MILTON

By Mia Raftery and Nikki Kolz

MILTON’S BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE.

Milton like candy at a young age.

Milton was born. Milton sold candy

from a cart he pushed around town.

He sold candy for a penny per piece!

ADOLESCENCE AND ADULTHOODMilton married Kitty on May 25,1898.

Milton and Kitty lived in a big house in Lancaster.

He was thinking of many names for his chocolate like… Roly Polies, McGinties, Jim Crakes, and Lotuses.

HERSHEY IN CUBABETWEEN 1916 AND 1937, MILTON HERSHEY

SPENT MOST WINTER MONTHS IN CUBA OVERSEEING SUGAR PRODUCTION, OFTEN TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH TO HERSHEY

TO MANAGE BUSINESS AT HOME.  HERSHEY'S MANNER OF DOING BUSINESS IN CUBA

DIFFERED SHARPLY FROM MOST FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN WHO EXPLOITED THE

COUNTRY AND TOOK THEIR PROFITS HOME WITH THEM. MILTON HERSHEY PROVIDED

COMFORTABLE HOUSING, GOOD SCHOOLS, RECREATION AND HEALTHY LIVING

CONDITIONS FOR HIS CUBAN WORKERS.  HIS ANNUAL TRIPS TO CUBA ENDED WHEN HIS

AGE AND DECLINING HEALTH PUT AN END TO EXTENDED TRAVEL.

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Milton Hershey made many kinds of chocolate.

Milton made many chocolate-114 kinds of them!

If you want a shape of chocolate in a cigar, lobster or a bike you could find it in the Hershey Chocolate Company.

In 1900, he started making Hershey’s Milk Chocolate.