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apprenticed to a newspaper printer
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Milton is apprenticed to Joe Royer, candy maker
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Milton moves to Philadelphia to start his own candy business
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Milton leaves Philadelphia (business fails) travels to Colorado where he learns the secret of using fresh milk to make caramels
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Milton moves back to Lancaster, Pa., and starts the Lancaster Caramel Co.
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Milton travels to he Columbian Expositionm in Chicago and purchases
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Milton founds the Hershey Chocolate Company and begins producing
baking chocolate, cocoa, and sweet chocolate coatings for caramels -
Milton marries Catherine Sweeney
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The Hershey Chocolate Company is completed
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Milton Hershey dies at age 88.
