Shepherd Village Thrives with Progressive Business Men
A staff correspondent reports Shepherd as a prosperous village with a strong class of business leaders. It highlights Central State Savings Bank with 25,000 capital and 4 percent deposits, Commercial State Bank with 20,000 capital and 12,000 surplus, plus key officers. It notes local merchants handling agricultural goods, farm tools, wagons, buggies, fertilizers, engines, feed, and a lively auto livery service run by L. Peckner, praised for customer care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central State Savings Bank
J.B. Struble
A. G. Steuble
Lynn T. Miller
H. EK. Roswold
Commercial State Bank of
Shepherd
Shephard
TH. D. Pent
O. H. Adar
W. E. Adams
Laude McWarren
L. Peck Jner
Peckner
Sanitary Meat Market and East End Drug Store Ad
Sanitary Meat Market of Shepherd led by Rufus R. Ardner offers clean, polished tools and a wide array of meats and canned goods along with fish and oysters in season. East End Drug Store, run by Cook Brow, stocks pure drugs, medicines, perfumes, school supplies, magazines, cigars, and Kow-Kure cow medicine with prescription filling services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Ldnh
Pemuintedd
Alan
Shepherd
Rufus R. Ardner
East End
Cook Brow
Progressive Grain Man Promotes Seed Beans and Feed Stuffs
A local trader touts the best pure seed beans and a wide range of grain products. The dealer offers hard and soft coal lime cement plaster board flour and feedstuffs and notes a large extended trade and up to date services.
Struble and Mulvey Poultry and Produce Trade at Shepherd
Struble and Mulvey pay top market prices for poultry, hay, potatoes, apples, wool and farm produce. They operate a large receiy and shipping business with guaranteed weights and fair treatment. In Shepherd a feature on the Taylor House notes it is a first class hostelry, steam heated, electric lighted, with cheerful, pleasant rooms and well served meals.
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Taylor
Shepherd
Rexall Store of Shepherd Name Sid Thompson Proprietor
The Rexall Store of Shepherd announces Sid D Thompson as proprietor. Retail details and offerings are set to emphasize dependable pharmaceutical and sundry goods under new management. Community shoppers may expect familiar service with refreshed selections.
W H Thomas Livery Stable and Studybaker Auto Agency
W H Thomas runs a busy livery stable serving the trading public and farmers with a well equipped 10 cent feed barn in connection. He also holds the sales agency for the Studybaker auto car praised for style finish durability and engine endurance. demonstrations offered at the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Studybaker
Shepherd Milling Co Flour Brand Leaders Advertise Plant
Shepherd Milling Co promotes its large flour filling plant and Superior Snow Flake flour. Owners Hilgenbauer and H B Field boast high quality, widely sold and trusted by bakers and households. They also produce heat meal feed and Cotton Seed meal, urging prompt orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd Milling Company
Hilgenbauer
H. B. Field
Grain trade and hardware offered by Walker and Wetzel
M. Be Walker highlights grain traffic growth and pure seed beans as a specialty, urging orders for best market prices. W. Wetzel offers a large hardware stock including Cleremont stoves, Diobo cream separators, enameled ware, guns, ammo, feeds, and remedies, promising up-to-date selection and competitive prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Walker
Wetzel
Cleremont
Geo E Conley Promotes New York Goods In Shepherd
Geo E Conley offers a fine line of drugs and fancy goods clothes footwear and furnishings for men women and children. He plans a departure for New York City to source eastern markets and expects larger inventories this season than ever before in Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conley
New York City
Shepherd
General store of J. K. Struble in Shepherd noted
J A Struble advertises the wide range of mercantile pursuits in Shepherd highlighting the general store run by J K Struble. The stock includes dry goods carpets rugs ready to wear clothing and shoes with agency for Strauss Brothers master tailors of Chicago.
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Shepherd
J. K. Struble
Strauss Brothers
Chicago
Implement Man G H Vredenburg Handles Farm Gear
G H Vredenburg, known as The Implement Man, handles Walter A Woods tine, Teariess low down manure spreader, Herculer buggies and vehicles, John Deere and Oliver plows and related equipment for farming needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Woods
John Deere
Oliver
Trade buggies bought in October at low prices
A dealer bought large lots of buggies in October enabling him to offer competitive prices. He plans to set heat buggy prices on the market that will be difficult for competitors to beat.
UPTON Hardware and Mr Whiteside Trade Praise
UPTON Hardware offers heavy and shelf hardware edge tools cutlery paints and enameled ware. Mr Whiteside pays top prices for poultry ex cream products. The business emphasizes scientific methods and high farmer praise. Mr White is widely known for his engaging qualities and broad patronage.
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Thinepurinus Establishment
Upton
Whiteside
Whitee
Ed Brenner Masters Horseshoe Trade Prestige
Ed Brenner demonstrates expert horseshoeing using scientific methods. He tackles corns, contractions, overreaching, forging, quarter cracks and ill fitting shoes. The craftsman promises top quality workmanship, satisfaction guaranteed, and competitive pricing.
Taylor offers elegant dry goods and clothing assortment
The listing highlights dry goods stores with ladies and children dresses, corsets, ribbons, and latest fabrics. It also notes men's clothing including overalls and jackets, footwear, gloves, and undergarments, plus a fine line of groceries featuring Nero coffee and Royal Garden teas. The dealer represents American Tailoring Company of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tailoring Company
Chicago
Mere
Royal Garden
Carrall and Stilgenbauer Run Attractive Home Bakery
A district writeup highlights Shepherd’s sanitary home bakery and confectionery run by Carrall and Stilgenbauer. The pair produce fine home made bread daily and offer plain and fancy cakes while using Sima Flour.
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Shepherd
Messrs
Carrall & Stilgenbauer
Stilgenbauer Furniture and Undertaking Services
W M Stilgenbauer offers furniture including beds, davenports, iron beds, bedsteads, mattresses, pictures, rugs, linoleum, and a full line of funeral furnishings. He is a licensed undertaker and embalmer ready for 24 hour call, handling funerals and burials with considerate, faithful service.
Bratlin and Son Lumber Yard Promoted for Local Trade
The Bratlin family business, F. J. Bratlin & Son, runs a large well stocked lumber yard with rough and dressed lumber, laths, shingles, sash doors, mouldings, blinds, flooring, siding, cedar posts, lime, cement, plaster, roofing, drain tile, brick, and sewer pipe. Also included is an advertisement touting Dr. King’s New Discovery for children’s colds as a safe, sweet tar syrup remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd
F. J. Bratlin & Son
County Correspondence Wheeler Local Happenings and Visits
Saginaw Alma and surrounding towns show activity with residents traveling for business and social visits. Notable items include Mr E L Street and Mrs 0 L Moon in St Louis, revival services in Marion, birthdays and gatherings at Miss Ethel Street, and various relatives visiting or moving. Several brief mentions of residents in Saginaw Alma Breckenridge Mt Pleasant Ithaca and Ann Arbor accompany family illnesses and real estate changes.
Vinci tonic praised in Delicate Child letter
Mrs Slack of Palmyra Pa describes a frail child with chronic cough and poor appetite improving after using Vinci cod liver and iron tonic. The letter urges mothers of delicate children to try the tonic and notes its availability at Paterson Drug Co Alma Michigan.
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Palmyra
Paterson Drug Co
Alma, Mich
Sunday visits and a used piano sale offer
Paul Raycraft spent Sunday with Will Michaels and family, Miss Hally Cline with her parents Mr and Mrs Sam Cline. Mrs Phil Boyles went to Ithaca on business. Write or call A Sawkins Piano Co for particulars about the special again in used piano to be sold for balance on contract.
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Paul Raycraft
Will Michaels
Hally Cline
Sam Cline
A. Sawkins Piano Co
Phil ©. Boyles
Ithaca
Social notes from St Louis and nearby towns
The column records visits and health updates among local families including Grover, Kyser, Conley, Smith, Gallagher, Marle, Leonard, Teensee, Smith, Michaela, Boyle, Cling, Byore, and Pred. It notes Delbert Conley, Charl ie Teensee and Murt Smith gatherings, Elsie Gallagher with Marie Marle, Leonard’s illness improvement, Boyle’s feverish state, Cling moving near Shepherd, and a Cadillac touring car sale with trade options and price.
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Tom Grover
Fama
St Louie
Kyser
Arlie Conley
Delbert Conley
Tom Smith
Alma
Mart
John Smith
Mise Elsie Gallagher
Mise Marie Marle
Barnet Leonard
Mra
Charlie Teensee
Murt Smith
Wil Michaela
Carl
Boyle
George Cling
Shepherd Luat
Shepherd
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Fred Walton
Walton
Savings Bank of Shepherd
Struble & Kennedy
Gale
Clark
Anthony
L. Peckner
Ardner
Cook Bros
Claude Estee
Struble & Mulvey
Mich
Geo
W. Cook
Prop
Rexall
Sid D. Thompson, Propr
Rexall Store
W. H. Thomas
Shepherd, Mich
M. BE. Walker
H. M. Wetzel
General Hardware
Geo. E. Conley
J. A. Struble
G. H. Vredenburg
the Implement Man
ED Brenner
General Store
Model Sanitary Home Bakery
W. M. Stilgenbauver
Dr. King
Dr King
Wheeler
Owen Wis
Saginaw
Sepelanellas
Richardhoy
Guy Rowell
E. L. Street
L Moon
St Lawis
Utngvefield
Body Street
Marion
Rollo Allen
Breckenridge
Mins Ethel Street
Floyd McIntosh
Mt Pleasant
Roy Collixon
St. Louis
C. A. Sawkina Piano Co
Ady
Mee
Br.t
Newell Bradford
Poland
Mayhew
Own
Carl Lanshaw
Forest. Hill
Powell
Bert Wilson
Ann Arbor
Floyd Cooper
Bertha Rich
Breckenidge
County Line News
West Superior
Michigan
Concord Buggy
Surrey
Helman & Son
Winn
Bert Eckert
Alma Roller Mills
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