Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-A. G. Eyth
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
A. G. EYTH, who is engaged in the drug
business and is Secretary and Treasurer of
the Enterprise Creamery Company, is of
German birth. He was born May 16,
1848, and when a young man of twenty years
crossed the Atlantic to America, locating in Cincinnati,
Ohio, where he resided until 1870. In
that year he came to Kansas, and for eighteen
months was engaged in the drug business in
Junction City. His residence in Enterprise dates
from 1872, and covers a period of twenty years.
Mr. Eyth was married in Junction City, on the
3d of July, 1872, the lady of his choice being Miss
Emily Staatz, who was born in Prussia, on the
15th of August, 1850. By their union have been
born the following children: Carrie H., who is
now clerking in her father's store and expects
to take a full course as a pharmacist; Paulina A.,
at home; Augustus L., who is employed in the
creamery; Sophia E., Adolph J., Louis, Robbie,
Edward and Julia.
On coming to this county, Mr. Eyth opened a
drug store, which he still carries on. For the past
two years the business has been conducted under
the firm name of Eyth & Flack. They carry
a stock valued at from $5,000 to $6,000, and
their annual sales amount to $10,000. This firm
is enjoying an excellent trade, which it has
secured by fair and honest dealing and courteous
treatment of its patrons. Mr. Eyth is interested
in other business concerns. Several years
ago a creamery company was organized, but the
enterprise proved unsuccessful, and later Mr.
Eyth, in company with C. Hoffman and John
Sheets, purchased the controlling interest and reopened
the creamery, our subject taking immediate
charge. He has since given it his close
supervision. It has been in operation since 1887,
with Mr. Eyth as manager since 1889. About
$12,000 has been invested in the enterprise, and
about one hundred and fifty thousand pounds of
butter are annually manufactured. This furnishes
the farmers with a market for their milk, for
which about $35,000 is paid each year. The celebrated
"Shady Brook" creamery butter, on account
of its excellent quality, finds a ready sale
in the market. The business has grown to important
proportions, and branch factories have
now been established in Woodbine and Sheets,
Kan. The drug store is a brick structure, 25x75
feet, with a cellar under the entire building, and
was erected at a cost of $4,500. Mr. Eyth is also
owner of the Enterprise Bottling Works, which
manufactures soda water, and he owns a one hundred
and sixty acre farm in Rhinehart Township,
ten miles east of this city.
Public enterprises calculated to prove of benefit
to the community have ever received the support
of our subject. He was one of the seven men
who erected the Normal College and is now
Treasurer of the Board. Socially, he is a member of
the Odd Fellows' society and of the United Workmen,
and in polities he is a Democrat. His
home is situated on Court Avenue, he owning
two residences and ten lots on that street near
the High School building. Mr. Eyth is a man of
excellent business ability, reliable, accurate and
methodical, and by the exercise of correct business
principles has gained prosperity and won a
place among the substantial citizens of the county.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP