Template:Did you know nominations/Austin Church


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:23, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Austin Church, John Dwight (manufacturer)

 * ... that Austin Church and John Dwight were the first to manufacture bicarbonate of soda in America, and first to use the Arm & Hammer trademark logo (pictured) for selling baking soda?
 * Sources
 * Ref is Williams of book Vintage marketing that reads on page 66, Dr. Church joined with his brother-in-law, John Dwight, and in 1847 the pair began manufacturing baking soda in Dwight’s Massachusetts kitchen. John Dwight & Co. became the first company to make and sell baking soda in the United States. Prior to this, baking soda was still being imported from England.
 * Ref is Rice, Randall Peter of book Beyond The Bottom Line that reads on the bottom of page 55, Church & Dwight was founded in 1846 by Dr. Austin Church and his brother-in-law, John Dwight. The company began as a seller of baking soda through New York grocers. The Arm & Hammer trademark came from another Church family business, Vulcan Spice Mills.
 * Ref is inline newspaper clipping of 6 January 1947 of Alton Evening Telegraph-page 4, titled What is the origin of the Arm & Hammer trademark? - that reads, Q. What is the origin of the arm and hammer trade-mark used on boxes of baking soda. A.The firm of Church and Sons was established by Dr. Austin Church and two sons to produce soda in about 1846. One of the sons had owned the Vulcan Spice Mills which had the arm and hammer trade-mark. This was adopted by the new firm.
 * Comment - Template:Did you know nominations/Vidhu Vincent - Second one used of a set of 2.
 * Comment - Second QPQ to cover second article in hook is Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:28, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 20:33, 2 June 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Both articles are new and long enough and within policy.  Earwig detects no copyvios.  According to the sources, it was only Church who initially used the Arm & Hammer brand when he formed his own company, while Dwight's product was called Cow Brand, so the hook needs a slight tweak.  Also, it would be nice to have more complete source information on the Austin Church photograph.  Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 22:50, 14 June 2017 (UTC)


 * ALT 1 ... that Austin Church was the first to use the Arm & Hammer trademark logo (pictured) for selling baking soda and his brother-in-law teamed up with him to form a multi-million firm that sold this product nationwide?
 * Source is White page 310.
 * Source is Jorgensen page 16. James is son of Austin Church.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:13, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose ALT 1 and just removed Austin picture to expedite the nomination.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:45, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I was looking for a much more subtle change. Does the following slight tweak work for you?  Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 05:15, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
 * ALT0b: ... that Austin Church and John Dwight were the first to manufacture baking soda in the United States, and the former was first to use the Arm & Hammer trademark logo (pictured) for selling it?
 * ALT0b works for me = excellent. I was bold and struck out the others, so there wouldn't be any confusion. Thanks!--Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:52, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go, then! Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 22:49, 16 June 2017 (UTC)