A.H. Libensperger Pretzel Factory

627 Lalor Street

                The Libensperger family began making pretzels in Deutzville circa 1892.  A great grandfather and four great uncles in the family served in the Revolutionary War.

1902: Deutzville Outlook

Trenton Sunday Times, June 15, 1902

Deutzville Jewelry Works

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION

     This business was established by Adam C. Deutz and his nephew, Frank E. Arend, in the spring of 1860.  The firm produced gold bracelets that were plain flat bands ranging from one-eigth of an inch to one and one-half inches in width.  When the bracelet industry was at its height, from 1866 to 1873, one thousand dollars worth of gold was used on averqge per week.  The output was over 15,000 pairs of bracelets per year. Gold breastpins and earrings were also manufactured in considerable quantity.  Patrons of the company were dealers in jewelry in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago and St Louois.

1889: Deutzville Lots

Trenton Evening Times, Sunday, April 4, 1889

     Frank E. Arend, owner of a large number of lots in Deutzville, along with his uncle, Adam C. Deutz, established the Deutzville Jewelry Works in 1860.  The references in the ad such as "parks and lakes border on malaria-breeding marsh" and "Instead of overlooking a marsh" obviously was an attempt by the Union Land Association to discourage prospective homeowners from purchasing a lot from the Broad Street Land Association in Broad Street Park.