Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1917 — London Coffee-House Founder Dead. [ARTICLE]

London Coffee-House Founder Dead.

In the death of Sir Joseph Lyons there passes away the man who did more than anybody else to revolutionize the catering business of London. Before the time when he threw down the brush and easel in favor of a business career the “coffee-house” as now constituted was unknown In London. City workers had either to lunch at one of the numerous bars or pay tiie exorbitant prices charged at the hotels. To the thoufsands of women workers the establishment of the modern tea shop has come as a great boon, for before that time there was no accommodation for this class of society. In his later days Sir Joseph spent a good deal of his time at Brighton, andwas often to be seen on the front wearing the uniform of an honorary colonel of the Territorial force. —Dundee Advertiser.