company. Let the Ladies Improvement Club interest itself in the matter and see what can be done. The ladies seem to have a monopoly of all the enterprise in the community anyway.—Tribune.
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