The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23
THE D1ETzELs.
Hardware, China, FURNITURE and
Undertaking.

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Undertaking.
To describe in detail the large re-
tail interests controlled by the Diet.
zels would require far more space
than could be given In this industrial
issue The business Of the several
stores comprises the largest in the
city with a total floor space Of $4,000
feet, and is remarkable in that each
store is not only thoroughly stocked
and complies th itself but in every
respect 1Fp-to the standard Of the large
city stores.
Some account of the business career
of the Dietzels win be read with inter
est by the people of Union City Mr..
II. Dietzel, the father of Charles Diet
EEL started in the blacksmith business
in Hickman KY, and changed his To-
cation to Union city in the early sew
entities. In 1876 he established the
hardware store in the room now oc
cupied by the leather and harness
store. But the business was like
Longfellow's story of Mr.. Phinneys
turnip: 1T grew and it grew" till
in 1889 a new three story building
was erected to be used exclusively for
hardware and china. In 1898 he bought
out the furniture store and undertake
ing establishment which he owned and
operated till 1901, when the furniture
and undertaking interests were pur.
chased by his son Charles.
The Dietzel interests embrace the
hardware store of three floors, the fur
niture store with two floors, the
leather store, the coffin and undertake
ing establishment and two other
rooms in the city used for surplus
stock The stocks in each department
are crowded even to the front doors.
The hardware store has everything
to be found in any modern store of
its kind On the first floor is an i'm
mense stock of queensware and china
ware on one side and general hard.
ware, building material, paints, ETC.
on the other. The second floor is
given to stoves and ranges and the
tin shop. The third floor is stocked
with buggies, wagons and farming inn
plements.
In the leather store Mr.. Dietzel man i
1factures harness in mounted and
plain styles and retails all classes of 1
harness and saddlery hardware. {
The furniture store is the finest in
Union City, with the largest stock of !
goods this side of Jackson. There is
lothing in the line of modern house {
that the store does not con t
ain, the goods being principally of Ia
luartered oak. The house also car /,
les fine variety of mouldings, rugs r
md picture frames. Mr.. Dietzel con $
emplates the improvement of this q
tore by putting in fine iron front '
With large plate glass show windows. '
The undertaking business is located
N Mary street and is also the leader ?
n the city. Those in this department 7
ave both experience and skill in en- 0
aiming work and have the advantage $
t the finest equipment. The stock n
ncludes everything from metallic c
asses down to the cheapest grade of a
offins. e
The trade of the Dietzel stores is u
OF limited to local territory, but ship I
lents are made to several of the sur
states. During the past sea 4
on remarkable business was done
1 each of the stores. BY carrying n
trictly high class of goods, dealing L
onestly with its customers, and sell o
lg at fair prices, the Dietzels have 7
uilt up their immense trade. Il