Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-01-12
OUR BUSINESS MEN.
On the corner Of Main and New street
is the large and we'll filed store of

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a concern seven years old. In 1866 the
Loeb Bros, then mere boys and without
means left their home in Hesse Darmstadt
and came 10 this country. The oldest DO
sepn) settled in st. Louis, Ferdinand went
to Lafayette, Indiana, and Adolph came to
try his fortunes in StaunIon, entering the
employ Of Hirsh u Loeb. Joseph Loeb af-
forwards came to staunton and engaged
in business with Mr.. S. II Hilb in 1870.
The next year the two Younger brothers
bought out Mr.. Hilb and the three formed
a copartnership and moved their stock to
the property which they now occupy and
subsequently purchased The Mess's
Loeb have been energetic, active and
courteous and very successful. Theirs i
one of the largest stocks in the city, COM
prising dry goods, fancy goods, shoes, no
lions, SC. -Four rooms are checked full
O! goods, one Of which is devoted to trunks,
blankets. carpets, &C., and another larger
| one to carpets, oil cloths and mattings.
Merchant tailoring they make a speciality.
Their facilities for purchasing are superior,
as they have three brothers in Philadel-
phia in the wholesale trade, one of whom
! is MI. J. Loeb, who although retaining his
interest in the house here removed to the
Quaker city last summer.
Mr.. Jas. A. Templeton, from Rockbridge
county, we'll and favorably known to al
most every man in Augusta county, has
been with this house from it's origin and
has contributed much to its success.
MI. Il. II. Wolf, from Philadelphia not
quite d year ago, is a polite and attent i've
salesman here.
Just over DR.. Walkers drug store, in the
old Burwell building, we nave the studio
and Daguerrean gallery Of
B. M. CLINEDINST.
Mr.. c.. is a native Of Lexington, Va.
He was a born artist, having at all early
age developed talent in that direction. His
first work, at the age Of fourteen, was a
charcoal sketch of his father, which was a
good likeness, and is still preserved in the
family. He was educated in his calling i'll
Baltimore, and carried on his business as
Woodstock, until the Wal took him for d
short time into more active life. In '66
MI. Clinedinst came to StauntOn, and
opened his gallery where MIR. D. B. Engie-
man is now, and after two years bought
the stock and material Of Mr.. j. H. Bur-
dett, and removed to his present location,
where he is prepared to execute work Ill
4, almost any %style-oil paintings, pencil,
. crayons and water colors, photogr apis,
and porcelain pictures. He will soon offer
to the public a new, beautiful and durable
style Of picture, which he thinks will sur
pass all others in finish and durability.
, Mr.. C.1s gallery is well frequented by
our people, and is a nice attractive place
, to visit, and one may feel sure of getting u
gool picture before he leaves.
He is assisted by Mr.. Thos. Barkman, of
this city, who has been with him several
7 years, learning the art. He also does good
r work, and is q popular young man.
Next door to Clinedinst is the millinery
and hairdressing establishment Of
I MRS. L. WALTER,
, who ca me here from Baltimore in 1873
> Mrs. Walter before coming to Staunton
had married Prof. Walter, who having re>
- ceived a musical education at the Frank
lin Institute, Philadelphia, was general
Southern agent for knabe Il Son, the
great piano men and during the war a
member Of Cobbs Georgia Legion and chief
bugler for Gen. Jeb. Stuart. After the
. war Mr.. W. was engaged as a teacher OF
: music at the Augusta Female Seminary
: and Mrs. Walter as a teacher of fancy
: work and embroidery in the same %institu-
ton.
About two years after, Mrs. WIS skill in
her department becoming known and there
being so many calls upon her time and
services she opened a store in DR.. Chap
mans building, where she may now be
fou nd by her many lady friends.
Mrs. Walter is assisted by Miss Nora
Hurley of this place, whose skill and ex-
perience in hair dressing secures her a
) large patronage among the fashionable Ia
dies of Staunton, as she is universally
I conceded an adept in the art of making
old people look young and young people
look younger.
A beautiful specimen Of Mrs. WIS work
was seen a few weeks ago at her store. It
was an elegant 300 afghan made for a la
dy in Texas. 1t was rare in workmanship
and of exquisite taste and it's equal is not.
often seen.
Adjoining Mrs. Walters is the uphol-
STEERING shop Of
3. NJ. JAMIsON,
an industrious and active young Stanton
man who has had an experien ce of six or
seven years in his business and seems to
understand it thoroughly. He gets up pic
ture frames in any style, from the cheapest
to the largest and most elegant. His pa
pering aud curtains are tasteful, his work
expeditions and satisfactory and his char
ges moderate, AS Nh. Jamison keeps a
good stock OF material On hand and is al
ways on hand himself, those in need of his
services will do we'll to call on him.
On the opposite side of the street, next
the Grange Hall, is the neat and tasteful
establishment of
PERRY s. E BROECK [M%oDIsTEs).
This, though a new house, is already
popular. Mrs. Perry is q daughter of DR..
TerrilI, member of the House of Delegates
from Orange, and Miss Ten Brock. a ma
tive Of New York city. These ladies have
both had large experience in catering to
the whims of the fashionable laelies OF
New York, and the taste, style and fit of
their work here has secured them many
appreciatlye customers among the ladies Of
our town, who in the work at their hands
secure an elegance and finish which is only
attained at first class city establishments.
In the same house we find
w. F. PERRY,
nile 1 10 on, al,uaIt il, tlnlrt Of chsrt pa.. lrior