| 词条 | Quaker Mill Company |
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The Quaker Mill Company was a 19th-century American oat mill company in Ravenna, Ohio. After merging with three other companies in 1901, the company became the Quaker Oats Company. Today it is a subsidiary of PepsiCo. HistoryHenry D. Seymour and William Heston founded the Quaker Mill in Ravenna. On 4 September 1877 Seymour trademarked the Quaker brand after reading an encyclopedia article on Quakers, who are officially called the Religious Society of Friends.[1] By 1888, the company employed 83 people, and (in a tie with the Ravenna Glass Company) was Ravenna's largest employer.[2] References1. ^Adams, Cecil. Is the guy on the Quaker Oats box John Penn? The Straight Dope Accessed 28 July 2006. {{US-manufacturing-company-stub}}{{food-company-stub}}2. ^Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio. C. J. Krehbiel & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Vol. II (1904) 3 : Quaker Oats Company|History of Ohio|Companies based in Ohio |
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