“Nineteen-year-old Jacob Stueck arrived in Middletown in 1871 and immediately went to work in the bakery of Johann Hoffort, his sister’s husband. On his family’s farm in Germany, Jacob had grown up in an atmosphere of hard work and self-discipline; in America, his work ethic quickly led to his success. Seven years after he arrived in Middletown, he was able to buy Hoffort’s bakery. Before long, Stueck built an ambitious new building on the northeast corner of Main and Washington Streets. He moved there in 1893, his business expanding to include catering and a retail store”
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