The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-23
The Romance of a
Great Store
an historical review


while In Sacramento Louis
sThssafSId was isinsd ~ his
brother. bernard srhosafsid,
whs had roms 10 this eoun-
tFy s8ms yeaTs after he had,
and. WhTn the second great
-Fush" came. they wsrksd
Together On the tFnli ever
the sierra Nevada fahEr. u
~ss In NtrEiais tit1. Nc
pada. that the two brothers
first ~snt late husinsss for
themselves and laid the
foundation 81 their fortunes,
Tho tiny shap that ihsy
started In NtrEinia city In
i~at bore iittis Tsssmbianss
Go the standard Furniture
Company OF today. All thSir
sSanty stock was puTshHssd
In the East. shipped Hround
tsps Iisrn In clipper ships
aud iksn brought overland
60 NisEisia City. ana a sin-
ale rssm hsassd the shtifs
establishment.
they tkrtrsd
and Ere~ prosperous with
the little niainH city,
those were pisturcsaus days
Neat deer Co the srhasnfsid
Hrsfhers' sfsrs was q news
paper sffies The Niratnls
city IAtsrprisr-svsr which
presided thsn unknown
yontk 10 nbout the same aEe
as the srhosnfsids, who
wsnt by thu name of SAN
Clemens. Ctemens - yeN
MARI Twain. himsTlf-Ers~
taiimafs with the pionrrr
farniture dealers asd oftsn
dropped In Co smoke = ripe
sr two and reGais them with
his isinifsbis stsri~s.
-usrnafd Sckssnfsid With
drew from the firui In 1870
nnd u was rsoTHahiGsd ~
s-hssafsid a tosk.
this phrtneFahis ~as ran-
tiausa untiI 1877, WHEN Viz
Etnia city ~R. destroyed br
ftrr-ihr store alag With
she rsst Of tho town-and
NNNNn ~ 49,
Srhovhfsld a iirrmRn. the
new member hTinE HFrman
tisymaa. Louis sShseafsld's
brathrr-in-iaw. wba is nov
prrsidsnt nad manager Of
the stan dsrd Furniture
Isnpaay's Tacoma storc.
thstr khsssn as 4. sshoen-
field a sons.
the new partners moved Go
san Francisco In isTp. bot
were net satisflrd there. aud
H. 1881 they changed Ices
tlans nHAia. thls tiae ~haes-
Ina Tombstone. Aris. Threr
years later thry eprnFd n
branch stsrr In rhorniN,
aTtE.. Mr.. Sehoenfeid ~
nhininE In Tsmhstabe 60
Issk after the old establish
meht, while Mr. Uerwan
tasl over the management
Of the other store.
tho partnsrship Of sehoen-
field A H.ymRn wa. dis
solved In 1854. Mr.. itsymnn
thkinE the fhssaiI stock
and Nr. sShaenfeld the older
store In Tombstone. Mr..
tIsytahn r~mntBsd In Phee-
MIA for mahy JeHrs after
this--it was not until 100.
that he soid out aud re-
ialnrd nj. old asseeiHte--but
Nr. seheenteid moved AL
msst Immediately. Hoing
this time To san Diego, Cali
fsrsin.
-hs wa. In search Of an ideal
"a Young and vigorous
community which gave real
premise Of beins able some
day 90 support the Ersnt
business which he was de.
trrmined Go establish - bat
he did not fad II In San
Diego. and. after tive years
In business there, he decided
Go come TO seattle. the great
future Of which he was able
Co visualize even In those
dnJs, when "a was nothing
but n primitive little village
OF the frontier.
lit was on October 10, 1855,
that. accompanies by two ~
bit. three sons - Ralph a.
and Herman srhoenfrid-he
arrived In seattle aboard the
steamer Mexico and Inmr-
dIntcIy launched the bust
ness which has since become
the biEEcst Of It's tind on
the whole Coast.
Continued Tomorrowb
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FRIDAY
HOME
FURNISHERS'
LECTURE
TOUR
mt ESQ y. m. FRIDAY N Hon
furnishcrs' Lecture Tour ,
he conducted through this Rr
Homefurnishinp store by 81
epcc l.. weiderhold. Those
terestrd will find this mn ,
usually fine opportunity
hear nm expert on homrf
nishinK. Keats Will he
served on the Mcsrnninr Fla
where the lecture will ~
from.