The 100 Years Ago Thread

[Bart Ell]

Elmira Machinery Co.

[Walks_At_Night]

McClary's

[Mr Apnea]

John Burns & Co.

[Bobs Your Uncle]

Roscoe's Saw Sharpening Service

[Bobs Your Uncle]

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C. B. - juan & FISH
H. H. - Camazotz Automat
J. B.
J. L. - Mr Apnea & Jayzelady
M. E. - Bart Ell
R. A.
R. U. - PB
T. W. - Walks_At_Night
W. B. - whoozit & ShayP
W. N. - Bobs Your Uncle (Wilbur)

@Bobs Your Uncle: 100 points

Bobs wins another one, and he was the only one to pick W. N.
PS, Thankfully the above William pic was not as a result of him dying in the war.  He was the head of some kind of department in the business world.  Obviously he was in the military, and perhaps that was the only photo available for the article.

His friends call him Wilbur

[FISH]

From the Library of Congress.  The Oakes Times.  September 15, 1921.

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Thank goodness -- School's Out Forever.

[FISH]

T. F. Shurly Co. Ltd

[Rikki Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., September 15, 1921.

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[anniem]

T. F. Shurly Co. Ltd

Ditto

[PB]

Cane Mola Co. of Canada, Ltd.

[Rikki Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., September 15, 1921.

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[Camazotz Automat]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., September 15, 1921.

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L I K E

[Rikki Gins]

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A. R. Williams Machinery & Supply Co. Ltd. - Camazotz Automat
Cane Mola Co. of Canada, Ltd. - juan & PB
Coe Manufacturing Co.
Elmira Machinery Co. - Bart Ell
John Burns & Co. - Mr Apnea
Long Manufacturing Co.
McClary's - Walks_At_Night
Roscoe's Saw Sharpening Service - Bobs Your Uncle
Smart - Turner Industrial Supplies
T. F. Shurly Co. Ltd. - whoozit, ShayP, FISH & anniem

@whoozit: 100 points
@ShayP: 100 points
@FISH: 100 points
@anniem: 100 points

Lots of winners on this quiz, including the above four who struck it rich by selecting T. F. Shurly Co.

@juan: 25 points
@PB: 25 points

Juan and PB chose a product, not a company.  Yeah, trick answer.  Cane Mola was actually sugar cane molasses and the farmers would pour it on cow feed during the winter as an enticement for the cows to eat whatever it was that they were fed.  The stuff was edible to humans, too.  It made good ginger cake.

@Bobs Your Uncle: 25 points.

Mr. Bob selected the other trick answer.  I got the name Roscoe from another source.  100 years ago a certain comedian by the name of Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle was in the news, accused of murdering a starlet during a wild, wild party.   

[Rikki Gins]

From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., September 16, 1921.

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[Rikki Gins]

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Nice parking lot, but for 100 points, where are we?

California
Kentucky
Michigan
Missouri
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Utah
Virginia
Wyoming