The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-12-07
GILBERT 6 GEHR.

Hardware, Plumbing, Metal Work
No review of Westminster's trade adj
vantages would be complete did it not
contain mention of the old and well
known hardware establishment of Gilbert
& Gehr. whose large and magnificent
stock equipment and reliable and ever
accommodating service have maintained
conditions that have anticipated and
promptly provided for the needs OF pat
rons and the community in general. 1hfs
concern occupies a two-story buiidins'
25xIoo feet in dimension, and another
store room adjoining, 25xIoo feet, De
sides several warehouses for the storage
of heavy commodities and surplus stocks.
throughout the salesrooms there are
stocks which provide for the needs OF
the property owner, farmer, builder ana
bousekeeper and which consist OF build
ing hardware, table and pocket cutlery
mechanic. gardener and farmers toois'
guns and ammunition, painters supplies
in brushes. paints, oils, glass and putty
farm supplies. in pumps, wire fencing
etc. household utensils in tin, granite ana
enameled ware and kitchen supplies gen.
erally. large and complete line OF the
hest productions on the market IN COOK
ing and heating stoves and ranges ana
innumerable articles to be found IN every
first class hardware establishment. All
of these productions bear the names anu
trade marks of the leading manufacturers
of the country and are OF estabisned
merit and the high character OF the
stock equipment defines well the poiicy
of the owners of the business to promote
satisfactory relations with patrons
through the medium of honest equVa-
Tents only. Such is the reputation OF
this concern, reputation established
through wears of faithful service where
in integrity and reliability have been the
characteristics of every transaction. MS
business was founded nearly fifty years
ago by Jesse Reifsnider, who IN his Gay
was active in the promotion and develop
ment of Westminster's trade advantages.
In 1886. Babylon and Gilbert came INTO
nossession of the business, and IN 1895
the present partnership was affected on
the retirement of Mr.. Babylon and the
purchase of his interests by D. ). Gehr,
a native of Westminster, and for years
identified with its banking institutions
Mr. Gilbert. the senior member, OF the
firm is now serving his sixth successive
term as Mayor of Westminster, and his
continuous reelection evidences his pop
ularity, and the appreciation of his tel
low citizens for his qualifications tor the
position, the duties of which he has dis-
charged with characteristic fidelity and
ability and always with an eye single
to Westminster's development IN every
possible direction. With such an excel
lent stock equipment and such popular
ity in the part of its owners and man
ayers. it is little to be wondered at that
the business of Gilbert & Gehr is thor
oughly representative and that 1t ably
and substantially, through large sales,
and an extensive patronage, supports
Westminster's claim to superior market
conditions and unsurpassed trade advan-
taqes generally, claim founded on the
excellent facilities that prevail IN all
departments of merchandising, and
which are of such magnitude and COM
pleteness of assortment as to make
entirely independent of Baltimore or any
of the larger cities in supplying the needs
of the surrounding territory.
Gilbert & Gehr do an extensive bust
ness in the execution of all orders tor
new and repair work in plumbing, t'n
roofing, guttering and speuting, and IN
stall heating systems, employing in these
departments only mechanics of pro-
nounced ability.