The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
is WELL EQUIPPED WITH BANKS.
4 mr. AND STORES.
SEVERAL LARGE INDUSTRIES
Much Live Stock is Shipped Out over
Its TWO Railroads.&c. Good
Hotel and Other Features
OF Live Town,

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and perhaps the paramount feature
that contributes to, the large volume
OF business here is that Of horses,
from the High Grade Thoroughbred
Percheron Horse to the grade horses
used in the labor of the farm. Aside
from this interest as business get
ter, Fremont is located in the midst
of richly endowed agricultural sec,
ton that in addition to grain and
farm products, brings forth fine sheep
and thoroughbred swine. and beef
cattle to make UP the live stock that
regularly finds ready market.
Great Trading Point.
Fremont is quiet and homelike
place and yet business activities are
not forgotten. Practically all need
ed supplies are represented among
its merchants. Agricultural nipple
ments, general merchandise, hard
ware. groceries and meats, furniture,
a bakery as wen as a hotel and sew
eral restaurants make UP largely the
business section of Fremont. There
is also a poultry, egg and cream
house that does quite buying and
shipping business. Barber shops
and the Incidental stores are not for.
gotten.
TWO Good Banks.
In the matter of banking, two fine
institutions are located here, each
owning its own building, and handling
goodly share of the business ex-
change of this section. The State
Bank of Fremont is. the oldest and
here d. X. Unsicker is the president
and E. L. Austin the cashier Mr..
Unsicker lives at Wright and is also
the president of new bank at that
place and in this part of the county
he is large land owner and an en-
terprising citizen generally. He has
long been active in public affairs
which indicates his public spirit a.
well as his executive ability. He il
president also of the Southern Iowa
Fair and Exposition that has its
headquarters at Oskaloosa.
Expansion in business affairs, q
few years ago, seemed to make neCes.
sary the organization of second
bank, the Farmers State Savings
Bank, with capital stock Of $4,000.
OF this bank c. W. Fellers is presi-
dent and here also a profitable bust
ness is done. Mr. FellerF is one of
the solid men of Fremont A few
years ago he built an elegant new res.
idence that was not only built or a
slightly spot, but was equipped with
comforts and conyenienccs that have
made it famous far and wide as an
ideal and complete home. Mr.. Eel
lers is large land owner in this sec.
ton, is a farmer as weli as buyer
and seller of horses, live stock and
general agricultural produces He
reaches markets in both Chicago and
st. Louis as well as the extreme east.
He is one of the active and pushing
men of this section.
Home of the Akermans.
George W. Alderman is also one OF
the representative men of this sec
ton. His lands are scattered in sew,
eral townships, but he makes his bust
ness headquarters in Fremont and
maintains regular Office in the G
w. Alderman Building lie and his
son aside from their farms are large
handlers of real estate. Both of these
interests are yearly growing to large
proportions. Both Mr.. Alderman ant
his son own elegant homes on MAR
street and they are a vital force il
this locality.
/ Heavy Shipments OF Live Stock.
For several weeks past large ship
ments of live stock have been in eyi
dence. c. w. Fellers made ship
ment of several carloads of horses t.
Boston, Mass. Ray Garrett has ship
ped several car loads of sheep to Chi
lcago and other parties have loadeC
hbgs and beef cattle, so that specia
cars are usually standing at the stool
yards of both the Ma st, L. and tn
C. b. & @. stations ready any day 70
the service OF Fremont shippers. Bot
OF these roads are handling vas
amount Of business from Fremont ant
yet an interesting fact has been dc
iiSefoped, that the control and moyin
i'oof trains on the NJ. & ST. l.. is don
By telegraph. the usual method, Will
on the c. b. e. Q. the long distanc
telephone is used. Each plan has II
merits, but the Co is the first roa
lin this section. to give the telephon
a try out in the handling OF trains.
!, Town Has Good Bakery.
The Fremont Bakery is in charg
of Henry Horn, a former resident {
0skaloosa and for time was ident
fled with what is now the Bon Ton
Bakery on First avenue east. Mr.. Hor
r was ambitious and after graduatir
I as il were. lin Oskaloosa. he steppe
e out from being journeyman bak
and bought a business in F'remo
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