The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-07

LOFTS new CAFE
Finest Cafe In South Dakota Formerly
Opened Sunday

Finest Cafe In South Dakota Formerly
Opened Sunday
The formal opening Of j. o. Lofts
new cafe took place last Sunday in
the form of n fine l O'Clock dinner
Nearly one hundreds persons were
served before the dining room doors
we're closed and all were delighted
with the appetizing and tasty menu,
the service and general appointments
OF the establishment. Mr.. Loft was
working under many disadvantages,
owing to the hurried preparations and
shortage OF help in handling the
crowd, but the affair gave evidence Of
the benefit such an enterprise is to
any town.
cit is too good for the town." This
was the remark. of well-known
travelling man Saturday, speaking Of
mark in view of the fact that it is the
finest cafe in the state without an
exception. But the GRAPHIC believes
that nothing is too good for ones
town, speaking IN general way. If
all the business men who have made
their little pile in Kimball had been
as enterprising as Mr.. Loft in spend
ing their money where they made it
in the shape of attractive residences
and substantial business places Kim
ball would not only be a different
looking town but one of the most
posperous and desirable towns in the
state in which to live.
The new cafe is a very handsome
structure standing a few doors north
of the GRAPHIC office. In size it is
34Xos, two stories high. The ceiling
on the lower floor is u feet and IL
feet on abe upper floor. The building
has full plate glass front with a
corner entrance and is covered with
tire-prcof steel sheeting. A very
handsome iron cornice adorns the
front. in the center Of which in gilt
raised letters is the inscription.
KIMBALL CAFE
1905
J. O. Loft
The lower floor is DIVIDED into Il
lunch room with long counter, re-
ception room with lavatory, dining
room, kitchen, with two bedrooms for
help opening Off from the Kitchen,
pantry, closets, etc. In the front IN
the upper story ara Mr.. and Mrs.
Lofts private apartments, consisting
of living room, two bedrooms, closets
and bath. The remainder of the
upper floor is given over to ten neat
bed chambers for transients.
The building is finished IN hard
pine, stained to rich oak color and
finished in hard oil. The floors are of
maple, giving the interior very rich
and handsome appearance. A first
class steam heating plant with radl-
ator in nearly every room and an
acetvlene gas apparatus will heat and
light the building. The kitchen is
fitted with all modern conveniences
for clean and eXpiditious work, with
a large and substantial basement
underneath. The fittings and furnish.
ings of the cafe are fully in keeping
with the rest, new furniture through
out, handsome iron bedsteads-the
sleeping rooms are extremely pretty
and homclille-and tastefuly furnish.
cd-while the silver, linen and ap
pointments of the dining and lunch
counter are equal to tnoSo found only
in high-priced cafes and hotels, In
fact, there is nothing cheap about the
establishment from top to bottom
Mr.. Loft has spared no reasonable ex.
pense to make his cafe tirst-class-
which means as good as you will find
anYwhcrc-but at about half the
price.
The GRAPHIC rot only feels its duty
to commend Mr.. Lofts enterprise but
congratulate him as we'll, and he is tc
lie especially commended for buying
the material and furnishings OF the
cafe from his fellow business men
The Ochsner Hardware company furn.
ishcd the steam heating plant and
part of the hardware, Brooks &
Brchan the remainder of the hard.
ware and the paint, A. NJ. Bowles the
furniture and SO far as it was possible
to do so all the other material was
purchased directly of home people
The building was put up under the
supervision of Henry Herrlein whic!
is sufficient guarantee OF its SUI
stEntial qualities. The building
material was furnished by j. A. Smith
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