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Other mills in the same location at different tinKS have been (he Hquitable Knitting MUls, and, started within a few months, the IVeona Knitting Mitt, established by John K em, Clark K cm and Lincoln Fenstermacher. The Danville Knitting .11ill was established in 1898 in the brick building erected on Church street. T his mill was afterw ards purchased hy Jc^n H. Goeser, who operated it fo r some time, ami in 1 9 11 the a m -T ra h Knitting & Spinning Company entered into possession of the same and have conducted il (o the present time. H eim 's Suspender Factory

on the site of the present contpany store build­ ing. Birkenbine later located his yards on the canal above town. Other brickmakers o f early times were Charles White, S. Gibbs, John Turner, Jaco b Sechler’s Sons, and Biddle, Chambers & Com ­ pany. John Keim at present operates the only brickyards now located in the town. Planing M ills About 1867 Levi Berger built a large plan­ ing mill along the canal just east o f M ill street. This mill did a large business until it was destroyed by fire. *ons Haigh and G r ^, in 1869, erected a large planing m ill along the canal at Pine street. T his mill did an extensive business for a number o f years.

This factory was established in 1882 and was operated until about 1910. It was first located on M ill street and (hen was removed to Fine street, and for a time was one o f (he important industries of the town. .VXW5V.M*EaS About the same lime the S o v e lty Suspender Company was operated by Simon D reifuss i Manv newspapers have been published in Son, located tn the ,Montgomcry building. This company carried on an extensive business for Danville during the years o f its existence, b e ­ ginning at an early day and continuing to the a number o f years. present time. There have alw ays been new s­ papers. not alw ays containing news, and yet Danville M illing Company eagerly sought a fte r by Urge portions of the The Danville Milling Company is composed community. o f George A. F ry, Charles J. Ijiw rcnce and T he early history of these papers is very John A. Dietz, and for a number o f years has n>eager. No files were kept and even the opcrateil the company gristmill on North Mill names of the earliest ones are almost forgotten. street, near (he Philadelf^iia & Reading rail­ The first paper published in Danville w as road crossing. This mill is a five-story brick The Columbia Casette, edited by G eorge building o f large size, is fitted with modem Sw'ccney in 18 13 . One copy o f a paper called roller process machinery, and is o|ierated by The E xpress, datc^l 18 18, was in later years electricity. in the possession o f D. H . B . Brower. T h is paper was established in 18 15 by Jonathan Steam Laundries Ix ^ g e and was afterw ards p u b fish ^ by I.oc^c Danville has two steam laundries: The & Caruthers. Jud gc Cooper seems to have derived much Montour, operated by Ralph Hodge and H ar­ pleasure and profit from editing and writing vey K . Gerringcr, is located on Ferry street in a new concrete building. The Danville for some of these early papers. The W atch' Steam Laundrx is located on the corner o f man was established in 1820 by George Ferry street arid the canal and is operated by Sweeney, who conducted it fo r eight years, V. E. K ase. Both seem to l>c doing a good his chief occupation being a wordy w ar with Judge Cooper. T his paper was published al business. the com er o f Market and F erry streets, in a litoch & Bensbach conduct a pants factory, building on the site of the present residence of located in (he old company store building, cor­ Dr. Simington's family. ner o f M ill and Centre streets. T his company D. IL B. Brow er says of these early papers: manufactures l>oys’ trousers and does a large "The>* were mainly reprints o f foreign and business, employing 14 1 girls. domestic news, except when Judge Cooper and George Sweeney pointed their sharp gooseBrickyards quills at each other.” On Ju ly 15, 1828, the first copy of The Pan'Phc firs! brick nude in Danville was manu­ factured at the yards o f Birkenbinc, situated ville Intelligencer was issued by Valentine