ALLEN COUNTY OHIO - EVANS Pie Factory (1915)
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February 22, 1999
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Reported in the "The Lima Daily News" Feb. 22, 1915

CHERRY PIES NUMBER 1,350
  A total of 1,350 cherry pies were baked last night and this morning at
the EVANS pie factory on north West street, which is one of the largest
single day's baking in the history of the company.  Each year during the
week previous to February 22, Minor Evans advertises that his cherry
pies will be sold for 15 cents on Washington's birthday, which is a
reduction of 5 cents per pie.  This is done for advertising purposes and
not a dollar of profit is realized from the enormous amount of work
required in baking this number of pies.
  The material required in the manufacture of 1,350 pies is amazing. 
Here are the figures:  140 gallons of canned cherries; 195 pounds of
lard; three barrels of flour; one barrel of granulated sugar and 35
pounds of butter.

submitted by;
Gerry Evans
Allen County, Ohio