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THE MILLER & HUEHN BLOCK AND THE NEW HUEHN OPERA HOUSE BLOCK Hammond
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of his county, and his daily life a model of integrity and morality which no resident of Lake County need fear to have his children emulate.
JAMES M. BRADFORD President Board of County Commissioners
Mr. Bradford came to Hammond in 1878 and after working at his trade (painting and paper hanging) three years in 188 t he opened the first hardware store, carrying as a side line paints, oils, glass and wall paper. He afterwards sold out his hardware line and opened up exclusively in the paint, oil, glass and wall paper, and became a contractor in that line. Through thrift and square dealing he has built up a large business, second to none in the north end of the State. Mr. Bradford is, comparatively speaking, a young man, having just passed his forty-fifth birthday. In 1886 his sterling qualities were recognized by his fellow citizens and he was chosen as one of the first Board of (3) Water Trustees. In 1894 he was nominated on the Republican ticket as a Commis- sioner of the First District and was elected by 987 majority. His work on the Board of County Commissioners was so satisfactory to his constituents that he was renominated to succeed himself and in 1896 was re-elected by an increased majority of 1, 159, polling more votes than any other candidate in the City of Hammond. Mr. Bradford has particularly distinguished himself while Commissioner in procuring the building of gravel roads throughout the county. Many long stretches of macadam which once were sand or muck hub deep stand to-day as monuments due to his energetic efforts in behalf of good roads all over the county.
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JACOB RIMBACK'S NEW BUILDING Corner Sibley and Hohman Sts.
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FRED R. MOTT
In the spring of 1894 Republicans of Hammond searched the field for the most available man to nominate as their candidate for Mayor. Fred R. Mott was selected on account of his popularity, his irreproachable character and unquestioned honesty and integrity. His campaign was characteristic of the man, and he was elected to that position of honor and trust. During his administration miles upon miles of street paving and sewers have been completed ; public parks acquired and improved; lands acquired in various parts of the city for future fire and police stations; a handsome fire and police station has been erected at Robertsdale-in fact, in every direction progress and improvement has marked his term of offiee.
Fred R. Mott was born in Chicago, July 27, 1857, of German parents. He attended the public schools of that city until seventeen years of age, when he came to Ham- mond and entered the employ of the G. H. Hammond Co. Thirteen years in the service of that corporation witnessed his rise from a humble position to one of great responsibility and trust. Since 1887 he has devoted his attention to real estate business, in which he has been very successful and has acquired large property interets. He has witnessed and assisted in the growth of Hammond from a hamlet to its present size and importonce.
He is a Mason, a member of the Knight Templar division of that order. He has a wife and four children. In society, as well as in politics, Mayor Mott stands in the front ranks and is very popular.
GEORGE P. C. NEWMAN
George P. C. Newman is Councilman from the First Ward of the City of Hammond and President of the City
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THE ALLMAN BLOCK Crown Point
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Council. He was first elected a member of that body nine years ago and served a term of two years. In 1894 he was again elected, this time for a four years' term. In addition to other committee appointments, Mr. Newman is chairman of the important committees of finance and of claims and contracts.
Mr. Newman was born in Cass County, Illinois, July 15, 1850. He moved to Hammond in 1880 and for three years managed a hotel which stood where the Hohman Opera House Block now stands.
Mr. Newman is a contractor and builder, which pur- suit he followed for several years. He has a family and by his thrift has accumulated a competency.
JOHN F. KUHLMAN
In 1969 John F. Kuhlman came with his parents to Indiana, settling on the Little Calumet, east of Globe Sta- tion. At that time there was no Hammond. Its present site was covered with timber, except the waste land. Gibson and Hessville were then the only towns from Riverdale to Tolleston. Mr. Kuhlman became a carpenter, at which trade he worked in Chicago for a time, coming back to this vicinity in 1878, at which time he purchased a farm south of this city. He also bought property and built a residence on the Illinois side of the line and there made his home, after marrying. He foresaw Hammond's future and in 1882 purchased property on the north side. Later he for- sook the carpenter's trade and embarked in business, and he has continued a very successful business life since that time. At present Mr. Kuhlman has a hardware store at the corner of Hohman and Hoffman streets, where he has a very complete line of hardware, tools, tinware and stoves. His motto is best goods possible for the lowest living profit and his guarantee of articles " goes."
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Allman Brothers (Successors to Amos Allman & Sons)
Abstracts of Title Real Estate, Money Loaned Insurance, Notary Public
Established in 1857 ... Correct and complete work at living prices
CROWN POINT. IND.
The Commercial Bank
CROWN POINT, INDIANA
Capital Stock, - $60,000
DIRECTORS
S. A. BARR H. P. SWARTZ GEO. M. EDER D. A. Roor JOHN BLACK
ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 18, 1895
S. A. BARR, President W. L. ALLMAN, Cashier
D. A. ROOT, Vice-President HENRY AULWURM, Asst-Cashier
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Mr. Kuhlman was elected a member of the Hammond City Council in 1892 and after serving for four years was re-elected by a very large majority. He is also mentioned for higher places in the gift of the people.
GEORGE T. RANDOLPH
A good, cool head, sound judgment, a thorough knowledge of mechanics and mechanism, together with a scientific application of these and other attainments are the necessary qualifications for a first-class engineer, and they also make suitable ingredients, when properly in- fused, to form the ground work for an excellent alderman. Nature, while in a happy mood, formed this blend when, on February roth, 1852, the subject of this sketch was ushered into the world up in Leneway County, Michigan. In 1880 Mr. Randolph with his family moved to Hammond and entered the employ of the G. H. Hammond Co., with which company he is still identified, having charge of the refrigerator engines at that plant. Quite early in the present decade some of Mr. Randolph's friends urged him to enter the political arena. He was nominated at the Republican primaries to represent the Second Ward, but was turned down in the landslide of 1890. In 1894 he again accepted the nomination and was elected by a handsome majority. He has served his constituency with honor to himself and satisfaction to the citizens of his ward. Mr. Randolph has just cause to be proud of his political career and should he again decide to ask for the suffrage of his people there is very little doubt as to the result.
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Deming-Colborn Lumber Co. HAMMOND, IND.
DEMING COLBORN LUMBER .CO
LUMBER Estimates furnished on application.
GEO. P. PEARSON .GENERAL ....
Contractor and Jobber
ARCHITECT AND STAIR BUILDER
Scroll Sawing, Turning, Store Fronts, Etc., Etc.
HOHMAN STREET (Near Bridge)
HAMMOND, IND.
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THOS. HAMMOND
Thos. Hammond was born at Fitchburg, Mass., in 1843. Of his father he learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked until twenty-one years of age. In 1866, at Leominister, Mass., he was united in marriage to Miss Helen Potter and to them five children-three daughters and two sons-were born, four of whom are still living.
When twenty-one years of age Mr. Hammond moved to Detroit. For two years he engaged with his brother in the retail meat and provision business, at the expiration of which time he became sole proprietor and continued the business successfully for ten years. In 1876 he moved to Hammond, and on his own responsibility conducted the casing and tripe departments of the G. H. Ham- mond Co.
When the death of Mr. Hammond's brother, George H. Hammond, caused the sale of the packing houses to a syndicate, Mr. Hammond was selected as assistant superintendent.
In the spring of 1888 Mr. Hammond was elected Mayor of the City of Hammond, to which position he was re-elected in 1890 and again in 1892, each succeeding election being by increased vote. During his administra- tion miles of street paving and sewerage were constructed and the first city building erected, and its excellent system of water works.
In 1892 Mr. Hammond was elected to Congress from the Tenth Indiana district and served one term in the lower house of Congress.
Mr. Hammond is one of Hammond's wealthiest citizens and has been president of the Commercial Bank ever since its organization.
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C. W. DeLANEY
LAKE COUNTY'S LEADINGst,st.
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Masonic Temple HAMMOND, IND.
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In 1896, at the urgent solicitation of his party and of many friends in the opposition party, he became a candidate in 1896 for Councilman for the Second Ward, and commanded sufficient strength for the Republicans to elect him. Mr. Hammond is most favorably mentioned both as Democratic and independent candidate for Mayor.
P. REILLY
Patrick Reilly was a drummer boy in the "dark days of '61 to '65," enlisting from the Empire State. He came to Hammond as superintendent of the G. H. Hammond Co.'s oleomargarine plant, a position he held for a number of years. He was twice elected Councilman and served for a time as Mayor, being appointed to serve out the unexpired term of Mr. Hammond.
Mr. Reilly made an excellent Mayor while in this office and was his party's nominee for re-election, but his party suffered defeat and he went down with the ticket, though making a remarkable race. On his past record Mr, Reilly's friends insist that he is entitled to the Demo- cratic nomination for Mayor in the spring of 1898.
Mr. Reilly, with his sons, is engaged in conducting a successful grocery business at No. 254 South Hohman Street, Hammond.
In 1896 Mr. Reilly was for the third time elected Councilman from the Third Ward and is the Democratic leader in that body.
FREDERICK E. EWERT
Frederick E. Ewert was born in Chicago on October 5, 1863, being now thirty-four years of age. When eighteen years old he moved to Hammond and has resided there
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continuously ever since that time. Employed by the G. H. Hammond Co., his worth and work brought him advance- ment until he became foreman of that company's large . cooperage plant. This position he has long held with credit to himself and to the interests of his employers.
Exemplary in character and private life and affairs, in 1892 the Republican party called him to stand as their choice for Councilman for the Third Ward. Such was the confidence in him that his opponents-politically-found naught to say to his detriment, and he was elected by a most complimentary vote. As an official he has justified the trust placed in him. Conservative to a marked degree, he has ever been found on the side of improvements, which tend to build up and advance the interests of the city. Quiet and unassaming, he is yet firm and steadfast in his adherence to that which he deems to be the right course.
Mr. Ewert is a married man and has acquired valuable property interests, due to his industry and thrift.
ROBERT ATCHISON
Robert Atchison is American born and takes some pride in the fact. He is not alone a native born Hoosier, but was born in North Township, Lake County, at what is now the Town of Whiting. He was born July 30, 1860, and resided there until 1879, when he moved to territory afterwards annexed to the City of Hammond and constituting the Fourth Ward of that city. For this ward Mr. Atchison was elected as one of that ward's first two representatives in the City Council. To this position he was re-elected and is at present serving his second term. Mr. Atchison is a heavy contractor and his success in this line has enabled him to acquire considerable property.
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STAUFFER & HUBBELL MANUFACTURING PHARMACISTS
Make a Full Line of
Physicians' Supplies
... Special Attention Given to Private Formulas ... Our Specialties ........
Nehite Pure Expectorant Syrup Hypophosphite Co. Ess. Calisaya Co. Thymaline (The New Antiseptic)
Prices and Samples on Application
We have the best arranged Prescription and Manufacturing Laboratory in Northern Indiana
E. R. STAUFFER, M. D. C. O. HUBBELL, Ph. C. 249 State Street, EAST HAMMOND, IND.
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MR. RICHARD SCHAAF
Mr. Richard Schaaf was born in the year 1857. He first became a resident of Lake County in 1889. Previous to that time he had resided in Chicago. He was elected a member of the Hammond City Council in 1894. His present term of office expires in 1898. He has made an excellent record as an alderman, devoting the same careful attention to his public duties that has made him so success- ful in business affairs.
He is engaged at present in the real estate and insurance business, in connection with conducting a large retail grocery house.
FRED W. NEWELL
In the year 1884 the Michigan Central Railway Company sent a young man to Hammond to take charge of the company's telegraph lines and electrical apparatus. He was a modest yet energetic young fellow who, by his strict application to business and superior knowledge of the work, made his services almost indispensable. In 1888 he went to work for the Chicago and Erie Company. That same young man, though several years older, is still in the employ of the latter company and in the enjoyment of their entire confidence and esteem. Refer- ence is made to Mr. Fred W. Newell, the present Alder- man of the Fifth Ward, who was elected in 1894 to represent the old Third Ward. In 1896 the ward boun- daries were changed in such a manner that it left Mr. Newell a resident of the newly created Fifth Ward. Mr. Newell is a stalwart Republican and an ardent advocate of the principles of protection. After the ward boundaries had been changed the council, in consideration of his valiant representation of the old Third, appointed
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Micke Bick
Bick Art Studio.
87 State Street, Hammond, Indiana
Steel Finish. Latest Ching Out $4 00 ... PER DOZEN
Artisto Finish $2 00 ...
PER DOZEN
Enlarging, Crayon and Pastel . With or Without Frames
The half-tone reproductions of the Hammond and Whiting officials in this book are from Mr. Rick's photographs .- PUBLISHERS.
THE BICK ART STUDIO
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Mr. Newell to a seat in the council from the Fifth Ward. Mr. Newell is an honorable and capable gentleman, who is respected as a citizen and admired as a public servant.
CASSIUS C. GRIFFIN
Cassius C. Griffin was born in Crown Point, Ind., October 10, 1863, being thirty-four years of age. He was educated at the Quaker Academy at Spiceland, Ind., after which he was engaged in teaching school for several years. He then went to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he took a thorough course in pharmacy, since which time he has been engaged in the drug business. He located in Hammond ten years ago, buying out the first and only drug store in Hammond at that time, where he has been the leading druggist aud a very prominent business man ever since. Mr. Griffin is a staunch Republican, always taking an active part in politics for his party. He is a member of the City Council and a Mason of high degree, having attained the thirty-two degrees and the mystic shrine besides, of which there is but two in Hammond. Mr. Griffin has been very successful in business and has accu- mulated considerable property interests.
WILLIAM KLEIHEGE, SR.
William Kleihege, Sr., was a native of Germany, being born in Prussia, June 4, 1842. He emigrated to America when - years old. In the year 1871 he moved to Hammond. He was for many years foreman of the G. H. Hammond Co.'s force of carpenter's, a position poor health compelled him to relinquish. In the early days of Hammond's career as an incorporated city, Mr.
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The G. H. Hammond Company
PACKERS OF
Beef, Pork and Canned Meats
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MANUFACTURERS OF
"CALUMET" BUTTERINE
HAMMOND, IND.
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Kleihege served two terms as Councilman from the Second Ward, being elected in 1884 and again in 1886. So satis- factory did he serve his constituents that he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and by the other members of that board selected as their president.
In May, 1894, he was the Republican nominee for the important position of City Treasurer. Being elected, he assumed the duties of the position September 1 of the same year. His conduct of that office has been such as to leave public confidence in his honesty and integrity unshaken.
Mr. Kleihege is a man of family. He is also one of Hammond's heavy property owners.
PETER CRUMPACKER
Since 1894 Peter Crumpacker has been City Attorney for Hammond, and with its varied interests and the very great amount of improvements with their attendant intri- cacies in law points, he has kept his department remarkably free from errors and omissions. Under his care Hammond's annexation cases were carried to Indiana's highest court and thence to the United States Circuit Court, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, with a final victory for the city.
Mr. Crumpacker has practiced law in Hammond for the past ten years. Previous to the election of John H. Gillett to the circuit bench the two were associated in the practice of their profession.
Mr. Crumpacker is a brother of Congressman E. D. Crumpacker. He is Hoosier born, being a native of -La Porte County, where he was born in 1858. He gradu- ated from the Northern Indiana College and from the Valparaiso Law School.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a man of family.
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LUMBER LINE AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE Prices and Quality that Sell the Stock Freife und Qualität die Die Haare verfaufen PAXTON LUMBER CO. N. Hohman Street Bridge .... HAMMOND, IND.
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FRANK HESS
In early days Lake County, with its swamps, sloughs and sand banks, was not a desirable place to live, but among the first to brave these surroundings was Joseph Hess, who founded the town of Hessville, was a long time Trustee of North Township, and for many, many years postmaster of Hessville. His oldest son, Frank Hess, was the first white male child born in North Township, that event taking place November 17, 1858. From that date until the present Frank Hess has been a resident of the county. Twelve years of that period he served the people faithfully as Township Assessor, beginning his duties when the property listed was of small value and continuing until its value rose till the county took prominent rank in the value of its rail- road and corporation property.
While yet Township Assessor, and unsolicited by him, Mr. Hess was nominated as a candidate for Councilman from the First Ward and was elected without effort on his part, in the spring of 1890. During the same time he was swamp land commissioner, an appointive office.
When the Republican city ticket was presented for the suffrages of the people, in May, 1894, Frank Hess' name appeared as the nominee for City Clerk. He was elected and assumed the duties of the office the following Septem- ber. During all his long public service he has been a most painstaking public official upon whom the breath of suspicion has never rested.
Mr. Hess has a wife and one child.
ALLISON A. WALKER
Allison A. Walker was born in Cook County, Illinois, June 22, 1857. When twenty years of age he moved to
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ED. BEIREGER
WM, KRUDUP
BEIRIGER & KRUDUP
Manufacturers and Dealers in ....
Harness, Whips, Robes, Blankets, And everything kept in a first-class Harness Shop
Repairing Promptly Attended To.
231 S. Hohman Street, HAMMOND IND.
W. F. MASHINO
Insurance
Only First-class Gompanies Represented
Office First National Bank HAMMOND, IND.
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Hammond and has resided in that city continuously since that time. Mr. Walker was elected the first Marshal of Hammond after the incorporation of the city. With the exception of one term, he has been Marshal of the city ever since. When he assumed the duties of the office toughs terrorized the city and it was the scene of many dog fights and prize fights. By his efficiency and valor Mr. Walker brought order and quiet to the city, and thus secured his re-election at each succeeding election.
H. T. JOHNSON
In Dayton, Ohio, in 1845, was born H. T. Johnson, who in 1884 moved to the City of Hammond, where for several years he was an employe of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway.
Mr. Johnson is one of the most active Masons and Odd Fellows in the city, and has been repeatedly honored with positions high in the councils of these orders.
In the year 1894 he was appointed to the position of Street Commissioner, an onerous position, the duties of which he has discharged with great fidelity. His zeal in endeavoring to maintain good roads and walks has called down on him unstinted praise from Hammond's progressive citizens. His term of office will expire by limitation in May, 1898.
A. F. MALO
November 8, 1849, A. F. Malo was born in Canada. When but two years old his parents moved to the United States, locating in Chicago, where he lived for eleven years. At that time he moved to Malta, De Kalb County, Ill. In 1868 he enlisted as a private in the Union army. After
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ADAM R. EBERT ... FIRE INSURANCE ...
Represents the following Companies :
AETNA, Hartford GRAND RAPIDS, Grand Rapids, Mich. HARTFORD, Hartford WESTCHESTER, New York NEW YORK UNDER WRITERS, New York PRUSSIAN NATIONAL, Stettin, Germany ROYAL, Liverpool ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE, St. Paul WESTERN ASSURANCE, Toronto
Room I, Miller & Huehn Block
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serving for eighteen months he received an honorable dis- charge and located at Milford, Ill., where he was married in 1867. Here he engaged in the blacksmith business, and afterward moving to Wellington, Ill., pursued the same occupation there. Later he moved to Ambia, Ind., and embarked in the business of manufacturing gophers in addition to his blacksmithing. During the year 1882 he manufactured 400 of these gophers. From Ambia he moved to Kansas and there, in 1883, was appointed Sheriff, to which office he was elected in 1884. He returned to Ambia and from there moved to Hammond, where he held the position of steam fitter for the G. H. Hammond Co.
Upon the advent of a Republican city administration in 1894 Mr. Malo was appointed Chief of Police. He has systematized the police of Hammond and greatly added to its efficiency and standing.
Mr. Malo is the father of nine children, eight of whom are living. He is a Mason, Odd Fellow, K. of P., U. R. K. of P., and a Knight of the Maccabees. He is a true American and a staunch Republican.
A. N. CHAMPAIGN
A. N. Champaign was appointed chief of the Hammond fire department June 1, 1894. During his incumbency the fire department has been better in many ways. The force has been increased, more modern and better apparatus provided, and the fire-alarm system extended.
Mr. Champaign has been connected with fire service for the past twenty-four years. He was a member of the department when Hammond's protection consisted of a volunteer force. At that time he was assistant chief of the department.
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WM. BARTEL
FIRE INSURANCE
Loans and Real Estate
KLEIHEGE BLOCK
HAMMOND, IND.
WALTER H. HAMMOND
Insurance Real Estate Loans
Suite 1, Tapper Block HAMMOND, IND.
Represents the following first-class Companies :
German American
Springfield F. and M. Lancashire
Manchester
Pennsylvania
Concordia
German Alliance Fire Ass'n Michigan
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A. N. Champaign was born in Montreal, Canada, May 20, 1853. He moved to Hammond in 1873, coming to that place from Detroit with Thomas Hammond, for whom he acted as manager of his tripe and pickling busi- ness. He was also in business several years.
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