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ADVERTISING LETTERHEAD
from the office of
WILLIAM STITCHENOTH
Cincinnati
Malt House
Best
Quality of Fall and Spring Malt on Hand
Located
at Nos 15,17,19,21.23
& 25 TWELFTH STREET
Cincinnati,
Ohio
during the year of 1874.
PRINTED
BY
EHRGOTT & KREBS
LITHO CINCINNATI LITHO
The letter is
signed by
WILLIAM
STITCHENOTH
Handwritten with very nice penmanship
the letter
is addressed to:
Mrs. W.A. Menger
(Mrs. W.A. Menger born Maria Clara Baumschlueter was a pioneering 19th century businesswoman who co-founded San Antonio's Menger Hotel following her husbands death in 1871. She became the sole owner of the hotel and the Western Brewery operating as the largest employer in San Antonio!)
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Historical Notes: William Stichtenoth was a prominent 19th-century maltster who operated the Cincinnati Malt House. Located at 15–25 12th Street in the heart of the city's brewing district, the operation supplied malted grain to Cincinnati’s booming beer industry. This was a large-scale commercial malting house in the Over-the-Rhine/Central Downtown area. He played a crucial role in supporting the city's 19th-century "beer barons", who relied on consistent malt supplies to feed Cincinnati’s massive network of breweries.
William Stichtenoth property records indicate he was operating a large-scale commercial malt house on 12th Street right after the Civil War, capitalizing on Cincinnati's post-war brewing boom. The business suffered a catastrophic blow on July 4, 1887, when a massive fire tore through the malt house. The blaze completely wiped out the facility’s inventory and uninsured warehouse receipts, triggering an immediate and severe financial crisis for the family. In the late 1880s, Stichtenoth heavily invested in local brewing, taking a significant stake in the Weber-Jackson Brewery by mortgaging his malt house. By the late 1880s, his brewing ventures faced financial and legal difficulties. In September 1887, financial disputes regarding his brewery assets, mortgages, and the Fidelity Bank were highly publicized in the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
William Stichtenoth’s family roots reflect classic 19th-century German American immigrant experience in Cincinnati. The family origins trace back to the Hessen region of Germany and extend to multi-generational extended family in Ohio. Similar to other German Americans whom fled political and economic instability in the mid-1800s, they settled heavily in Cincinnati's heavily German Over-the-Rhine district.
William Stichtenoth
married Elise
Neuhahn (born circa 1838). Records indicate
she passed away relatively young, around 1879 at the age of 41. His son, William Jr., continued the
family's legacy in Cincinnati and married Amanda
Ehrgott.
Amanda was a member of a prominent and artistically influential German-American
family in Cincinnati. Their marriage bridged two notable local industries: the
city’s famed brewing trade and it’s worlkd class 19th century
lithography and printing movement.
CONDITION: Normal letter folds and is in a plastic sleeve. Two noticeable toning stains letter has some
minor toning slight flaws at fold at left margin. The "EBAY ITEM"
thing is just a loose piece of paper that is not attached to the
letterhead.
Approximate
size is 8 1/2" X 11".
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