The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-01-23
BUSINESS CHANGES.
A Resume of the Years Record
in Oskaloosa.

LQS clCys n CuhuEC hSAO anu SnOAO
with an addition Of new firm, or cor
poration, or a retirement attracts
little or possibly no attention at the
time of the transaction but summed
up for a year have no mean place in
denoting the growth and the progress
Of the city.
The HERALD has listed the changes
of the business life of the city during
the year Of 1901 and here presents its
readers a resume of one hundred and
thirty five changes for that period.
Seen together these items are con-
vineing evidence of something doing
in a good town.
w. H. Prime purchased the Holt s.
Chew grocery on High avenue west
and continues the business at the
same place.
E. D. Hawley disposed OF his inter-
est in the former Chris Malone BUSH
ness on North Market street to How
ard Johnson. The stock was later
solo to parties who removed it from
the city. Mr.. Hawley purchased an
interest in the North End grocery on
North Q street. The gentleman dis
posed OF this property about three
months ago to Mr.. Howard Davis who
now runs the business.
]. H. Pickett disposed of his drug
store stock and business early in
January of last year to the firm of
Weldon & Campbell, q. d. Weldon
and D. G. Campbell being the mem
bers of the new firm. The business
was continued during the year by this
firm and in December Will Symons
acquired an interest in the property
and the firm is now known as the
Weldon & Symons Drug Co.
The Schlitz Brewing Co. establish
ed an agency and erected a co d stor-
age plant in the city on South D
street. Simon Furstenberg is the
local representative.
Frank Eisiminger opens the "Royal
Cafep on South Market street. The
property is later disposed of to Carl
Blattner and he in turn sells to j. B.
Doll, of Rushville, His, who now
conducts the business.
@. h. Hare associates himself with
L. E. Reed, of Tacoma, Washington,
and purchasing the abstract, real
estate and insurance business of the
Guarantee Loan & Abstract Co. of Q
B. Orwell & Son, and continues the
business in the former location.
P. II. Brinker, of Bloomfield, opens
merchant tailor business inthe room
west of the Masonic opera house. He
later removes TO the room on High
avenue west that was formerly the
Adlon Jewelry house.
Mace Hagan purchased the Basbaw
Livery stable business and location
and removed from his place on High
avenue west. The William Hagau
and j. II. Smith livery business took
the location vacated by the former,
and later removed to the old Bump
barn on South @ street.
A. A Hamilton sells his interest in
the Iowa Manufacturing Co. plant
aud business 10 Frank Baker who
continues the same.
is. Norwood and s. E. Barnett
purchased the Ira Thomas grocery on
High avenue east. Ira Thomas later
establi,he himself in the bicycle
business ia the Seth Hawkins room
on First avenue and later removes to
the Gibbs building on North Market
street.
Fred Staten purchased the Myers
& Stevens bicycle repair and sales
store on First avenue east in THE
HERALD block. Later sells interest
to George Rhinehart and the firm is
now known as Staten & Rbinehart.
W. Q. Wharton sells the Dewey
restaurant outfit to Jas. Wroughton,
corner High avenue and A street, and
the business was later discontinued.
o. swirzer opened a carpenter shop
in the rear room Of the Lem SWearin-
gen building on North 9 street.
Harry Silverthorn purchased the
"Cafe" department of the Arnold
Hotel of Marshall Sherburne and con-
tinues the business for a number of
weeks. This business was afterwards
acquired of Mr.. Sherburne by E. NJ.
Murdy, who continues the business
at the same place.
q. 7. Reel retires from the North
Side drug store and his place in the
company is taken by J. r. Noel, late
OF Creston. The company is known
as the H. r. Evans & Co.
Homer Little starts ten cent de-
livery wagon.
la. Chivingston and AR. Conway
established grocery business in the
building formerly occupied by the
Frank Underwood candy factory and
fruit business, and later by Hoover
& Bishop.
s. Schwartz, recently OF Keokuk,
comes to the city and opens sort Of
general goods and supply house in
the business room on High avenue
west formerly occupied BY the SAINT