The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-13
JOHN Mario, OF MILWAUKEE,.
rhe Leading Hardware Merchant Of the
Northwest.

Remote must be the country merchant
who has not had dealings or in some way
heard of John Nazro, the great hardware.
merchant of Milwaukee. AS subject of
interest to the general public, illustrating
the steady success of great house, We
have secured the following facts concern
ing the early history of this firm:
On the first of May. 1874, Henry J.Naz- |
70 originated the House since become so
famous; and in company with Henry Z. |
King, from Troy, NY purchased the hard
ware stock of Clark Shepardson. In 1916
Nazro 4 King, having enlarged their stock
and business, moved into the store built by
Thomas Fitzgerald, thirty by eighty feet,
and then known as No. al East Water
Street, and now occupied by the old drug
firm of Bosworth & Sons On the 18th
day Of February, 1s47, Mr.. John Nazro,
Jr., then very young man, came from
Boston to Milwaukee, at that time small
but promising town, and entering the hard
ware store of III. j. Nazro, took possession
of the books of the concern. In the mean.
time, the junior partner, King, had retired
from the firm of Nazro & King. Mr.. Naz
70 remained in charge of the books one
year, when, in lS4S MAY lst), Henry }.
Nazro and John Nazro, Jr., bought out j.
G. Cramer & Co.-H. j. furnishing the
capital, as John Nazro had no other capt.
tai than his brain, and remarkable talents
for business, combined with untiring indus
try and a determination to build up for
himself business and reputation as mer
chant. Henry j. & John Nazro Jr., then
occupied 142 East Water Street. opposite
the store also occupied by Henry j. Nazro,
l4l East Water ST, in the old United
States Block, long since destroyed by fire.
This firm was known as John Nazro, Jr.,
& Co. Their sales for the first year in
this store amounted to 81, 1000, which in
the following year had increased to $35,-
900. May lst, 1850, this concern was
closed out, and H. j. and J. Nazro were
partners under the firm name Of III. j.
Nazro 4 Co., at l4l East Water Street.
Through the energy and enterprise of
Mr.. John Nazro, whose far-r reaching per-
ception saw the necessity for expanding
the business to meet the requirements of
the country, the large, commodious, and
beautiful store on East Water street, known
as the ''Nazro Block, and until very re
Gently occupied by him, was begun, and
completed in the summer of 1855. This
building is double store, sixty by one
hundred and twenty feet, with four stories
and large basement. But, large as it is,
it is now considered too ''cabined, cribbed,
confined, for his present immense bust
ness and he has caused to be erected the
large store he has just moved into, fine
cut ofWhich appears on the preceding page.
In 1854 the health of Mr. Henry J. Nazro
making a change of residence necessary,
he removed to New York thus throwing
the entire burden and responsibility of the
large business upon Mr.. John Nazro, who
was then twenty-seven years of age. In
May, 1860, the title of the firm was chang
cd to that of John Nazro & Co. On the
lst of March. 1870, he bought out the in
terest of Henry j., and a partnership
pleasant in all its relations, Of twenty-tw
years was diosolved-Mr. Nazro paying in
full for the interest of the senior partner
Under the skillful generalship of Mr. john
Nazro the sales of this house have increas-
ed from the eleven thousand dollars of lS4S
to the enormous sum of one and a quarter
million Of dollars during the year of 1873
During the month of February last Mr.. n.
removed his stock to his new quarters,
which have been built expressly for him,
and fitted and furnished in manner max
| ing it the most elegant and commodious
hardware store in the country,
Those who have the time and inclination
to visit this magnificent establishment of
Mr. Nazro when in Milwaukee will find
him a thorough, practical and everyday
business man, and, withal, a gentleman.
To those who are IN the same line Of trade
we can say, make his acquaintance and
to the young man just starting in the world
we can say, look to Mr.. John Nazro-what
has been done can be done again, if true
grit and answering integrity be your
motto.