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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1913)
i inai I ' of mi i THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1913. Men and Institutions that Have Made the IT Br r. a. DAixnow. .VERT city In th country bouts of Ha business men, Its business house and those els menu which working tocether make every town a. rent bu. ntli town. Hntrvor II U t.ft to Unooln, Neb., a town which half a century ago did not even have a name to lead the west In the size of Its busi ness orffanltatlon. the Commercial club. This club, with a membership of over 1.E00, has Tioen a potent factor In the up building; of the business Interests of the city and In keeolng alive the booster spirit which seems to possess every mem ber of the organisation. Always a strons; organization. It has advanced rapidly un der the guardianship of Its prent secre tary. W. a Whltten, with the hearty co operation of a set of officers always trlvlny to boost Lincoln and bring: to It the necessary material to make It the city It Is. Center of nnatnesa Life. The Commercial club hqs recently com pleted Its new building, situated at the corner of Eleventh and P streets. This home of the club .Is said to be. with two or three exceptions, the finest commercial club building anywhere In th country. It l a four-story building, the first floor devoted to business uses, while the three upper floors nre given over to the uses of the club In lis several departments. The building cost U20.W0 and is equipped with everything needed for comfort and pleasure. Its dining room alone will ac commodate over 300 people and Is a model of beauty. Starting with the Commercial club as a foundation, and such a Commercial club as Lincoln has, It Is easy to comprehend why Lincoln has made such strides In commercial development. With Its rail roads coming Into the city from every direction. It has been able to draw from the large agricultural districts of the stato that element of trade which counts so much for substantial gain. Not to the Commercial club alone Is due the magnificent success of the bust ' ntts Interests of Lincoln. Its members Individually have 'done their part toward bringing about success. Many of them have been In business In the olty for many years, some of them away back when the city was nothing more than a country town, and In the growth of the city they have likewise grown In wealth and affluence. KnterprUtnnr nnd PaMlc-Splrlted. Take for example the large department store of Miller & Paine. Both J. F. Miller and Dr. B. L. I'alne grew up with the town, so to speak, and have seen their little store at the. corner, of Thirteenth and O streets grow to a. mnmmoth estab lishment several stories In height and covering many lots. They have been men who have not been afraid to Invest the money they have made In Lincoln In Improving the city. A few years ago they purchased the Llndell hotel, the old political headquarter, where many a senatorial fight had been fought and set tled In years gone by. It was necessary that the hotel should go Into the hands of men who would make It a modorn af- Capital City Vip 1 1 e5W.S Ibml of Capifol fair.. Miller & I'alne had little use for a hotel, but they saw the needs of the city and purchased the building. Im mediately they began the work of makr lng It a flrst-clabs hotel and over $100,000 was put Into the building, making It al most completely hew. Then they began looking for a man who could mako the hotel what It should be, a credit to Lin coln. They found him. Not only were Miller & Paine satisfied with their new manager. R. W. Johnson, bul Mr. .John son was so well pleased with Lincoln that he .purchased the hotel and Is mak ing it one of the best In tho west Grew Ui Trtth Lincoln. Rudge & Guenxel compose another firm which has started In when Lincoln was small and, stayed with It until they have a department store at tho corner of Eleventh and O, which would ba a credit to a town of four times the size of Lincoln. Mayer Bros., who recently sold their fine establishment and retired from business are among those who have hustled for Lincoln when It needed hustling for: The Hardy Bros, most of them who had never seen the light of day when their father, ex-Mayor Hardy, recently deceased, started the little furniture store fifty years ago, and, though Mr Hardy was compelled to retire from business because of age, the boys'1 have carried on the business In the same f.t.thum atvta of their father and their large establishment stands as a monument to the business ability of their pioneer parent. "Dnve" Thompson's Hise. Hon. JX B. Thompson Is another man that has been Instrumental In assisting In Lincoln's prosperity and growth. Com ing here a poor boy, he has risen step by ST. - - , ..a - - S -i . X I 'UHHRSSIISBl. 7 .1 I VbS A 'ilp College olIa.vcr- Z&:ofm2.J V.fJ Sf l' Ssr -. S 3 ' if mm mm f i step until he waa recognized by his gov ernment and sent on a post of duty as Its' representative In Mexico. But for One of those Blips which soma times come In politics, he might have repre sented his state In the United States senate; but when almost within his grasp, tike a wlll-'o-the-wlBp It flitted away, and hie ambition to servo In the United States senate has never been realized. However, he has a monument which will ever stand as a tribute to his love for his home city and his willingness to spend his wealth In building up Us business Interests. That monument Is the Lincoln hotel, one of the finest in the city and. the equal of any In the middle west When Lincoln began to outgrow lta short pants ahd hardly before It had begun to retrieve Itself from the panic of several years ago, D E. Thompson, recognizing the needs of the city, formed the Thomp son Hotel company and began the build ing and development of the magnificent hostelry which bears the name of the Lincoln hotel. Among the men who have assisted Mr, Thompson in making the Lincoln what It Is are E. B. Stevenson and C. D. Mullen, vice president ahd secretary-treasurer, respectively, and V. J. Richards, manager, and J. F, Walton, as sistant. The Improvements in this hotel have cost In the last eight years In ad ditions and other things, nearly $30,000, "nnd" Lindsay's Career In speaking of hotels and hotel men, a wrlteup of the men who have helped to put Lincoln on the map would not be complete without a mention of L. L. Lindsay, familiarly known as "Bud." Lindsay came to Lincoln front the man agement of the Tremont house In Chi cago In 1STT and took the management of the then Commercial hotel, now the Capitol. He has always been a prominent factor in politics and was known as one of the most successful political strategists of the early days of Nebraska's history. "Bud" never went into the game for himself, but played It for the pleasure of the thing, and while holding positions as delegate to national and state con ventions, he always seemed satisfied to let It go at that "Bud" has hetped to make nnd unmake men, but throughout his whole political career he was always known to be on the square and his word In politics was good as gold. Seven years ago he purchased a large building in Lincoln, entirely remodeled and built on to It at an expense of about $S3,000 and now has one of the neatest hotels In tho city known as the Savoy, Other flreat Hotels. Other men who have helped to mak Lincoln a good hotel town are Folsom & Burkett the building and loan men. X couple of years ago, when the old Royal hotel nearly went to the bad, these men went down into their pockets, and with W. Bratt an experienced hotel man who had left Lincoln some years ago and always wanted to get back, took hold of th? old hostelry and completely rebuilt It, making It modern In every way and one of the best In the city. About $75,000 was spent on the building and other Improve ments. These hotels, with the Central, the Cap itol, the Dellvan and the Windsor, the latter soon to undergo extensive improve ments under the ownership of another Lincoln man, who cast his lot with the city years ago and has made It win, Au. gust Hagenow, with smaller hotels make the city pf Lincoln well equipped to take care of the public. llerpolshelmer's f! mirth. Many years ago, when O street was considered the principal street and there was little prospects of any other street amounting to very much, there was one man with the foresight to believe that there was a future for Lincoln and that N street would develop. That man was H. Herpolshelmer, who owned a depart ment store at Eleventh and O. Mr. Her polshelmer hnd the nerve to go over to Twelfth and N and build what at that time was the largest store In Lincoln. He put In a beautiful plate glaos front and made It the talk of the surrounding coun try. Many people thought he was foolish to go off of the main street and build such a mammoth store and equip It sp beautifully. But time has shown the wis dom of Mr. Herpolshelmer's judgment, .and while other department stores are paying high rents on O street he is doing a big business In his own big store, and the crowds go to tho "Daylight Store," as he calls It Sfnnr Bltr Stores, There are other big sto'cs In Lincoln and more are being built The Armstrong Clothing company Is one of them. Mayor Armstrong has grown up with tho busi ness. His store is situated on the very busy main stroet at its very busiest point and is a model of neatness and equip ment Speler Ss Simon are another pair who cast their lot with Lincoln many years ago and have a finely equipped store at the corner of Tenth and O. Gold & CO., Frod SchmlQt & Son and many othor pioneers in the mercantile business (Continued on Page Eleven.) A royal welcome. . . to our city and fair We ask you to enjoy any comfort this store can extend to you. Being in the center of the amusement district, w sty: Make your meeting place at The women9 s shop of Lincoln Silk arid cloth drmt will be very popular this fall in Crepe de Chine, Canton Crepe, Crepe Meteor, Char meuse and Messaline. Black will be one of the leading shades, See the hit of the season. The Sun shine Dress, one f the neatest ever designed. This will be $-4 ffi95 specially priced at Dresses frm $5.00 to $100.00 Suits from $15.00 to $75.00. &33 Stores at Ottumwa, la. Waterloo, la. Lincoln, Neb. 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