Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 3, 1916, Page 16

cearn their daily bread. This is the only brewery in the state that manu- '§ factures its own malt. Its yearly pay roll amounts to $168,375. A business involving $722,325.87 is conducted. The Fremont Stock yards, in which £ 1,000,000 sheep, 100,000 hogs and 100,- 000 cattle are fed yearly on their way i§ to castern markets, is another of Fre- #§ mont's big concerns. Fifteen persons '§ are employed. 2 Johii Monnich has a garage which does a business amounting to $150,- 000. Improvement over last year is ‘estimated at 50 per cent. /ill W, Blackman is the most op- business man in Fremont. oul- per cent greater than the year before, and is surc this year will be just as good | for him, tilistic Why not? He deals in eggs and try, did a business last year 1 W. L. Golder is another who is in- clined to look on the bright side of life. He deals in automobiles and re- rorts sales of eighty-six cars since ast October. This 1s a gain of 100 per cent over last year. A. C. Jens conducts a livery, board- He has ing, sale and feed stable. twelve employes and twenty-three horses. In horses his business has iallen off during the year, but with the addition of some automobile business lie has managed to make ends meet. C. H. Green is the only florist in Fremont, He has agencies in twenty- eight Nebraska towns and does busi- ness in gthers. Sales are a third bet- ter than a year ago. William E. Hilliker's horse business “&mounts to more than $100,000 yearly, A large wholesale business is done | 8 Ly the Fremont Ice company. A. J. Forman makes cigars, with fcur emgloyes. Business is 25 per cent Letter than last year. E. M. Hill also makes cigars, under the name of the Phelps Cigar com- ny. Annual receipts amounts to 3000, There are two laundries in Fre- ‘miont, The Ideal employs seventy- live persons and the Fidelity fourteen. The Fremont C amer{ company ‘does an annual business of $500,000 in ‘butter and eggs. William Kasselbaum, another cigar aker, has been at the same stand hteen years. he Fremont Manufacturing com- y, in business ten vears, has tput of nearly $150,000 yearly. cern succeeded .the Sure [ncubator company. Refrigerators, | incubators and ice cream cabinets are ade there. The Fremont Canning company % a business of about $75000 ly. | The Western Seed and Irrigation | company, managed by William Emer- ; has al! some ielnqnu of the year y employes. Receipts amount to out $100,000 in the hides, wool reports the number employes at some seasons of the r to be thirty-five, The annual ceipts foot up about $750,000. Busi- is mere than 30 per cent better n a year ago. Wiley & Morehouse, dealing in in our city. The establishment employing the | wholesale fruits and vegetables, em- | most persons in Fremont is the Fre- | mont brewery, where sixty persons | ploy ten persons. The Nye, Schnieder & Fowler com- pany, deal in grain, lumber, coal and ogs, employs about fifty persons al-| together. This is a subsidiary plant of a concern which does a large busi- ness throughout the west. Fourteen persons are employed by the Platte Valley Cement and Tile company. The Consolidated Fuel company does a large business. Twenty persons are employed by the Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery | company. The Golden Rod Creamery com-| pany, managed by F. E. Pratt, em- ploys twenty-three persons, Last year its output included 1,000,000 rounds of butter, The Buck Machine works employs | several persons and does a $2,000 business, | Fred Herfurth of the Fremont Planing company tells of a $25,000 business annually. Trade is 30 per THE BEE: William Burtz, who repairs hicy-} cles, tells of an improvement in trade of 25 per cent. Amnual receipts amount to $6,000, The Zapp Automobile company em- ploys four persons; the Larson Auto- mobile company, eight. The Union Transfer company, em- ploying eighteen men and in business fifteen years, has gained 10 per cent over a year ago. In the grain and hay business J.| London tells of a $15,000 business yearly, | E. N. Morse, in the ice and sand | | business since 1868, reports receipts | 25 per cent better than a year ago.! Growing melons is one of the in- creasing industries in- Fremont. Many acres along the Platte river are de-| voted to that branch of agriculture, Marshall Brothers have for thirty years been conducting a lucrative bus- iness in wholesale diamonds, watches, | clocks, -musical instruments and no-‘ tions. cent better than a year ago. The Hammond & Stephens Educa- | tional publishers do a large business. | Seven salesmen are employed. | One of the old-time firms is that of F. M. Smith & Son, in the sheet| metal works business. Chris {cnsen & Sons do a carpenter and artificial stone business. Trade is | 25 per cent better than a year ago. | he Fremont Milling company, em- | ploying fifteen men and in business | fifty years, does a $500,000 trade. The Brown Seal mills, under the same management, does almost as large a| business. The Fremont Cycle company does an $8,000 business. This is fifty per cent better than a year ago. Pedersen Bros., also in the bicycle and repair business, report receipts of about $6,000, gain of 50 per cent over last year, | The Electrical Garage company re- | ports business 25 per cent better than | a year age, | ehner & Marek report improve- ment in their automobile repair bus- iness. The Fremont Repair company re- ports an annual business of $3,000, Fred DeLamatyr, dealing in coal, | tells of a 10 per cent gain over last year. The Slater Novelty company, han-| dling cigars, candy, ctc., does a $6,000 business nnnunlkv. C. S. Stoney, dealing in wall paper and paint, gives employment to six persons. Henry Kavich does a large sec- ond-hand and junk businéss, . William Tessin, upholsterer, in bus- iness eight years, tells of a trade nmountmfito $100 monthly. . R. Reckmeyer employes persons in his planing mill. Carl Heinrichs repairs automobiles and bicycles. J. J. Funk, in business eighteen {{elu, deals in feed, seed and flour, e reports a gain of 25 per cent over last year in receipts, The Nebraska Remedy company is doing a large business. The Holloway & Fowler company, dealing in hardware and paints, em- ployes ten persons, taking in $100,000 yearly and reports business 15 per cent better than a yeéar ago. four |are L. W. Rici | profitably and satisfactorily. At the New York bakery F. J. \Vis-; licen turns out about 4,000 loaves of bread a day. Half of it is shipped to | neighboring centers. Its business | tripled in five years before 1913, and has been steadily growing ever since. | F. E. Drew & Co., at the Vienna bakery, do a large business, | Among several shoe shining parlors | doing a good business is that of ] Winter & Sons. Four men are em-| ployed, The Fremont Vulcanizing company |’ has been doing business two years| with constant gains. Dudley’s music store does a large business. | Among the large real estate dcalcrs‘ the Brown Land company, Staats & Dahl and many others. | H. G. Somerg does electric work | The three photographers of the city include D, L.. Yocum, in business since | April 1, employing three persons; | Marcell's, where five persons have| been at work ten months, and J. S. Jackman, in business thirteen years, doing an annua! business of $6,000 and gaining. 2 | The plumbers of Fremont include Sink, Keil & Co., where two persons are employed, and Wollen & Burns, who employ eight persons. Probably the newest industry is the manufacture of the roof jack. W. H. Ellis is manager. This business is conducted under the name of the O.|on K. Rough Flange company. Since the plant was started in January there has been a trade of nearly $700|in monthly. Since February there has been a 50 per cent gain. O. A. Peterson has a granite cutting establishment on Main street. Re- ceipts for a year are nearly $40,000. Business is 25 per cent better than a year ago. y The Fremont Pure Butter company | Pr is doing a large business, M OMAHA, JOHN One of the city’s landmarks and best informed persons is John Hau- ser, who sells papers and magazines Main street. John Petrow, who conducts the Candy Kitchen, has eleven persons his employ. H. P. Ludvigsen will mend your oes while you wait. John V. Sullivan conducts an ice cream and candy establishment on ain street. S. F. Weidner conducts a feed and oduce business. Stevens & Whitaker sell grain, feed | A. C. Christiansen, horse shoer, and | and potatoes. J. C. Weiser, blacksmith in neighbor- ing shops, would be missed from Fre- mont circles, even though the use of horses has in recent years in some places materially decreased. John A. Cheney, dealer in coal and lumber, gives employment to seven persons. ies’ FrREmMONT, NEB. . We have for your INSPECTION our ADVANCE SHOWING OF FALL SUITS AND COATS, DRESSES, SKIRTS AND WAISTS. The styles are pretty. Make our store your headquarters while “FREMONT’S LEADING READY. TO.-WEAR STORE” 525-527 North Main Street AT B i e = - wi 5 e St. 50! Sore | trade better than last The H. J. Troter company, with three employes, does an electric light wiring business. George C. Camper, who tells of 25 per cent more trade than a year ago, conducts a wallpaper and paint busi- ness, with tweaty employes, include the " A Model, where eight persons are at (T e e I\L“[work, established nine years ago; Ha- plant for growing vegetables under £ | ven & Gannon, who employ four per- | | sons and do some tailorin, i, J. Bodell, in business Cleaners and dyers th three employes. per cent. Besides the Terry hotel there are smaller hotels or rooming ouses, including the Baltimore, the the Davenport, the Wind- veral SIRE T an thers, The Lindstrom Inn, on Military THURSDAY, AUGUST s, SQNLN MENS' SIORE T IPEELS fo He year by about 1916. ‘v DEP SIMPNF STOER avenue, has thirteen rooms and is much visited by tourists. At the time of the tractor show last year 150 per- sons found its tables inviting at one meal. Miss Emma Meserve is man- ager. H. M. Allen conducts a bakery with nine employes. Ice cream is also kept for sale here. The L. P. Larson company, whole- | sale liquor dealers, has a large and imposing establishment. Only one other concern of the kind exceeds in importance the Rogers’ Tent and Awning company. The Mutual Oil company and the National Oil company operate sta- tions to supply automobiles with gasoline at standard rates. The Metzinger Optical company. does a considerable business. The Parlor Furniture and Mattress company, jobbers in furniture and manufacturing upholstery goods and mattresses, is an important concérn. Andreasen brothers have a large glass, Three nursery firms doing busi- ness are the B. E. Fields & Son, G. L. Welch & Co. and the Yager Nursery company. p The Fremont Fence works makes a specialty of manufacturing and mar- keting portable corn cribs. Melick & Wahlford, who handle lumber, employ six men and are pros- pering. also, and ur. years, reports HIDES TANNED and Made Up into LAPROBES and OVERCOATS All Work Absolutely Guaranteed BEFTEESEEEEREEEES “QUINN’S The Store of : g ¥, W = QUINN’S® FREMONT, NEB. 4 ~come. Quality” Offers Visitors to the * Tractor Show all kinds of invitations to make this / [ ] House of Merchandise 3 your headquarters We have all the conveniences. Then while here if you are inter- ested in buying, this is the place to We invite you. =78 " Ay Y A (% W RY GOODS HOUSE 43 i THAD. H. QUINN. - ; w \; - a v W P