Beauty salesmen and services glow in Fort Wayne spotlight
The Union Manufacturing Co. showcases beauty and home care products at the Arcade Building including Liquid Rose Leaves for tinting cheeks and lips, Magic Beautifier for skin, Corline for hair, Enameline for furniture polish, and Electric Carpet Cleaner. Dental expert Dr. Tinkham promotes painless dentistry and statewide teeth services.
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Indiana
Fort Wayne
Union Manufacturing Co
Madame Pierce
Hotel Randall
Hotel Plaza
Resder
Wondrous Advancement of Dentistry by Dr. C P Tinkham
The Fort Wayne correspondent visits Dr. C P Tinkham at Arcade offices and learns of the improved, delicate dental work he performs. The dentist explains how modern methods have replaced painful extractions and crude previous practices, highlighting the advancement in dental science and patient comfort.
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Fort Wayne
C. P. Tinkham
Arcade
A Wide Awake Concern at No 25 Calhoun Street
A Fort Wayne correspondent highlights Manufacturer's Shoe Co at 25 Calhoun Street as a thriving, modern shoe house with two floors and basement, displaying a wide stock at low prices. The store offers a gilt framed pastel picture free with $20 purchase, promoted as a liberal draw for customers.
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Manufacturer's Shoe Co
Calhoun Street
Peter Kiser
Fort Wayne
Vast Fort Wayne Stove and Furnishings Store Highlighted
A Fort Wayne feature extols H. J. Ash at 16 East Columbia Street as a leading wholesale and retail dealer in stoves and kitchen furnishings. The four-floor showroom, large Garland stock, and extensive designs showcase utility, architectural beauty, and space efficiency. The piece praises Ash’s access to top manufacturers and urges readers to consult for prices. It also notes related architecture work by the firm, including the Fort Wayne City Building, and mentions Hessemer clothing, hats, and a strict one price policy.
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Fort Wayne
H. J. Ash
East
Columbia Street
America
Ash
Indiana
Fort Wayne Frog Steam Laundry shines as top dry goods hub
A Fort Wayne correspondent profiles the Frog Steam Laundry and a large dry goods emporium, detailing a two story 50 by 115 foot laundry building, stockrooms, and floors for linens woolens silks and fur. The article notes extensive agencies in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan and a Terre Haute location. It highlights modern machinery, pure materials, and a broad catalog aimed at retailers nationwide.
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Fort Wayne
Troy
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Frog Steam Laundry
A Most Difficult Profession Wing and Mahurin Fort Wayne Architects
A Fort Wayne architectural review extols Wing and Mahurin for skill and integrity. The piece notes their long standing reputation, square dealing, and guarantees. It praises Heller & Frankel for confidential customer relations and outlines The Globe’s recognition of strong clothing trade and large stock from a leading Eastern factory.
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Indiana
Heller & Frankel
Fort Wayne
Summit City
Ard
Magnificent Calhoun Street Tour of Root and Company Visit
Visitors describe Calhoun street as the main thoroughfare in Fort Wayne city. They tour the Root and Company dry goods and carpets store admiring extensive plate glass windows and the airy salesroom. They meet manager E C Ruode and note the firm’s long local experience.
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Calhoun Street
Bualuces
Root & Company
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
E. C. Rurode
Globe Clothing House Busy as Fall Trade Opens
Trade is at flood tide at Globe Clothing House at Calhoun and Main with five salesmen and two proprietors kept busy during business hours. The store is one of the most extensive in Northern Indiana, well known in Fort Wayne trade circles for its growing popularity and experienced management.
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Globe Clothing House
Calhoun
Main Streets
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Store Visit Highlights Boot & Co. Ethics
Visitors praise Boot & Co. at 46 and 48 Calhoun Street for keeping promises, offering goods as represented, and treating customers courteously. The firm emphasizes prompt attention to orders by mail or in person, maintaining low prices without sacrificing quality, and earning a leading Indiana merchant reputation.
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Boot & Co
Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne
Sil
Indiana
Fort Wayne Cigar Maker Boltz Builds Regional Brand Empire
Fort Wayne's Fred C. Boltz operates a large cigar factory at 27 Calhoun Street producing popular brands such as B and O Golden Rule and New Fuss. His firm also distributes wines and spirits with a wide regional reach across Northern Indiana, Southern Michigan, and Western Ohio, and holds exclusive agencies for several Kentucky bourbons and Eastern ryes. Two traveling salesmen support a growing operation tethered to hotels and fashionable rooms within a hundred miles.
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Cuba
Fort Wayne
Fred C. Boltz
Calhoun Street
Indiana
EB & O
Boltz
Michigan
Ohio
Keystone
Imperial Crown Baking Powder by Meyer Brothers & Co
Meyer Brothers and Company, established 1852, advertise their Imperial Crown Baking Powder as a pure, chemically free product. The firm, a Fort Wayne druggist and chemist, promotes reliability and superiority of their baking powder made from the purest materials and scientific processes.
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Meyer Brothers & Company
Keystone Block
Fort Wayne
Popular Remedies and Tonic Claims Highlighted
A fragment discusses remedies and tonics, praising Beets Wine and A Tren and SEYxir Bark gud Iron as effective tonics. It notes broad popularity, both at home and in first-class stores, and urges readers to insist on having them when a tonic is needed.
Champion Tailoring Co Offers Modern Male Apparel at Popular Prices
Fort Wayne readers learn Champion Tailoring Co at 101 Calhoun St showcases fall and winter garments from American and European looms. J. F. Schweitzer and S Hirsh lead fifteen skilled workers with Louisville roots and fifteen shops regionally. They promise prompt service, postal samples for distant customers, and pants to order from five dollars with suits at twenty dollars and up.
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Summit City
Champion Tailoring Co
Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne
America
Europe
J. F. Schweitzer
S Hirsh
Louisville
Hirsh
Fort. Wayne
Messrs. Schweitzer
Good business is the report of Clark Fairbank
Clark Fairbank, general agent of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia for sixteen years, greets readers in Fort Wayne and touts the company’s stability. The piece notes policies incontestable after two years, non forfeitable after three payments, and equal premiums for women. Penn Mutual’s January 1 1893 assets stand at 20 808 692 29, marking it one of the world’s strongest insurers. Fairbank’s Fort Wayne office is No 119 Court Street.
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Court Street
Summit City
Clark Fairbank
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Fairbank
Penn Mutual
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Union Manufacturing
Tinkham
of the Indiana Dental College of
Indianapolis
C P. Tinkham
the Manufacturers’ Shoe Company
Hessemer
Troy Steam Laundry
Terre Haute
Wing & Mahurin
Wing & Maturin
Ron
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of
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