The herald., 1895-06-27

Inc armour pharmacy on second street
in connection with the drug business car
ries full line of stationery and period
icals. E. e, Armour, the proprietor.
compounds all prescriptions.
The dry goods business here as else
where forms very important feature of
the retail trade. Among the Oldest es
tablishInents here is the house of N.
Cohn & Co., doing business in the same
place for over ten years. Tie large double
store is well stocked with dry goods,
fancy goods, clothing, gentlemen's fur
nishing goods and hats. The members
OF the firm live in town and have fine
homes.
The firm of .. Sweet & Co. owns and
conducts two stores. one on each side OF
Second street. The business has been es-
tabiished for about nine years. and has
been steady increase from a small be-
ginning. The stores are large and besides
good line OF dry goods and furnishings,
contain also a full stock OF shoes. Mrs.
Sweet is her husbands business partner.
and as the result of their united efforts
they have built and own fine business
|, block.
Frank B. King, whose fine modern
| looking store on Second street attracts
| attention of the visitor. has been but four
years in the dry goods business here. In
| connection with the dry goods he has q
stock of mems and children's ready-made
clothing. Mr.. King owns fine home
| in town.
| Two years ago G. A. Meth who con-
Quoted millinery store in Los Angeles,
removed TO Pomona, where he opened in
| the center OF the city fine department
store. He has met with unqualified sue
cess and is ably assisted in all his work
| by his wife, who has charge OF the mil
| linery department.
The new houses established within two
years are b. f. Sisson e. Co., general
dry goods and clothing, and the Racket,
Wright Bros. proprietors. The Racket is
a department store supplying almost any
CT the houseleeper's wants.
A new finn, formed in January last,
and doing a good business in general dry
| goods, is winters & Russell, successors to
| the old f m Rogers & Winters. Both
members .he firm live in Pomona and
| devote all their time to the business.
G. A. Steffa has the only exclusive
clothing house in the city. H has lived
in Pomona eight years, where he has de-
voted his time to his ranch interests be-
tween Pomona and Ontario until he en-
barked in the clothing business about
four years ago. He has met with success
in the latter, and his ranches, planted to
oranges and deciduous fruits, are now in
bearing. He has home in town OH Holt
avenue.
NJ. O. Daniels represents Wanamaker &
Brown of Philadelpha, A. G. Van Tine
of New York, Mossler Bros. of Chicago
and the Columbian Woolen Mills. He
has an Office on Second street.
George Beck, merchant tailor, has a
store in the Caldwell block. where he car
res fine line of cloths and trimmings
and conducts his tailoring business.
There are two exclusive shoe stores in
town OF these Preston j. Farr is the
pioneer. He has conducted shoe busi-
ness in Pomona for about eleven years. is
a liberal advertiser and up to the times.
| He has home in town and owns several
| city lots
The old firm of Alden & Merrill has
| been succeeded by A. S. Avery, who came
! to Pomona last September and was SO
well Pleased with the city that he decided
| to EN- bark in business and invest his
| money here.
T. j. Hill on Main street anu G. ].
Wright. also centrally located, have boot
and shoe repairing shops.
Feed and fuel are handled by several
firms. One of the oldest houses is that
of NJ. A. Rogers, who has conducted a
general -four feed and fuel wholesale and
retail depot for over eleven years. Mr..
Rogers owns fine ranch, the product de-
voted mostly to domestic use, where he
resides with his family.
Paine Il Lee on Second street, and Lor-
beer e. Carter on Carey avenue, have large
and successful feed ana fusl depots.
The homes of Pomonans are well fui-
nished, and Two or three furniture stores
find good support. FL. q. Strong on Sec
ond street has conducted furniture and
carpet business here for over ten years.
He has large interests in the valley and
has been successful.
The mem bers of the firm OF Goodrich &
Wright Bros on Main street have lived
for over twelve years in the valley, and
during the past seven years have handled
exclusively new and second. .hand furniture
Besides the commodious double store they
have large warehouse farther out on the
same street.
A. B. Cannon has furniture store in
the Odd Fellows building, and does Il
general upholstering and repairing bust
ness.
Wint B. Ross has q fine line of pianos
and organs and the smaller musical in
struments which he sells on nstallments
and easy terms. He makes q fine eXhib
of the instruments in his Second street
store and enjoys liberal patronage.
Ira f. White & Sons are the pioneers in
the hardware business here. They have
commodious stores and store rooms on
Second street, and deal in hardware, TIN
ware and agricultural implements.
The firm Of Hansler Bros. q Co. is COM
posed of the three Hansler brothers and
II. P. Wilkinson. They are practical sheet
metal workers, plumbers and gasftters
and carry in their store full line of hard
ware, tinware and stoves. The business
is now nearly eight years old.
Garrett u Freeman on Second and Ellen
street, have large stock of hardware
and handle water and sewer pipes, paints
and oils, wall paper and glass. The mem
beIs OF the firm are active in the business
and have homes in Pomona.
George II. Butelle lives in Pomona with
his family and during The past year has
engaged in the general hardware busi-
ness, meeting with success. He has a
store right in the business center.
A spcOu1- hand hardy ware store ia ron.
Quoted by ]. Sanders on Main street.
Among the blacksmiths whose anvils
are never deserted and who are respected
mem bers OF the community, are Charles
Sears. at the east end of Second street,
and r. ]. Davis. at the west end, A. o.
Cowan of Carey avenue and A. Clark on
Main street, IL. NJ. James on Gordon
| street and others.
| The women of Pomona dress tastefully
and stylishly and support two or three
| fine millinery establishments. That of
Mrs. ate Fleming in the Union block
| is perhaps the oldest. Mrs. Fleming has
| lived eleven years IN Pomona and during
the past four years has engaged in her
present occupation. Besides millinery
| she carries lot of remnants of fine cot
ton and linen dress goods sent her from
| the mills in the east. She owns some
| city lots and her investments have been
successful.
Mrs. J. A. Killam, who has resided in
| Pomona for twelve years. has conducted
| for the past three years ilne large mil
linery store on Second street. She owns