"The silk mill which will be operated by Ernest and Herman Levy, in the old Ithaca Calendar Clock Company building will be opened about April 1, it was stated today.... The silk mill will give employment to between 150 and 200 persons of which the majority probably will be girls. This will provide work for the many who were thrown out of employment when the sudden termination of the war removed the necessity for the emergency force at the Thomas-Morse Aircraft corporation factory.
In fact, one of the reasons for the Levy Brothers deciding to bring their mill to Ithaca was that there is plenty of labor here. The firm has 10 silk mills in the eastern part of the United States. The factory about to be opened here was secured through the efforts of the Board of Commerce."

"About 200 To Be Employed By Silk Mill,” Ithaca Journal, January 11, 1919, 3.