. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . S9. i//^/;j^M^. The Cove Manufacturinc, Company. Over a quarter of a century has passed since this com-pany commenced the manufacture of starch in the beau-tiful village of Glen Cove. When the Duryeas startedthe business here, which has carried the name of GlenCove starch to every quarter of the civilized world, thecountry was on the verge of a great commercial revolu-tion. Telegraphy, discovered only a few years before,had but recently come into general use, and our ra
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . S9. i//^/;j^M^. The Cove Manufacturinc, Company. Over a quarter of a century has passed since this com-pany commenced the manufacture of starch in the beau-tiful village of Glen Cove. When the Duryeas startedthe business here, which has carried the name of GlenCove starch to every quarter of the civilized world, thecountry was on the verge of a great commercial revolu-tion. Telegraphy, discovered only a few years before,had but recently come into general use, and our railroadsystem, since grown to such gigantic proportions, wasthen in comparative infancy. The old methods ofstarch-making, which had been practiced for hundredsof years, were still in vogue, and with some slight mod-ifications and clumsy machinery furnished the imperfectmanufactures that supplied the starch with which ourgrandmothers dressed their laces and stiffened theirruffles half a century ago. Corn, wheat, rice, potatoesand other vegetables and cereals had been well known forages as factors in the starch manufactu
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