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Article: Beech-Nut to leave NY village after 118 years
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- April 11, 2009
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The big white Beech-Nut factory has dominated this little Mohawk River village since horse-and-buggy days, making everything from chewing gum to baby food and employing generations who fondly recall production lines fragrant with apples.
"All my friends, everybody, worked at Beech-Nut," recalled retiree Sophie Ferraro, who answered phones for Beech-Nut back when her husband Victor handled quality control for strained food. The Ferraro's neighbors and friends worked at Beech-Nut, too. Their three children, now grown, had summer jobs there.
"It was really a family affair," Sophie said.
And now comes the break up.
After 118 years, Beech-Nut is ...