PERTH AMBOY – On Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, firefighters raced to a home at 60 First St. on a report of a kitchen blaze that began when the oven caught fire. “The resident said, ‘We never turned the ...

ST. LOUIS - Behind an iron gate on Russell Boulevard is one of our city's hidden treasures. A house built in 1908 by Charles Stockstrom, the founder of the company that became Magic Chef Stove Company ...

Once upon a time, the Quick Meal Stove Co., started here in 1883, grew into the world’s largest stove maker. Its founder, Charles Stockstrom — who immigrated as a poor German teen — is credited with ...