Local history buffs enthusiastically gathered at the Warsaw Historical Society Museum on June 29 for the final presentation in the Mondays at the Museum series. Jennifer Wiese-Haskins shared Teresa Beeler\u2019s comprehensive research on Warsaw\u2019s bakeries as unforeseen circumstances prevented Beeler from attending. This is part one of her presentation, which basically covers much of the 1800s.<\/p>\n
Platted in 1834, Warsaw experienced tremendous growth over the next 25 years with numerous flourishing businesses, including a \u201cstring of bakeries.\u201d Despite a strong opening, Beeler noted that most only lasted two to five years. She regretted that \u201cnot much is printed or archived regarding these aromatic businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 1840, W. Swinton opened Warsaw\u2019s first bakery \u2013 W. Swinton Bakery \u2013 in the rear of Woodard\u2019s Grocery on Main Street\u2019s north side. On Nov. 25, 1840, a Western World article noted that Swinton carried \u201ca quantity of Abernethy Biscuit, which was recommended by eminent physicians for sick people.\u201d He also used 2\/3 flour and 1\/3 Indian Meal to bake 3 pound, 8 ounce loaves of bread for family use for 12 \u00bd cents.<\/p>\n
Situated inside the \u201cprovision store,\u201d Henry Glazier\u2019s bakery opened in 1859 above the Empire block on the corner of Fifth and Main streets. Considered the \u201cultimate one stop shop,\u201d the store offered baked goods and farm and household supplies. Glazier stated in a Warsaw City Bulletin article on June 16, 1859, \u201cI also keep country produce, and a general variety of provisions, which I will sell cheap for cash.\u201d Despite his endeavors to offer items at an affordable price, his bakery only lasted one year.<\/p>\n
Warsaw endured a year without freshly baked goods until Conrad Nagel opened his bakery at 412 Main St. in 1860. The two-term Warsaw mayor also supplied the Army with bread. In 1924, Thomas Russell sold his bakery in Keokuk and bought back the bakery in Warsaw, which he previously sold to P.R. Rohner in 1922. Rohner \u2018s bakery expanded when Mrs. Thomas Russell opened the Warsaw Coffee Shoppe in 1917. With the opening of the Warsaw Mercantile in 2025, and the continued offerings of muffins, breads, cookies, gluten-free items, and homemade frozen pies, the 412 Main location has had the longest run of selling baked goods in Warsaw history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local history buffs enthusiastically gathered at the Warsaw Historical Society Museum on June 29 for the final presentation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[95],"tags":[66728,66723,19705,66724,66725,13331,43445,66729,66726,66727,66722,182,181],"class_list":["post-138150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-warsaw","tag-baked-goods","tag-bakeries","tag-bakery","tag-baking","tag-baking-industry","tag-foods","tag-glass","tag-glass-architecture","tag-glass-art","tag-glass-engineering-and-science","tag-glazier","tag-poland","tag-warsaw"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117013941200935511","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}