Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-12-09
AN up TO- DATE
DEPARTMENT STORE
PEOPLES TRADING COMPANY
ENLARGEs, REMoDELs AND
ADDS MODERN CONVENIENT
CES. TO IT'S ESTABLISHMENT.

The extensive improvements to its
place OF business which the Peoples
Trading Company inaugurated in the
early part Of the summer, have now
been so far completed that. the store
IS enabled to announce grand open
ing on Saturday, Dec II, 1914.
The store has been both enlarged
and renaodeled, SO that it's appearance
both inside and out, has been com
Fpletely transformed. The new addi-
ton to the store building measures
As # by "a #. with handsome glass
front on Minnesota street and is oc-
cupied by the grocery department,
the hardware and crockery depart
nlents and a conveniently located and
arranged storage room, 20 #. in
width, running nearly the entire
width Of the new part, and provided
with a balcony for the storing of
goods. A ladies' toilet and rest
room and gentlemen's toilet are al
T..
The old part of the store has also
been thoroughly renovated, redecor-
ated and provided with beautiful
new fixtures, nearly all of them made
here in Warren or by the Thief River
Falls Manufacturing Company. The
dry goods and women's ready to wear
department now occupies the whole
of the original Peoples Trading Co.,
building, SO that really all the other
space used represents growth of the
business since the start in 1901. The
clothing department is now located in
the room formerly occupied by the
dry goods department and will re-
ceive better attention than ever in it's
more roomy quarters. The shoe de-
partment is located between the gro
Gerry and dry goods departments.
A new lighting system has been in
stalled consisting of a series of 1900
candle power Mazda lamps that fur
nish natural light by which goods
of any color may be selected at night
as well as by day. The beautiful
Luxifer Prism glass in the upper
part of all show windows throw the
daylight to the remotest corner Of
the building, so that whether day or
night the light is excellent.
Under the entire store building is a
basement partitioned into several
rooms fitted with shelving and coun-
tiers for the storage of reserve stocks
of goods. Cement floors cover the
entire basement. Nearly all new
goods are taken to the basement
where they are unpacked, marked
and loaded on truck which is then
hoisted in the freight elevator to the
first floor and moved to the depart
ment where the goods belong, thus
saving a great deal of labor. A
carrier has been installed for con-
veying potatoes from the front to the
storage bin in the rear. A freight
elevator in the warehouse is an ex-
cellent convenience for moving goods
to and from the basement storage
rooms. In fact the whole planning
and arrangement of the store is with
a view of saving labor, Tightening the
burdens of the employees and for
general efficiency. With the Peoples
store, efficiency is the watchword, and
to serve the public efficiently has al
ways been the stores aim. There
are ample conveniences for handling
oil of all kinds and underneath the
e,t,, 80 tal he to,,1
with pump and measuring appliance
at the edge of the sidewalk.
The general office is located near
the former rear door and is elevated
soithat from this point of vantage j.
offered good view of the whole m
terror Of the store. Here are located
the general managers and bookkeep-
er's desks and the cashiers booth.
The Lamson cash carrier system, the
latest out, has been installed and a
telephone system also connects the
office with the various departments.
The directing mind in this large
business enterprise is Chas. p. Lund-
quist, who is secretary, treasurer and
general manager Of the company,
with which he has been connected
and Interested in since 1895. He is
an able 3 and enterprising business
man and has also around him corps
of capable assistants and heads of
departments. Hans Metgard has
charge of the clothing department
with Arthur Wittensten as his assist
ant. Roy M. Prytz presides over the
dry goods department, G. A.
Johnson over the shoe department,
while Aug. Ostlund reigns supreme
in the grocery department. and Albin
Swenson in hardware. Ole Strom
clerks in the grocery department
while Mrs. G. c. Winchester, Hannah
Anderson, Della Lindberg and Mabe1
Lundgren are salesladies in the dry
goods and women's ready-to-weal