CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #1735 | | | Name | Seven-up Bottling Co. (Houghton, MI) |
| | | | | | | | | Extra info | Charles Nikula, proprietor of the Houghton Bottling works, brought to that business here an experience and native ability in business affairs that have assured the success that has come to him in the four years he has headed the enterprise. Born in Finland, December 13, 1874, he is a son of August and Sofija (Toura) Nikula, both natives of that country, the former of whom, a farmer, died in 1920 at the age of eighty-five years and the latter of whom is still living in Finland at the age of seventy-eight years. Receiving his early education in the schools of his native land, Charles Nikula came to the United States when he was eighteen years of age, locating for a short time at Oscoda, Michigan. He then spent a short time in the lumber camps of Louisiana, after which he became a miner at Negaunee, Michigan, continuing in that work some four years. It was at this juncture that he first engaged in the bottling business, a venture that he sold in three years to acquire a similar business at Hurley, Wisconsin, in the conduct of which he remained six years. He then purchased a bottling works at Ironwood, Michigan, in 1909, operating it successfully until 1921, when he sold out to other interests. In 1922, having inspected various cities for their possibilities for the bottling business he came to Houghton and bought the Houghton Bottling works, which he has since managed. |
| | | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | | Name 1 | Nikula Bottling Company Inc. |
| | | Name 2 | Houghton Bottling Works |
| | | Name 3 | Nesbitt Bottling Co. (Houghton, MI) |
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