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REMEMBER?(Continued from front page) year (this was around 1921). I told him I knew his tenant well and that he was honest, Mr. Wool ridge said he was glad to hear that and would not tell him to leave the farm.Above the clothing store was i cigar factory operated by Ralph Davis. He made Slow Mr. Rush :igars. Mattie Wolf had a millinery store, to the north. She had a daughter. Nellie, and her husband's name was Dave. He sold insurance. Next door was a barber shop. Jap Tillitson. Min-nick. Harlan Wood, Art Wood. Jim Ware nnd Ray Ware were 'ome of Moulton’s early barbers. Moulton at one time had a colored barber by the name of Ellsworth. Ho hod a small daughter, Cynthia, who was raised by the Ith Moore family. She was In thy room at school.The next business north was the S. C. Sloss Hardware Store. S. J. C. Eby was his bookkeeper for years. Next came the Theo Wahl Harness Shop, In the some building as the hardware store. Howie Wahl carried the business later. Mr. Wahl was a crippled man but a fine workman. On the corner was the Simmons and Holbert Dry Goods and Shoe Store. Dave Simmons and George Holbert operated It and later It run by Holbert alone.Across the street north was anothed dry good store, Hoffman's. Later on the Bridal Bros, had a pool hall there. Back of this store Andy Cowell had his blacksmith shop where you could have your sled shod with good iron runners for .25c. Henry Howard. Jones and Daugherty were later there in the fame business.Next door Jeff Burchett had a Racket Store. He had two sons, Theodore and Carl. The Moulton Tribune was next In line. A Mr. Craig, I think, was the owner. Later Bob Wilson took over. At the back on the alley was the L. R. Buck Wagon and Carriage Shop. His children were Charley and Lynn. A. J. Moonson’s Blacksmith Shop was next. Jess, Ed and Nellie were his children.In Methodist History it says A. J. Morrison was the first banker in Moulton and also owned the bank.Let’s cross the street and start back south. Uncle Dickey Shelton had a swell boot and shoe repair shop. I liked to visit with him and watch his nimble fingers repair shoes and boots. He had a wooden barrel sawed in half and filled with water to soften the soles. His bench was real low and had a sunken leather seat. His tacks and tools were always within easy reach.I have often seen him use wooden pegs for tacking on heels. He hod a son, Charley, and daughters. Mrs. Pryor of Burlington and Maude. Maude Shelton always wore shoes that her dad made. Just plain and well made by hand. The livery stable came next. Major O’Neil ran it for years. Crossing the street, M. Chastian Grocery Store. Marshall Lee worked for him. Next was the S. R. Mace Jewelry Store. His sons were Bob, Keith and Stuart. Next, the Jubitcr Hough Restaurant. Milkshakes -were 5 cents, shook up by a tall iron shaker and operated by hand (no electricity). Of all the characters In Moulton, he has my vote. He likes the Fourth of July parades and always dress-jed in a black frock coat, high silk hat, red ribbon, and always 'had a black spirited” animal.' He himself was about half spir-| Ited when he was astride, but : you never saw a prouder rider.1 Next will be the Nettie Johnson 1 Grocery Store. She was a sitter , of Mrs. Geo. Blosser. Next to the I Blossers, Dave and George. They were on the corner. George owned a drug and Jewelry store. His family consisted of Lester and Ruby. Dave had his hardware store north of George. He had a large wooden platform and almost any time he and Bill were working on stea mengines and threshing equipment. Dave's children were Bill, Grover, Ralph, Emma, Nan, Ef/ie, Lydia, Lulu nnd Hazel. Across the street south was the Bradley Bank, W. C. Stuckey, cashier, and Edwin Stuckey, ass’t cashier. Anna Moore and Lydia Blosser worked there for years. It was In the exact location of the bank now in Moulton.Next would be C. A. Powers Drugs and Paints. He had one daughter, Edith. Porry Powers, a brother, had a law office above. A Racket Store, operated by W. F. Ouile came next. Somewhere in this area was the Red Star Grocery Store run by young Elmer Wood. His trademark was a big red star which hung outside on a pole. How about that, Hugh? The Jim Jennings rooming house was next. It was operated by his wife. The children were Wes, Charley, Gwen, Myrtle, Beulah, and 11a. Ila married a Grustead and lived in Denver, Colo. Loren Gale, Chas. Shelton, Willie Chamberlain and I called on her on one of my trips. We sure talked about old times in Moulton.In the next block on the corner was the E. A. Walker Monument Shop. This is where our our own Nellie Walker made her model of Lincoln that led her on to be one of the greatest sculptors. E. A. had a son, Charley, and girls, Edna, and one that lived in Chicago. Next came the Shultz Bros. Photography Gallery run by Rudolph and Emil. Next was a livery stable operated by M. L. Tobin and sons, Mac, Jr., and Charley. On south in the last block was the large Galt house, which stood there for years. Grover Toyle lived there later.I forgot to mention the Dodge Hotel, which was between Nellie Johnson Grocery and Blossers. It was later called Goock Hotel, they also ran a free'bus. 1 knew the boy, Mac Goock. Also at the extreme west of Broadway we had a cheese factory run by Allie McQueen’s father. I think his name was Alec Dixon. There was also a picket fence factory near the old Wabash Depot, run by a Mr. Jackson. Lou Warner was injured there and carried a crippel finger all his life.Let’s stop now and see who is at the K. C. Depot. There they are, Tom Wall and Jim Bal-lenger, cur draymen, on their high seats delivering wooden boxes to all the business men of this era.We are to the end—I hope you enjoy this review and remember this history is long before Sinclair Lewis wrote his Main Street.
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Moulton Weekly Tribune
Moulton, Iowa, US
Thu, Nov 04, 1965
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