Growth Boom in Hoquiam Michigan era of building and industry
Hoquiam embraces rapid growth with reinforced concrete schools and new high school building underway costing 126,000 dollars. City expands streets, mills and shipyards prosper with payrolls around 2.5 million and 1.5 million more in timber firms. Local culture and commerce thrive with diverse businesses, from tire repair to meat markets, a Carnegie library, and a bustling hotel district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walia Bank
Hoquiam
First National Loan
Lumbermen’s Bank
Carnegie Library
Bsa Ee Ary
Hoquiam Firms Highlight Local Industry At Grays Harbor
The Hoquiam based Autogenous Welding & Machine Company offers welding and machining services for cylinders, gears, piping, and marine hardware with a plant behind the Gray port hotel. Eureka Cedar Lumber and Shingle Company is a major regional producer, milling about 129000 feet of lumber and 269000 shingles daily, employing over 100 workers and paying roughly 274900 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State and Merit Machine Company
Hoquiam
Grayport
C. HH
Jenning
Mule Durins
Grays
Plotoceris
Eureka Cedar Lumber & Shingle Company
Grays Harbor
Fit
Snince
Hemniook
A. I. Matheson
Robot. Polson
Ales Felton
Vicw
Eureka Ceder Lussier & Shingls
Rying Tohal
Polsen
Matheson
Bia
Hoquiam Industry Leaders Highlight Local Commerce
Eureka Cedar Lumber and The Boyce Lumber Company in Hoquiam employ about ten workers and produce eight carloads monthly while operating a modern plant. EB Loyce, a young expert in lumber, leads sawmill and framing operations after early work in California. A silver wedding anniversary and a call for perpetual youth philosophy are noted, with W. C. Schuneman, jeweler, listed among Grays Harbor business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce Lumber Company
Onierio Street
Hoquiam
L. Loyce
Francisco
Mn Lumber
Rally
W. C. Schuneman
Eighth Street
Grays Harbor
Schuneman
George Huber Runs Grays Harbor Cafe For Working Men
George Huber, a tailor by trade and a member of the Owls secret society, operates a Grays Harbor cafe with a crowded lunch counter seating 24 and a popular 25 cent meal. He travels widely, settling briefly in various places before locating here and attracting a big trade among workers seeking a square meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grays Harbor
Ceorge Glunder
Glat
Fe Club Safe
Fiehth
George Huber
J Fivet
Walter
Mir
Huber
Mr. Huber
The
Owls
Grays Llarbor
Novelty Theater Pans Modern Moving Pictures as Civilizing Amusements
The article extols the novelty theater and its moving panoramas as powerful entertainment that transports audiences to distant lands, presenting healthy amusement and civilizing influence amid a changing cultural scene. It emphasizes the transformative impact of visual spectacles in public recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
J. F. Conners
Hoquiam
West
Conners
Harbor
Levi and Baer Store Featured in Local Apparel Columns
Levi and Baer offer a wide range of men’s wearing apparel including clothing shoes hats and underwear. The gentlemen are described as substantial men of affairs and noted with honorable historical mention in these columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Kiln
Saginaw High School
Michigan
Indies
Levi & Baer
Ekholm Millinery in Tumberman's Bank Building
The Ekholm Millinery, run by three expert milliner sisters, occupies the Tumberman's Bank building. It offers up-to-date hats and fine feathers aimed at pleasing elite ladies seeking the best style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
J Street
Hoquiam
W. Webster
Mr. Webster
Linn
Seattle
Ekholm
Tumberman’s Bank
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Wisconsin
Atreet
Wic Vonnlar
Wwe
Meeker
Antiseine Sud
Cormfort
Faop
Whey
Mr. Smith
Memphis College
Putnin
Alexander L. Matheson
Eureka Cedar Lumber & Shingle Co
Hoquiam Tire Repair CO. the
Rene Lutomo! Solotevers
J. Hamreus
Hoquiam Tire Company
I Streps
Hoquiam 686
Hamreus
Marsh
Paradise
Golden West
Aberdeen Herald
Vienna, Grocery Company
Ts Satiow
Iit
Mr. Satiow
Austria
Woquiai
Chenault Avenue
Fred Sp. Thiel
Thiel
Clara E. Kamouse
Monroe Street
J. S. Taylor
Ben
Taylor
Eighth
J Streets
HAM
IAL Bank
W. L. Adams
First National Bank
Tioquiam
Horuiam
Harold & Nelson Vaytigus
Moquiam
Ruttiarm
Martin F. Smith
Alexander Polson
Polson Logging Company
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