This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
8
West Union in Clark county Illinois along the Big Four line boasts a 500 population and rich soil. Local commerce centers include J F Kaufman Dry Goods Shoes Groceries and Hardware with a 6050 square foot store selling standard brands and hardware.
Dolson and Son a long standing grocer in West Union started 1909 as Dolson and Craig and renamed 1911. Store in a 22 by 90 foot two story brick building offers Armour brand meats canned fruits vegetables and table delicacies with prompt mail order service. The business claims a 42 mile local patronage radius and active hometown support with new Baptist and Methodist churches cited as evidence of community growth.
Chas W Cornwell announces the opening of a full line general merchandise store in West Union offering groceries dry goods clothing and hardware. The shop promises modern displays best brand foods guaranteed quality and cash prices with 19 years mercantile experience and plans to boost local business.
D. E. Anderson emphasizes practical experience as the key to success. He started his business three years ago, specializing in harness and shoe repairing, rubber boot repairs, and oiling harness. He has a dipping tank, can repair buggy tops and side curtains, and offers guaranteed, prompt, reasonably priced service.
West Union welcomes Wm. McCrory Livery Feed and Sales Stable offering a 60 by 90 foot barn with space for 24 horses and a shelter feed shed for drive-in service. High quality rigs available for hire and a focus on transient trade with round‑the‑clock operations and moderate rates.
West Union features a modern restaurant by Clarence Nichols in a 22 by 70 foot concrete building. The five year old establishment offers short orders lunch home cooking and a full line of soft drinks ice cream fruits nuts and oysters in season. It also carries staple groceries with a sanitary soda fountain ceiling fans and modern display equipment. Patrons receive courteous treatment.
The gentleman Fred Bush has run a first class modern sanitary parlor for twelve years. He provides shaving massage shampoo and the latest hair cuts with a full range of tonics for sale and emphasizes sanitation. He also acts as agent for the Marabal Steam Laundry and Terre Haute cleaning and pressing company with always light prices and guaranteed first class work.
The Golden Sun offers high grade groceries including coffee tea and spices, flour on the XXXX hard wheat, Red Hand candies, hats and hardware such as tinware ware enamel ware chinaware glassware and a full line of notions. The soda fountain serves drinks and ice cream. Orders by telephone receive prompt attention. butter and eggs paid top prices. HH Dolson and RS Dolson run the firm from West Union telephone 59.
Clark county resident notes Mr Ed Dollinger’s long experience and straightforward methods have earned him many friends and a large customer base in the community.
W M Simpson Lumber Co established since May 1912 in West Union. The firm handles wholesale and retail building materials including lumber lath shingles lime cement plaster coal glass paint and rubber roofing. Office yards and sheds occupy three city blocks with ample on hand stock and low estimates.
For six years Mrs N H Robinson has operated a grocery and provision store with a full stock of groceries fruits and vegetables cigars tobacco and candies. She also runs a boarding house for travelers with large neat guest rooms and table board at daily and periodic rates.
I A Shawler, a leading hardware dealer in West Union, operates a 24 by 90 feet two floor concrete building with a large display room. The shop offers a full line of light hardware stoves implements buggies wagons harness and farm equipment including McCormick winders and mowery cultivators plows harrows and spreaders and topals for farm needs.
Sheets Bros operate the Commercial Hotel and Cafe near the depot in West Union. Opened in September 1912 the two story concrete building offers 26 by 90 feet of guest rooms with emphasis on cleanliness and homelike comfort. They serve regular meals and short orders and stock candies nuts cigars light groceries fruits vegetables and table delicacies at fair prices with daily rates of 1.50 and weekly or monthly specials and carry Terre Haute Star Tribune Chicago Tribune and St Louis papers.
The Prust branch of West Union shows a large concrete 24 by 80 foot building in Eastern Illinois describing a complete stock of furniture carpets rugs marble iron beds dressers tables chairs mattresses and related items. The undertaking department boasts two up to date hearse black and white with lowering devices and graves. Mr Prust, the only college graduate embalmer in the county, guarantees all work at reasonable charges and answers calls promptly day or night.
In Harper County Kansas the Poorman & Sons millers and grain dealers, established in 1890, operate a modern mill on the Big Four Railway with capacity to process 150 barrels daily. They market flour, meal, bran, chip and feed locally and along the Big Four line, shipping 25 000 to 100 000 bushels yearly. They provide a farmer’s market for grain year round at high prices, backed by long experience and a reputation for quality.
The Herald thanks Wests for their support and friendship. The page credits their enterprise and notes gratitude to West Union subscribers for their generosity and backing of the Boost.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.