Rushden Echo, 1st January 1915, transcribed by Kay Collins
Mr Wilfred E Capon, secretary of Messrs John Cave and Sons Ltd., Rushden, has passed the Intermediate examination of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries.
1910 outside the College Street factory on a wet day - railway wagons with boxes for export to Ellet Kendall Shoe Co, Kansas City. Photo by S Powell
Note: T. C. Ellet, president of the Ellet-Kendall Shoe Company, was born in California in 1855, founded the company in Mississippi in 1867, before moving to Kansas City around the 1890s.
To read about the crates being made see: Fred Dickens
Shoemaking was a reserved occupation and to prove they were in emloyment some of the men wore badges - issued by the company in 1915.
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