Centervilles Milani Ice Cream Factory

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Published July 10, 2008 10:07 am - Ice Cream is a frozen dessert made from dairy products, such asmilk and cream, combined with flavorings such as sugar and syrups.The mixture is stirred slowly while cooling to result in a smoothlytextured product.

Centerville’s Milani Ice Cream Factory


By Bill Heusinkveld - correspondent


Ice Cream is a frozen dessert made from dairy products, such asmilk and cream, combined with flavorings such as sugar and syrups.The mixture is stirred slowly while cooling to result in a smoothlytextured product. It has been a delicacy for centuries, and thepioneers brought the recipes when they came to Iowa.
By the early 1900’s, four ice cream parlors were listed inthe Centerville directory, T.L. Allen, Gus Milani, Murdy Restaurantand J.E. Strickler. The Milani parlor was probably the mostprominent. The Milani Ice Cream Factory was well-known inCenterville since 1902.
The Milani brothers, Gus and Santi, came here from Bagni-de-Lucci,Italy in about 1887. Gus Milani (1866-1926) founded Mil