CHERO-COLA / PRINCETON BOTTLING COMPANY

In 1923 a new bottling company would show up in Princeton, this was the Chero-Cola Bottling Company with Lindsay H. Swaim listed as operator.(1) It was originally located in the Elliot building on Scott Street.(2) April 14, 1925 the company purchases the former car barn of the Princeton Power company, located at the corner of Straley Avenue and North Third Street, they appear to have moved in by June 05, 1925.(2) In 1925 the company was bottling the Green River brand of soda, and Choc which was a Chocolate Drink.(2) The Chero-Cola Bottling Company announces the distribution of Salem Ice Cream by April 1926.(2) By 1932 they appear to have changed hands as Constance A. Flannigan is listed as the owner of the new company which is now called the Princeton Bottling Company which is located at the same location as the Chero-Cola company was.(1) The equipment, supplies, and property of this company was sold to A. B. Hatcher of Charleston, West Virginia by Joseph S. Mosrie by April 10, 1935.(2)

1925 ad from the Bluefield City Directory

6oz Chero-Cola from Princeton, WV

6oz Chero-Cola Soda Water from Princeton, WV

April 21, 1926 ad from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph

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