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Ritger. Philip. 426 Grant Ave. Seymour, H., 108-110 W. 6th St.
ARCHITECTS
Bell. T. M.
Hutcherson, J. L., Opera Block. Sherman, N. A., 628 Iowa Ave. ATLAS PUBLISHER
Meacham, J. II., 104 W. 6th St., up stairs.
ATTORNEYS
Bates, Ed., 610 Lincoln Ave., up stairs. Bennett. T. Eddy, county judge's office.
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Carnahan, J. C., 623 Lincoln Ave.
Cowell, W. M., room 2. Masonie Block.
France & Harlan, 522 Grant Ave.
Frank, M. C., 107 E. 6th St. up stairs. Hale. J. F., 107 W. 6th St.
Meeker Bros., 610 Lincoln Ave., up stairs.
Moore, D. T., 107 E. 6th St., up stairs. Montgomery, A. C., room 1, Bell's Bloek.
Scott & Gilbert, 104 W. 6th St., up stairs.
Sedgwick & Power, over savings bank. Wollard W. S., York National Bank. Wildman, M. M.
BAKERIES
City. W. R. Furman, 613 Lincoln Ave. York, J. R. Gasaway, 121 E. 6th St.
BARBERS
Baldwin & Randolph, under savings bank.
Ballard & Norton, 515 Lincoln Ave.
Dever, S. K., Broadway, corner 3rd St. Meradith, Clapp & Swartz, under York National Bank.
Spencer, F. W., under Citizens State Bank.
BANKS Citizens State Bank, 100 E. 5th St. First National, 601 Lincoln Ave. York National, 529 Lincoln Ave. York Savings, 101 E. 6th. BILLIARD ITALLS
Gardner, J. S., east side Broadway. Smick, Daniel, 116 E. 5th St. Marston, Geo. E., 629 Lineolu Ave. BLACKSMITHS Armstrong, James, 100 Grant Ave. Barch, E. L., 200 Lincoln Ave. Lundy & Haney, 722 Lincoln Ave. Marshall, B. F., Jr., northwest corner 3rd St. n. of B. & M. Railroad. Wray & Johnson, 114-116 W. 5th St. BOARDING
Chessman, Mrs. Mary, 922 York Ave. Cheney, George, 509 Burlington Ave. City Dining Hall. 111 Lincoln Ave. Grantham, W. P., 521 Burlington Ave.
lowa House, 601 Platte Ave. Paley, Mrs. Sarah, 411 Grant Ave. Reader, H. 627 Beaver Ave. St. Elmo House, 709 Lincoln Ave. Waverly House, noar B. & M. depot. Wyoming House, 123-125 W. 6th St.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY
Bagnell Bros., 429 Lincoln Ave. Dorr. E. H., North B. & M. depot. Ilesser, Chas., 109 E. 6th St.
Jerome & Co., 123 E. 6th St. Panter & Bishop, 609 Lincoln Ave. Stewart, Miss N. D., 120 E. 5th St. Wyckoff & Knapp. 103 E. 6th St. BOOTS AND SHOES
Armstrong, Robt .. 525 Lincoln Ave. O. Froid (exclusive), 107 E. 6th St. MeConanghy, J. F .. 620 Lincoln Ave. Vail & Greene (exclusive), 114 E. 5th St.
Zimmerer, Carl, 124 E. 5th St.
larms. A. ( manufacturer ) , 509 Lincoln Ave.
Reisinger, E. (manufacturer), 422 Grant Ave.
Stache, E. (manufacturer), 503-505 Lincoln Ave.
Westervelt, Peter (manufacturer), 723 Lincoln Ave.
BUGGIES Read. J. F., 426 Grant Ave.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
Bick. John, 410 Grant Ave.
Heislar, D., 312 Grant Ave.
Ilerrick, II. E., 205 E. 4th St.
Collier, J. J., 611 Grant Ave. Miller. N., N. B. & M. railroad. Morgan & Green, 728 Lincoln Ave. Sherman, N. A., 628 Iowa Ave. Sprague, Geo., 215 Lincoln Ave. CANDY MANUFACTORY Reader Bros & Co., 104 E. 5th St. CIGAR MANUFACTORY Doerffel Ed. 50112 Lincoln Ave. BRICK AND STONE CONTRACTORS Mechan. Phillip. 641 E. 10th St. Mechan. Lawrence, 808 Grant Ave. Peabody, Geo. E., 514 Nebraska Ave.
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BRICK YARDS
Courtney & McBride Bros., near south-
east city limits. Ittner, John C., N. side B. M. railroad. BRIDGE BUILDERS
Taylor, H. C., 826 Grant Ave.
Ward, H. F .. boards Blodgett House. BROKER Rae, Robert, 604 Lincoln Ave. CLOTHIING
Armstrong. Robt., 525 Lincoln Ave.
Williams, W. K., 106 E. 5th St.
Woods. Bros .. 622-624 Lincoln Ave. COAL
Carpenter, C. N., South of B. & M. depot.
Morrison, Jos., corner Sth and Lincoln Ave.
National Lumber Co.
Shephardson. HI. C., northeast corner Broadway and Grand Ave.
Warner, E. A., 124 W. 6th St.
COLLECTION AGENTS
Bowker, H. II., 107 E. 6th St., up stairs.
Burns, M., Masonic Block.
Flock. Geo., 216 Lincoln Ave.
Snow, A. L., 107 E. 6th St., up stairs. CONFECTIONERS Cook, E., Broadway. Dever, J. L., Broadway.
Linch & Duley, 524 Grant Ave.
McCann, F. L., Postoffice, 120 E. 5th St.
Jacobs. N., 514 Grant Ave.
Reader Bros. & Co., 104 E. 5th St.
Robinson, A. F., 6111% Lincoln Ave.
Stevens, A., 617 Lincoln Ave.
DENTISTS
Deiffenbacher, J. A., 107 E. 6th St., up stairs. Hatfield, T. J., Bell's Block.
Ziegler, G. O., 606 Lincoln Ave., up stairs.
DRESSMAKERS Brady, Miss Jennie, 619 Lincoln Ave., up stairs. Bullock Sisters, 322 6th St.
Carlson Sisters, 607 Lincoln Ave., up stairs.
Doerffel, Miss Amelia, 210 E. 7th St.
Hayes & Franer, 211 E. 6th St.
Robbins Sisters, west side Broadway. Snodgrass & Page, over postoffice.
Torrance & McLeod, 119 W. 6th St.
DRY GOODS
Cobb & Co., 603 Lincoln Ave. C'olling. D. J., 119 E. 6th St.
Ewen & Butler, 112 E. 5th St. Knott. Jno. S., 507 Lincoln Ave.
McConanghy. J. F., 620 Lincoln Ave.
Meissner, C. L., 628 Lincoln Ave.
Woods Bros., 622-624 Lincoln Ave. Zimmerer, Carl, 124 E. 5th St.
DRUGGISTS
Bagnell Bros .. 429 Lincoln Ave.
Boyer & Troutman, 521 Lincoln Ave. Dorr. E. H., north of B. & M. depot.
Jerome & Co., 123 E. 6th St.
Panter & Bishop, 609 Lincoln Ave. Wyckoff & Knapp, 103 E. 6th St.
ELEVATORS
Chessman. G. P., elevator D, B. & M. Davidson, J. M., elevator B. B. & M.
Fisher, David, south B. & M. depot. Ragan, H. W., elevator A, B. & M. Wirt, G. W., elevator C, B. & M. FOUNDRY AND ENGINE WORKS
Kilner, John C., Prop., corner Grant Ave. and 10th St. .
FURNITURE
Atkins, M. B. Lincoln Ave. Baer Bros., 122 E. 5th St. GROCERS
Beck, Geo. A .. 616 Lincoln Ave. Chilcote & Co., 607 Lincoln Ave.
Cook. . J. W .. 619 Lincoln Ave.
Coles & Thomas, 110 E. 6th St., Frew, W. L., 516 Grant Ave. Gleason. T., 111 E. 6th St. Knott, Jno. S., 507 Lincoln Ave. Knight, Bros., 501 Lincoln Ave. Lacy, W. H., 113 E. 6th St. Lohr, J. J., west side Broadway. Page & MeQue, 701 Lincoln Ave.
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Shamp. E. R., 511 Lincoln Ave.
Treat C. P., 600-602 Grant Ave. HARNESS
Bernstein, Wm., opposite Carpenter's Lumber Yard.
Kneeshaw, W. C., 608 Lincoln Ave.
Norton & Barbee, 515 Lincoln Ave.
Stache. E., 503-505 Lincoln Ave. HARDWARE
Blixt & Fisher, east side Broadway. Grippen & Co., 105 E. 6th St.
Snyder, A. C., 626 Lincoln Ave.
Zimmerer, E. V., 502-504 Grant Ave. HOTELS
Blodgett House, 413-419 Lincoln Ave. Commercial Hotel, corner Lincoln Ave. and th St.
Iowa Honse, 601 Platte Ave. St. Elmo House, 709 Lincoln Ave.
Waverly House, near B. & M. depot.
Wyoming House, 123-125 W. 6th St. HORSE IMPORTERS Fry & Fahrbach, corner Burlington Ave. and 5th St.
ICE
Kelly & Carpenter, north B. & M. de- pot.
Warner, E. A., 124 W. 6th St. INSURANCE
Baldwin & Crapser, 610 Lincoln Ave.
Boynton, F. A., 522 Grant Ave.
Buckmaster & Knight, Opera Block. Codding. A. B., Kuns' Block. Cowell. W. M., Room 2, Masonic Block. Daggy, F. B., 101 W. 6th, up stairs. Green, M. A., 601 Lincoln Ave.
Halstrom, Chr., with Baldwin & Crap- spr.
Ilamlin Bros., Masonic Block. Hewett. Chas. S., with Scott & Gilbert. Mead. F. F., 512 Grant Ave. Nobes, C. J., Opera Block. Reed, Luther, at Commercial Hotel. Smith. E. W., 703 Lincoln Ave. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Carnahan, J. (., 623 Lincoln Ave. Frank, M. C., 107 E. 6th St., up stairs. Ilyde, Geo. S., Waverly House.
LAUNDRIES Brigham, C. W., 808 York Ave. Chinese. For Lincoln Ave. Spooner, J. L., 120 W. 5th St. LIVERY AND FEED STABLES Clark, W. L., 212-16 Lincoln Ave. Cully. W. II., 401 Grant Ave. Ferguson & Owens, southwest corner Broadway and Grand Ave.
Krakel Bros., 628 Grant Ave. Smith & Martin, 414 Lincoln Ave. Southworth & Forstenburg, 115-117-119 W. 5th St. York, B. B., corner 3rd and Plum St. LUMBER Bloomer, A. F., 1028 Lincoln Ave. Carpenter, C. N., south of B. & M. de- pot. National Lumber Co., between 3rd and Ith Sts. MARBLE WORKS
David & Kildow, 114 W. 6th St.
MEAT MARKETS Beveridge, J. R., 510 Grant Ave. Clark, J. F., 611 Lincoln Ave. Jeffery, Henry, 605 Lincoln Ave. Kelly, O. N., west side Broadway. MERCHANT TAILOR'S Eckles, J. A., Kuns' Block. Keilbert, Jos., Union Block.
Miller, G. W., 717 Lincoln Ave.
Raper. F. A., 405 Lincoln Ave. Rosentof, Nils, City Block. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Oppfelt, JJohn, 109 E. 6th St.
Robbins Bros., Broadway. Wood, W. G.
MILLINERY
Buffum. Miss II. A., 705 Lincolni Ave. Colling, D. J., 119 E. 6th St.
Dibble, Mrs. H. B., 625 Lincoln Ave.
Wells. H. E. & Co., 627 Lincoln Ave. NOTIONS
Buffum, Miss H. A., 205 Lincoln Ave. Cobb & Co., 603 Lincoln Ave. Wells, H. E. & Co., 627 Lincoln Ave. Westervelt & Fisher, 723 Lincoln Ave.
WEST SIDE OF THE SQUARE, YORK
NORTH SIDE OF THE SQUARE, YORK
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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NEWS
Stewart, Miss, N. D., postoffice. NEWSPAPERS Democrat, 421 Lincoln Ave., Geo., F. Corcoran, Prop. Republican, 609 Platte Ave., Dayton & Frank, Props.
Times, 118 E. 5th St., up stairs, Sedg- wick & Bell, Props.
OILS
Thomas, W. S., tank line, rear 522 Grant Ave.
PAINTERS
Brown & Seeley, 116 W. 6th St.
McFall, L. N., 228 Nebraska Ave.
Pierson, N. P., 726 Lincoln Ave.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Kennedy, I. F., 107 W. 6th St., up stairs.
Smith Bros., 107 E. 6th St., up stairs. PHYSICIANS
Carscadden & Blackburn, 607 Lincoln Ave., up stairs.
Davis, J. N., east side Broadway.
Farley, B. F., 606 Lincoln Ave., up stairs.
Faulkner, A. O., Bells' Block.
Foristall, D. E., 606 Lincoln Ave.
McConaughy, Robert, 109 W. 6th St.
Sedgwick, D. E., 527 Lincoln Ave., up stairs.
Shidler, G. W., 125 E. 6th St., up stairs.
POP MANUFACTORY
Garternicht, F., 215 E. 4th St. PRODUCE Craske, James, 105 Grant Ave. Joy, Walter, 124 E. 5th St., down stairs. PUMPS, PIPE AND WIND MILLS Briley, James, 426 Grant Ave. Graham & Tenney, Broadway, near B. & M. depot.
REAL ESTATE AND FARM LOANS Baldwin & Crapser, 610 Lincoln Ave. Buckmaster & Knight, Opera Block. Codding, A. B., Kunsz Block. Cowell, W. M .. Room 2, Masonie Block. Daggy, F. B., 104 W. 6th St., up stairs.
Daniels, Charles, Bell's Block, room 1. Halstrom, Chr., with Baldwin & Crap- ser.
Hamlin Bros., Masonic Block.
Hopkins & Cowan, over York National Bank
Kingsley & IIntchins, over York National Bank
Mead, F. F., 512 Grant Ave.
Newman. A. J., district clerk's office.
Nobes, C. J., Opera Block.
Simmons & Green, 604 Lincoln Ave.
Snow, A. L., 107 E. 6th St., up stairs.
Smith, E. C., 615 Lincoln Ave.
Stark & Mosher, 106 W. 6th St.
Ward, A. C., 107 W. 6th St.
RESTAURANTS
Capitol, 500 Grant Ave., H. J. Roberts, Prop.
Delmonico, 621 Lincoln Ave., H. Bates, Prop.
Dever, J. L., Broadway. SEWING MACHINES
Hetzel, E., Singer Co., 114 E. 5th St.
Oppfelt, John, 109 E. 6th St.
Seymour, HI., 108-110 W. 6th St.
SECOND HAND STORE
Palmore & Miller, 506 Grant Ave. SHOOTING GALLERY Burton, C. P., 715 Lincoln Ave. STOCK DEALERS
Fisher, D.
Morrison & Wirt.
Wagner. S. F., north B. & M. depot. UNDERTAKERS
Atkins, M. B., 527 Lincoln Ave.
Baer Bros., 122 E. 5th St. WAGON MAKERS Colling, G. C., with B. F. Marshall, north B. & M. depot.
Gould, W. IL., 118 W. 5th St.
Herrick, M. S., 205 E. 4th St.
Peterson, John, rear 722 Lincoln Ave. WATCHIES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY Cochran, Wm., 523 Lincoln Ave. Westervelt Bros., 107 E. 6th St. Whedon, W. L., 606 Lincoln Ave.
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THE TOWN'S CALIBRE
There are two classes of towns, those which are essentially aud entirely com- mercial and strain every energy to their business development, and the other class of town which will put much more stress upon church, school and social develop- ment. somewhat at the sacrifice of pure business progress. York very early assumed the latter attitude, and while the question is always a mooted one, it has two sides. and we present the following argument formed as long ago as 1884 in favor of York's stand. York very early assumed the stand it did not want to be a saloon, or liberal. town, and stayed by that idea probably more loyally than any town of its size in Nebraska.
LIVELY YORK
How the Town Is Booming-The Status of the Temperance Question.
York, Neb., February 4, 1884.
EDITOR Tribune :- After leaving the prettiest town in the state, January 31, I arrived here the following morning by the way of the U. P. to Central City, and then by the B. & M. to the busiest. the boomingest town to the square inch. I have seen anywhere. York is coming to the front in good shape. Immense brick blocks have been built the past season and others now nearing completion, and it appears like the good work is only begun.
I overheard some parties figuring on the best way to remove wooden buildings around the square, this morning, to be replaced by brick. Everybody wants brick buildings, they appear to have taken a kind of mania on that subject. Those parties referred to decided that the wood structures could be removed cheaper by cyclone than in any other way.
I desire to show a wide difference between Fremont and this town, as regards the whiskey traffic. Fremont has about twelve saloons, while this place has none ; there is simply nothing of the kind to be had here by those who want it as a beverage. I find after a little talk with several of the business men that the car- penters, bricklayers and all other mechanics, also the common laboring class nearly all have comfortable homes; their families are clothed, and they pay their grocery bills, consequently the merchants are not put to the trouble of getting up a black list.
We have heard it oft repeated that a town without saloons was a dead one and I must confess I have been guilty of making like assertions. But now I believe it to be a great mistake. Whiskey is not the lever here at any rate, and the town is not dead. She has got the best of schools and whiskey didn't build the school- houses. Iler people elect good men to office, and strong drink ents no figure at the polls. The ladies look neat and pleasant, because there are no drunken hus- bands, fathers or brothers at home. In a word a tippler here would be the most unpopular ereature living.
Being aware of the fact that there are several good, honest men in Fremont who have fallen in the way of this enemy of all mankind, who really desire to sever those chains so galling. I would advise them to flee from those pitfalls and come to a town free from all such evils, where there is work for all, and a quiet comfortable little home with a happy wife and smiling upturned faces to meet you, when the day's work is done.
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York County is one of the best in the state. I have yet to hear a word of complaint from the farmers about last year's crops .- P. H. W.
A roster of York's public buildings as they were then gracing the city in 1887 will tend to show the stage of progress reached at that time.
PROMINENT BUILDINGS
Public and Private Edifices, that Stand as Monuments to York's Thrift, Prosperity and Enterprise
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS
The Buildings, which at first were all frame and quite small, have gradually been replaced by large and elegant brick buildings, until now the brick predominates over the frame in the business part of the town. There are in the city two solid brick blocks, and on the east side of Lincoln Avenue, from Sixth to Seventh streets, and one on Fifth Street from Lincoln to Grant avenues, besides a number of other large and handsome brick blocks. The first brick building was erected north of the railroad by S. A. Ward in 1878. It is a large store with office and living rooms on the second floor. It is a substantial and creditable building. In 1880 Edward Bates erected a two story building on the corner of Sixth Street and Grant Avenue, the northeast corner of the square. This building was con- structed for the use of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and was considered quite an enterprise at the time. From this time dates the substantial and rapid growth of our city, which has proceeded steadily and with increasing rapidity until the present time. In the summer of 1880 F. O. Bell built the south room of Bell's Block on Lincoln Avenue, to which he has added four elegant and com- modious brick buildings, and the fine block is completed by Kuns' Building, on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Seventh Street. In this block are six stores 100 feet deep, above which are Bell's Hall, a large number of fine offiees, and living rooms.
The central public school building was also constructed in 1880. This is a two- story brick with eight rooms and broad hall and stairways.
In 1881 the York County Bank Building, owned and occupied by the York Sav- ings Bank, was built on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Sixth Street, at a cost of $7,000. This is an elegant two-story brick with basement, and compares favorably with any building of its kind in this or any other city. In the suite adjoining this on the north is the two-story brick building with three rooms on the ground, built by A. D. Wyckoff and Bell, Lundeen and Cook. The north two-thirds of this building is owned by Baldwin and Crapser. Connected with the bank building on the east and fronting the square is Mr. Wyckoff's fine two-story brick drug store, and adjoin- ing this last year Mr. Wyckoff and Judge D. T. Moore erected the Commercial Block, which contains two large and very elegant stores on the first floor and four offices on the second. The building is 100 feet deep.
Nobes Opera Block on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Fifth Street was eon- structed in 1881. It is a fine three-story brick structure and cost $25,000. On the first floor are four good business rooms fronting the square. The second story is at present occupied by the county offices and other business offices, and the third
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story is a large opera hall, seating about nine hundred. Joining this, on the cast is Masonic Block, which was completed last summer. It is a two-story brick. 100 feet deep, and has three store rooms below. On the second floor is the best masonic hall in the state of Nebraska, with large banquet hall, kitchen and all necessary anterooms. The hall is nicely furnished and is, without doubt, one of the very finest in the West. This building is owned by C. J. Nobes and W. M. Cowell.
Union Block, another fine two-story brick, with four fine store rooms, each 100 feet deep, joins Masonie Block on the east and completes the solid brick row from Lincoln to Grant Avenne. Union Block is owned by Messers. J. Zimmerer, Moses Einsel and C. J. Nobes.
The First National Bank Building, a two-story brick on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Sixth Street, is a very handsome structure, and is finished in a very costly and substantial style. Immediately north of this is Central Block, built last season by the First National Bank. Mr. Jeffery's and Mr. Chilcote's join this building on the north. This block is a two-story brick with iron front, three large stores below and offices above, and is the handsomest structure in the city.
City Block is situated on Lincoln Avenue, fronting the public square and extending as far north as Sixth Street. It is of brick, two stories high, 100 feet long, and contains three elegant business rooms with offices and living rooms on the second floor. It was built by the York National Bank, J. C. Kingsley, R. Armstrong and E. O. Wright, and is probably one of the most costly blocks in the city.
About the center of the square on the east side, F. F. Mead has a very hand- some one-story brick, which he occupies with his real estate and loan business.
A good sized brick hotel stands on Lincoln Avenue south of Fifth Street. Mr. Blodgett, the proprietor, intends to enlarge and remodel it this season and has his plans all ready. and will commence work as soon as the season is fairly opened. It will be three stories, heated by steam, and will have all the modern improvements for safety. comfort and convenience.
There are a large number of good frame business houses, and many of them contain large stocks of goods. There are no vacant rooms that are at all suitable for business purposes, and the demand seems to exceed the supply all the time. though several large buildings are put up each year.
BLOOMER'S CONSERVATORY OF LUMBER MUSIC
York's commercial history presents to the commercial world of the country one of the most remarkable illustrations of real live-wire advertising which ante- dated by a quarter-century the peppy national advertising associations. The fol- lowing excerpts showing the farewell to York commercial life of Bloomer's "Con- servatory of Lumber Music," and the tribute paid by the York press some twenty years later, and a sample of the character of advertising which made this busi- ness famous, will tend to perpetuate the record of this enterprise.
Robert Bonner was onee asked why he took whole pages of his paper to announce that "Fanny Fern writes only for the New York Ledger;" he replied. "To make people ask questions," and said in conclusion, "If I hadn't done so you would have never asked me that question." An advertisement that arouses
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interest is the only real valuable advertisement, and no one realizes that better than the subject of this sketch. Mr. A. F. Bloomer, the York lumber man, is a man of almost inexhaustible versatility and a great traveler. He has the happy faculty of entertaining as well as selling you goods. His motto, "Live and let live," is humorously illustrated by a monkey holding a cat by the tail, who is vainly endeavoring to overhaul a tardy rodent. Mr. Bloomer's extensive lumber yards, an engraving of which we present to our readers herein, are complete in everything that the lumber trade demands, from pine from Michigan to rosewood from the equatorial regions. Speaking of Mr. Bloomer's qualifications as a busi- ness man, the Mississippi Valley Lumberman and Manufacturer, a prominent jour- nal of the trade, has remarked recently: "We wish the western world's lumber trade was all in the hands of such men as A. F. Bloomer, of York, Neb., the boss lumberman of that state. He is worth about a thousand common men in the development of a new country. Ile believes in printer's ink."-(1888).
Mr. Bloomer announces in this paper the sale of his lumber business to the C. N. Dietz Lumber Co., of Omaha, who have already taken possession. Mr. O. M. Dunn, the secretary of the company, is here and has been in charge of invoicing and has completed the transfer. Mr. Chapin, the efficient assistant for Mr. Bloomer, will be in charge. He is well and favorably known throughout the county and the company has done wisely in selecting him for manager. The C. N. Dietz Company is one of the best known and most reliable wholesale lumber firms in the state. For many years Mr. Bloomer has been the acknowledged leader in the lumber trade not only in this county but in this part of the state. He has as wide a reputation as a retail lumber dealer as any man in the country and is said to be the best man in his line in the country. Mr. Bloomer has been in the business in York for more than twenty years and his "lumber music" is a familiar refrain. The people of the county will be lonesome without it. We are glad to learn that he intends to remain in York and will busy himself with other business.
To My Friends and Patrons :
After a period of over twenty years of active business life in York, I have decided to retire from the lumber trade, and enjoy a much needed rest, and here- with announce the sale of my lumber business to the C. N. Dietz Lumber Co., of Omaha, who will be my successors here.
We all feel proud of York, and its growth from a straggling, scattering vil- lage of twenty-five years ago to its present large population, with modern business blocks and beautiful homes, and it will ever be a pleasure to think that I have been an active factor in their production. And I wish to thank you, one and all, for your influence and patronage all the past years. For it was with your assistance that the "Live and Let Live," price on building material was made a success, and your appreciation of that oft-repeated motto has been shown many times. Even to the closing hour of my business in York, Saturday, December 3d, when the large volume of business transacted was gratifying beyond my expectations.
Many times in the past I have had special advertisements about the "Boys," active members of the Lumber Music Choir. To each one I feel especially thank- ful for the faithful services rendered; and it is sincerely a hard task to end the pleasant business relations with them that have lasted so many years.
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I will make my home in York, as in the past, and next week will open an office in the Boyer Block, when I will be pleased to meet my friends and patrons of the past.
My successors, the C. N. Dietz Lumber Co., of Omaha, a Nebraska concern, which has been in business in the state twenty-five years, you will find pleasant and liberal people to deal with. Their methods of doing business for honesty and fairness have won them in other fields an enviable reputation, and I feel assured that the same policy will be carried out here.
I am also pleased to say that their force of employes will consist, in part. of the same old Lumber Music Veterans, who so long served me faithfully and well.
I especially desire to thank all the members of the newspaper fraternity through- out York County, and elsewhere. for their kind expressions of good will from the to time, as the judicious use of printer's ink is the salvation of the business man.
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