Hide Article Text (OCR)
■THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.doie-i.d1-ltR*rIfd,nkit:eieIsire,ieiyiesd:eirrtis»y)t.fie11iem;fiec,inlen,ididstrsd-a-leveoferIdmis*yinidinideyy.tieislisbe.e-11,ny*alraneeQgirentasSS.,nseyngdoistofeyofAlidtiism.en-t I :heedlUtthe E. ind ler-i a did sas the it a eof ars 011 lugi1 ii dmei in in-pu-imerty,cas-ten, s a aan. bolderand is one of the heaviest and strongest men in the valley.A. L. MC WHIRRhas a splendid double store, heavily stocked with staple and fancy dry goods, groceries, notions, loots. shoes, hats, caps and furnishing gor d * which he is selling at job lots and at retail. The building is elegant, the store rooms iiaely arranged and finished, the stocks finely classified and the whole establishment evidently under the eye of a master in the business. Mr. McWhirk is a Ruck eye and a born gentleman, came to Kansas seven years ago, has been in trade here some time, is a man of high business qualities, generous temperament, is pleased with Kansas and has a large and growing trade.WICK8TRUM A SWENSONhave also a large and growing trade in general merchandise, are carrying full, fine stocks, and working up a permanent and prosperous business. These gentlemen began trade, on their own account, last Fall. They are natives of Sweden, have a large Scandinavian patronage and are building a substantial new store. They are possessed of excellent businessqualities, belong to a race that knows how to save money, as well as to make it, and are on the road to fortune. Mr. Swenson is deputy treasurer of the county, and both are among the prominent young men of Clay county. They sell exchange on the principal cities of Europe and have the agency of the leading ocean steamship lines..1. M. FRANKis a live ambitious young dealer in staple and fancy groceries, confectionery, fruits, cigars and kindred goods. Mr. Frank has been in trade here only three years but has a fine store, manages it with the care and precision of a well bred merchant, is a watchful, vigilant dealer, has the energy and tact to make sure work of any business undertaking, was bred to the grocery trade in a jobbing house and understands the business perfectly. He has an excellent patronage, is a close judge of goods, a man of genial temper and enterprise, comes of good stock and is as sure of fortuue as he is of life. He is one of the brightest and best young business men of the valley.A. S FIERCEdealer in dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, hat?, caps and queensware has been in trade here four years, has one of the very best establishments in the city and does a thriving trade. Mr. Pierce is one of the ablest business men of this region, comes of a strong business family, is a gentleman of fine self-discipline and command, hails from New York and is a No. 1 man. The drug trade of the city is led byC. HOLZGANGwith one of the most complete and finely stocked drug houses in Western Kansas. He started the first drug store in the city and is eminently fitted by taste and habit for the business. Mr. Holzgang was born in Switzerland, bred to the business of a druggist and chemist there and ha made it a life work. He began here eight years ago with small capital and has come to be one of the ablest business men of the city. He is also running a very successful art gallery* would be glad of a purchaser of his drug business and would give a bargain to any man who has the ca3h to buy it out. Mr. Holzgang is in poor h alth and wishes to r tire from active business altogether. He has model farm and is one the most successful and honorable men in this region.JOE MARSHALLhails from Philadelphia, ame here recently and is conducting a large lumber and building material depot. He carries a full line and heavy stocks of lumber, lath, shingles, doors, sash, blinds, mouldings and everything in this department, is a live, progressive young dealer, is thoroughly bred to the business, a capital business man and has taken a decided liking to Kansas, Clay Cjntre and the people, and has in himself and surroundings the elements of a grand success.sadlery and herseclothing line, carries heavy stocks, works half a dozen men and is crowded with work throughout the year, lie has been in trade here five years, has a solid permanent trade, is a man of superior business ability, hails from the good old State of Illinois, is making a fortune and is as well entitled to it as any man in the town. ^UE1NIIART PHILLIPleads the furniture trade of the city With full stocks of furniture and upholstely from elegant parlor and bed-room sets to the plain staple goods in universal demand. Mr. Phillip is a German, is well versed in the furniture bus ness, has an establishment that would do c edit to ametropolitan town, has been in trade here several years, is a prime business man, keepsj his credit good and stands high with everybody.T. H. MITTENDORFruns the city billiard hall, has two fine Brunswick Balke tables, a pleasant hall and a bar well stocked with the choicest I everages and cigars in the valley. He keeps the popular bar of the city and runs a bowling hall just completed and the very thing for the muscular young gents of this region. Mr. Mittendorf is a wide-awake man, is popular with “the boys” an s from the Buckeye State.o. F. LETTwholesale and retail dealer in winej, liquors, bottled ales and cigars, is one of the live, driving men of the city, has grown into a large business which he is extending well up into the Republican and Solomon valleys. Mr-Lutt ii a native of Prussia I as been here several years, lays away his ducats and knows how to keep them.SMITH, WINGROVE A CO.have a model clothing, gents? furnishing, merchant tailoring, boot and shoe house. It is much the finest concern of the kind between Topeka and the mountains. These gentlemen have been in business here three years and are building up a splendid trade. In their fashionable tailoring department they are patronized by traveling and commercial men from all parts of the country. Mr. Smith the cutter, a skilled merchant tailor, is a thorough master of business in all its details. I Mr. Wingrove and Alex. Moor ..e other two members of the firm, are careful merchants and the firm, made up of three wide awake, enterprising young men running upon special lines of trade are enabled to distance all competitors. The fi rm have a new brick store, filled with elegant stocks, enjoy the confidence and favor of the community, have excellent credit and are making a superb, permanent and paying business. Mr. Smith is from Pennsylvania, Mr. Wingrove is from West Virginia and Mr. Moore from the hills of old Delaware county, New York. They are pleased with Kansas are permanently identified with Clay Center and have grown strong here by virtue of square dealing and manly ways.RUTRI. VUFF A PINKERTONhave an enor iousf in farm ma-c inery. Their stocks embrace everything in demand in this region, and they are carrying some of the b3st field machinery konwn to 1h mtry. Their speciality, however, is inttThe “Double Anchor these mills, has a higlNew York, Boston, 1) markets. In the corn bushels is the daily gi are run day and nightmand.c. R. HAHthe builder and opera shipped 300 car loads lt;feed last year and wil cars of Hour and feec besides his liberal EasBarnes is a Massac hi; to Kansas eighteen y some time connected Ford Improvement Clt; and built the Quaker 1 ago. He began work barrassments that w ed men of ordinary need his mills to succeiThey are among the t in the State and are a the enterprising buile Mr. Barnes is a man ergy, splendid nerve, and remarkable execi a business man he is man I know in all thi He knows the mill hi to attic, can stand at gine, has been bred to is its master in ever: the broad, compreh warm sympathy, the and self-command of man, has done a gran Center and covered b ors. It is one of tklt; of this Advertiser tlt; umph of high perse mechanical or comm great embarrassment made a hard, honoral won. I gladly unite friends in giving hin fortune. InBANKS ANDClay Center is fully v and commercial demirise,agov*n-dr at ious und ie of nty, merles aandoree, islocal ) theippo-igateTHE CHICAGO LUMBER CO.represented here by . H. Fullerton is one of the strongest lumber concerns in the Northwest, is operating 22 large yards in the prairie States and doing an immense business. The yard here is ample in the quality, variety and quantity of stocks carried and like the concern above mentioned, has the fortune of careful and successful management at the hands of Mr. Fullerton who is skilled in the lumber trade, is a strong man and hails from Pittsburg. The hardware trade is ably represented byFINNELL FLOOD,with full stocks of heavy and shelf hardware, stoves, tin and copper ware and a full line of farm machinery. These gentlemen have been in trade here but a single year, have shown excellent trading capacity and are working up a prime business. Mr. Finnell is an old hardware man and up to the most advanced status of trade. Both come from Illinois and have acquired a firm and honorable footing in business circles. In the harness trade isJ. F. PUMPHRKYenterprising dealer in harness,asadlery and horse furnishing goods with large stocks and a very substantial trade. He employs five hands, is constantly rushed with work and is steadily growing in business and foituue. Mr. Purnphrey hails from Iowa has been In trade here but little more than a year, is a man of decided enterprise and is making his mark upon the commercial life of the community.J. A. DITTMAUis also a strong man in the harness,LAND AND LOANS.In this department they lead the county and region. Their real estate department embraces 50,000 acres of lands from the stock range at $1.50 per acre .o the medium lands at S3 and S4, the valley lands at $5 to SS, the partially improved claim of 100 acres at $200 to $400 and the well improved farm at SO to SI5 pc acre. They have landsin every pai of this and the neighboring counties, o sell on any terms desired. ley have also city lo by the bund cd in Clay Center a other valley towns, give particular attention to payment of taxes, perfection of titles, making abstracts and commercial collections. They are also agents of the Corbin Banking Co., and are placing loans on unincumbered real estate for thi heavy house and other Eastern capitalists. There is no stronger firm in the Republican valley than that of lluthrauff and Pinkerton. They are men of high business and social character, are awake to every local interest,have excellent standing and large local influence. Hon. J. II. Pinkerton hails from Alabama, came to Manhattan in ’59, was sheriff of Wabaunsee four years, was twice a member of the Kansas legislature, is a man of splendid nerve, generous impulses, clear brain and gr at force. He would be a leading and inspiring man in any community. Mr. II. A. Ruthrauff comes from Pennsylvania, attends to outside businesses a strong, fiexible working man, a close observer with excellent judgment, and a square manly man This is one of the ablest business firms I have found in Middle Kansas. They have a heavy line of loans, a large real estate business, do the prin* j ciple insurance of the county and sell machinery enough to run a smal 1 State. Their card will be found in our real estate column, and they will answer any correspondence relating to this part of Kansas.THE QUA HER CITY MILLS,of which au admirable view is herewith given, are the prime attraction, of Clay Center. Next to the railroad they are the best local stimulus to general trade. They are 35x78 feet, four stories high, have four run of burrs and are named in honor of' the Quaker City Machine Works, of Indianapo’.is,which furnished them throughoutwith a splendid equipment of the; latest and most approved mill machinery. They are supplied with the best mid-lings purifiers for making the patent Hour and U rn out 120 barrels daily of the very best Hour made in Kansas.THE CLAY COTwas started in 1874botham and is ownec him. It is transactii ing business and has personal estate of a for backing. Mr. II a son of the propriei is not only a well-ma but sound a3 bullioi inbotham is one of f came to this countn and all of whom ha ness records. He hi trade; shipped fron year, 750 car loads o besides a heavy tradlt; chandise. He is als in live stock and fan Higinbotham is one best business men ii Valley. H. G. HI with the foremost y city.THE FARMERS ANDis a more recent or^ posed of the ablest prising commercial ists of the city ar doing a strictly cor Its immediate nc charge of Mr. the cashier, late National Bank of Mr. Moss is a youn here endorsed by ai as a manager as als( ness associates. 1 affable gentlemen ai esteem by his emplc ral public. I have ,nis institution notice the other eflh o ay that the ban favor with the bus Among theCOUNTY AND Clam pleased to no gentlemen. H. register of deeds, is hails from Kentuck half a dozen years a; ment of bis healthand has made a pen He is a sound, sens man and is in highPHILIP Rlt;a native of Hesse-D and now deputy sh belongs to the rac came to Clay coui Job’s turkey.” His a yoke of cattle, per bushel, for con went to work for 5C neighbors were ma Roth man took a cl with a will helpe county, built subdued a farm, r family, acquired 1 finally came to tlt; Rothman House w ning as a good ge hospitable home, been deputy U. S sas for the past eig of your live, roug j ous, public spirited rich humor, is pop i and advises ever} bravery and energ sas.allkncounty treasurer, and ex- mayor of t among men. llei clear-headed man, tions and stands bj t of warm friends them. Mr. Wilao twenty-one year old resident of has been in this al years. He is a but in his love for much forgotten al Iloosierdom. I lil ly, Christian symp it and manhood, p of the best mer country and giv
Newspaper Details
Chicago Commercial Advertiser
Chicago, Illinois, US
Thu, Oct 11, 1877
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Cook M.
IL, USA 13 Apr 2019
Other Publications Near Chicago, Illinois
News Journal
Suburbanite Economist
Southend Reporter
Community Publications
Southtown Economist
