River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-04-08

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when he retired and his son took full
charge.
From the day he opened his store,
back in 1872, r. S. Freeman held
above all else an ideal of honesty
which guided his every transaction,
large or small, and the enviable repu-
tation which his policy brought has
been zealously guarded ever since.
The new corporation will carry it on.
The policy of "no substitutions" has
won the Freeman store the faith and
esteem of the community. At the out
set Mr.. Freeman made it clear that
if his store did not have the stock or
article called for the customer would
be told that fact, and he always took
pains to instruct his employees to do
likewise That fact, and strict adj
herance to their motto, eve Take
Care" which refers particularly to
prescription work, explains the firms
high standing in their trade territory.
In 1904 r. S. Freeman & Son bought
out the Barnard & Clough Co. in this
city and also the stock of the Helm
eel drug store in Hudson, and con-
solidated it all with their own stock.
They ran both of the local stores for
couple of months, and then moved
into the Barnard & Clough store. the
building which they now own and still
occupy. Here they continued bust
ness under the old name until the in
corporation on April 1st of this year.
Of the early employees of r. S.
Freeman were many men now well
known in the medical world. Among
them are DR.. Chamberlain, an emil
nent physician, and DR.. Strout, one OF
the leading doctors of Minneapolis
J. L. Moody, Ellsworth's pioneer
druggist, worked for the senior Mr..
Freeman in his first little shop,
Fred Mcintyre, now in business for
himself at Prairie Farm, this state,
was the first clerk under R. w. Free
man. He was followed by DR.. Leon
Barney, now practising in Duluth,
Mimi; Frank B. Jaynes, deceased;
Joe Cutting, now member of the
Williston IN. d. Drug Co.; LIE Roy
Sweet, who has drug store at Rob-
erts; We're Sanders, Head Clerk for
the VIM. Leuck Drug Co. of Albert
Lea, Mimi; and Kelly Clark, now in
his own store at Worthington. MINI.
Others who have served shorter
terms of apprenticeship at the Free
man store are John Nelson, Wallace
Dodd. o. Thompson, Donald Burns,
Luke Vaughn, Fred Ness and Ray
hurry.
John A. Knapp, vice-president OF
the new corporation, has been with the
Freeman establishment since 1904.
He graduated from Minnesota uni
versity in 1907 and received his Wis
consin pharnisist certificate the same
year. John is native Of River Falls
and is too we'll known here to need
further introduction. His diligence,
honesty and courtesy have brought
him the highest esteem of wide cir
Gle of friends.
Robert L. Hurd the corporations
secretary and treasurer, has been in
the business for eighteen years, COM
ing here in April, 1917, from New
Richmond where he was employed in
the Beebe drug store for several
years. He received his certificate in
1911. Mr.. Hurd has been employed
as druggist at Minneota' and Marshall.
Mimi. and at Roberts, Rice Lake and
New Richmond. and his record in
these places substant ates the excel
lent impression he has made here
In commemoration of their incor-
poration, the Freeman Drug Co. have
placed in one of their display win
dows numerous ancient relics from
the original establishment. Included
in this display is r. S. Freeman's
first invoice and some of the utensils
purchased thereon. DR.. Ballard, one
Of River Falls pioneer physicians, had
his Office in the Freeman drug store
for many years, to the time of his
death. His old saddle-bags are an in
teresting feature of the window dis
play. The originals of the pictures
accompanying this article, and many
other interesting items of auld lang
syne complete the display.
The Freeman Drug Co., Inc, will
continue the business at the old stand
and under the same policy of honest,
accommodating service, doing their lev
ell best to maintain the reputation es-
tablished and so carefully guarded by
Mr.. R. S. Freeman, and they extend
greetings and welcome to friends,
old and new.