The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-03-06
SPLENDID BLOCK
T.. IS DEDICATED
Formal Opening Of the sibbert- Reirn-
ers Company Block Last Week
Was Well Attended
OWNERS WELCOME THE yisiToRs
Representatives Of the Different Lines
Handled by the Firm Also Asetos
and Enter rtain Crowds

Hundreds of people attended the
formal opening of the handsome new
business block of the Sibbert-R Reimers
company on Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday of last week. Scores Of Dent.
son people took advantage Of the op-s
portunity of seeing this beautiful. new
structure and bad roads did not inter
fere with farmers from distance at-
tending the opening and looking over
the fine display of farm implements,
automobiles, ETC. Messrs. b. ]. Stb.
bert, Ernest Sibbert and Ed Reimers,
the proprietors, did everything pos
sible to make the visit of their guests
a pleasant one and all we're conducted
through the immense structure ana
shown every department from the
shipping department In the basement
to the implement show room on the
second floor.
The spacious hardware department
proved to be an attraction to the wOm-
en- folks who congregated there to
look over the fine lines OF ranges ana
kitchen utensils. The Majestic range
line was featured at the opening AND
Mr.. A. J. Collins, salesmanager Tor the
Majestic company in this territofy.(
was present to explain the featufeg OIL
this famous range. For years the Sl1.
bert Reimers company have featufoA
this line of ranges and have put them
into hundreds of homes. A large d.
play of bright aluminium ware was -
charge of w. J. Arndt. @s
Several models of the Buick. Saxon
and International cars were displayedf
in the auto show room. w. =. Gtllen,
representing the International. was
present to demonstrate the truck. The
Buick line attracted considerable At
tention, as did the Saxon.
Just outside the show room was the
booth of F. J. lngledue, representlng
the Marshall oil line, who had ssmpla9
Of the French auto oils. greases 81
specialties. He Demonstrated thesG b
| lette casingB and tubes, 8. Sc0s&
representing the Sioux City Ttro -
lufacturing company, war p1eUg1elf
facquaint the visitors with this lows
brand of tires. 3s
Farmers were particularly interasts
ed in the display Of farm machinery
on the second floor. The entire north
portion of this floor Was given over q
this display Many prominent 0incoln
of both the John Deere and lnternA-
tiOnal Harvester company were H.
ent to meet the visitors and demons
strate their lines. w. ID. ;Hosford, vico
president of the John Deere Company
as we'll as T. Giltner. ]. Ford and y.
Alvord, of the same company, were
present. The John Deere limo has
been handled in DenisOn for years ~
the Sibbert- r eimers company. The
International Harvester company wa1
represented by r. Stewart, assistant
manager. j. w. Kelly, A. Sibley,sJ. Nv.
Ellwood and Mr.. Merrill.
The DeLaval separator Was demon.
strated by Mr.. Graham. One OF The
most interesting displays was that Qf
the Lalley farm lighting plant. w.
Jacobsen demonstrated this plant 20
the visitors. A small gasoline engine
furnished power to run the generatOr
and storage batteries furnish the
"juice" for this model plant. ssEi
SibbSt-Heimers have one OF, the
finest business blocks in western
Iowa and one that the people OF Den.
ison and in fact Crawford county may
we'll be proud of. 1t. Is Of concrete
and brick construction, absolutely fre'
proof, with all of the cOnvenienceG.