Maud Muller Candies

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Located on 4th Avenue, the Maud Muller Candies shop was one of the downtown
 Huntington businesses inundated by the record-setting 1937 flood.
Courtesy of Special Collections Marshall Library

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HUNTINGTON — Though seldom read today, John Greenleaf Whittier
(1807-1892) was for many years one of America’s most popular poets.

Published in 1856, Whittier’s “Maud Muller” was one of his best known poems.
In it he writes about a beautiful maiden by that name. One day, while harvesting
 hay, she meets a judge from the local town. Each is smitten with the other.
 The judge thinks that he would like to be a local farmer married to Maud,
while she thinks that she would like to be the wealthy judge’s wife.

Neither voices these thoughts, however, and both the judge and the maiden
move on. The judge marries a woman of wealth whose love for him is
based solely on his riches. Maud Muller marries a young uneducated
farmer. Throughout the rest of their lives, each remembers the day
 of their meeting and remorsefully reflects on what might have been.

Although what prompted them to do so is unknown, the owners
 of a confectionary in Dayton, Ohio, named their fledgling
enterprise the Maud Muller Home Made Candy Co.
and used an image of a bonneted
 maiden as their trademark.

Although what prompted them to do so is unknown, the owners
of a confectionary in Dayton, Ohio, named their fledgling
 enterprise the Maud Muller Home Made Candy Co.
 and used an image of a bonneted
maiden as their trademark.

Although what prompted them to do so is unknown, the owners
of a confectionary in Dayton, Ohio, named their fledgling
 enterprise the Maud Muller Home Made Candy Co.
and used an image of a bonneted
maiden as their trademark.

Although what prompted them to do so is unknown, the owners
of a confectionary in Dayton, Ohio, named their fledgling
 enterprise the Maud Muller Home Made Candy Co.
 and used an image of a bonneted
maiden as their trademark.

Although what prompted them to do so is unknown, the owners
of a confectionary in Dayton, Ohio, named their fledgling
 enterprise the Maud Muller Home Made Candy Co.
and used an image of a bonneted
maiden as their trademark.

Although what prompted them to do so is unknown, the owners
of a confectionary in Dayton, Ohio, named their fledgling
 enterprise the Maud Muller Home Made Candy Co.
 and used an image of a bonneted
maiden as their trademark.

Although what prompted them to do so is unknown, the owners
of a confectionary in Dayton, Ohio, named their fledgling
 enterprise the Maud Muller Home Made Candy Co.
and used an image of a bonneted
maiden as their trademark.

Although best known for its boxes of fine chocolate — creams,
toffees and caramels, each nestled in fluted brown paper
 cup — Maud Muller produced a wide
variety of other candies.

The company prospered and by the 1940s had 18 candy stores in 10
 cities spread across four states — Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and
West Virginia. The West Virginia stores were in Huntington
and Charleston. The Huntington store was located in the
 Keith-Albee Theatre building, with an entrance from
 the 4th Avenue sidewalk. The store was one of
many downtown Huntington businesses
 inundated by the record-setting
1937 Ohio River flood.

According to records in the West Virginia Secretary of
State’s office, the candy company’s Huntington
 and Charleston stores closed in 1967.

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Note:  This Article and picture appeared in the Herald-Dispatch Newspaper on Jan. 4, 2022.

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