The Grange advance., 1874-02-14
Business Mem Of Red Wing.

VI hcd wing. NO one Will 50 sInceFF'y re-
gre, as ourselves that we havf not been able
to give every business house, in the city.
| We have worked almost night and day 10
! get what we have.
DRY GOODS.
WIckmau 4 Blutc!y, generAl assortment,
dry goo.l. groceries. sc. This tirm COM
mcnced business in the Spring OF 1868, and
| by close attention to business have fully
| douhle.!: :..ir sales. Nr. Dlakely is one
oy,hc ol.i,.s, Of the o1 in;.aeitan,s. having
come 10 sh:s County in the Spring of 1856.
He first embarked in the door, sash and
blind business with Mr.. Cogel. lie sold
out ~ Nr e.. Be,cher in 1858 lie then
wen, back to Illinois, but returned to Min
uesota III 1863. Since that time he has
been engage! almost exclusively as a build
to Red Wang III the Fall Of 1867 from ST.
Louis with Il view TO improving his health
which was very much impaired lie has
fully realized his anticipatiors in this re
spect. lie shortly afterwards went into
business vita Mr.. Blake|y. he taking ex-
elusive charge o.! the store and management
Of the mercantile business They have GER
! 'ainly been as successful as fair profits up
on ,Leir sale. would permit. There
sales for January. 1874. are 20 per
cent. greater than the sales OF the same
month for 1873, while the sales of 1873 were
| fully double those Of the first year, and IS
per cent. greater than 1869. They have
recently added to their business the
| agency of the Domestic Sewing Machine.
John 4. Gruhum, dry goods. notions,
hats and caps. Mr.. Graham commenced
business in March eth, 1871, in partnership
with his brother. under the firm name Of
Graham Bros. At the end of one year his
brother withdrew from the fir 10 to accept
the position Of book-keeper in the Jet Nat.
Bank Of Red Wing, and since ,lat tipc he
successfully conducted the growing trade
alone. Mr.. G. came TO Red Wing: in the
Spring of 1865, and sincr that time has re
! sided here except during three years SER
vice in the army, and is consequently one
Of the most widely known merchants in tue
City.
Indseth 4 BoIrud, Dry Goods, Clothing.
Groceries, Crockery and Wooden Ware
MIR. lndscth commenced business in partner
! ship with G. Clauson in 1868. Their COM
bincd capital at that time was very limited
indeed. The first year did not crowd them
with business or make fortune for them.
MIR. |. spent a good portion of his time in
prosecuting his trade as q painter. They
first rented and afterwards purchased the
double building in which they done busi-
ness. Mr.. l. employed Mr.. Boxrud as a
clerk in 1864, when but a mere boy, and
took him into partnership in 1872 In l873 8
their business had 80 increased as as to de-
mand larger and more conmodious store
room. They then built their new and beau
tiful brick store, now occupied by them on
Plumb St., which is probably the best fin
ished of any store in the city. Their busi-
ness has increased steadily during the last
two years. for which the junior member
Mr.. B. is entitled to much credit.
A better illustration of enterprise in
dus,ry and perseverance, crowned with
business success, is rarely found:
T. 3. j. b. f. Sheldon, dry goods, cloth
ing, groceries, &c. Mr.. B. F. Sheldon
came here in the foil of 1866 and irst w ent
into business with Mr.. A. Hall. When Mr..
Hall was compelled to retire from business
on account of failing health, Mr.. 7. g.
Sheldon bought him out. and -tho> business
has since that time been conducted by the
above named firm. They at pres ent occu-
py the large store in Music Hall block,
fronting on Main and Plumb stTe{ts. Mr..
I. i. Sheldon landed at Red Wing on the
81 day of July, 1856. aud shortly after
wards went into the mercantile business
with Mr.. Mclntire, under the firm name of
Mc1ntire 4 Sheldon, SO we'll known to all
the old residents Of the county. In the
"AAA'ei VI o' anu w Hc Selu MS interest IN
! this business to Mr. NcIntirc, and during
the succeeding summer built the we'll known
warehouse now occupied by T. B. Sheldon
q Co.. wherein. III addition to an extensive
grain business, he has carried on general
forwarding and commission business, and
also acted as general steamboat, railroad
ana express agent. In the year 1867 Mr.
Sheldon, with Mr.. Hodgman and the First
National bank, erected Music Hall block,
which is by far the largest and most ele-
CANT building in the o;tv and which oon