Spoon Tycoon’s Doom: A Tale of Ambition and Betrayal
Clarence Welch rose in the spoon industry, faced betrayal and legal battles, nearly met doom, and ultimately reinvented himself.
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Late night revelry for weary travelers
Fleatown, DE was one of those towns whose only reason to exist was that it was a convenient halfway stopping point between two popular destinations. The distance as the crow flies from the heart of Milford, DE to the heart of Georgetown, DE is about 16 miles. Traveling between these two places today wouldn’t even…
His name, and dental innovation, are one and the same
You can thank Levin Dawson Caulk that your cavity fillings are not made of beeswax or plaster of paris. Once you hear his surname, it’s not hard to forget his contribution to dental progress. Caulk was born in 1841 in Camden, DE, where he grew up. As a young dentist, he practiced in Wilmington for…