THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 10, 1917.
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The First National Bank
Grand Island, Nebraska
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the eldest and largest national bank In Hall
county. Resources over $2,600,000. We have
special facilities for handling Grand Island col
lections and maintain a special street collector
for presentation in person when possible to do
so. We solicit your Grand Island business.
Thirty years of honest
merchandising has made
this store one of the fore
most clothing establish
ments in the state
We specialize in Hart Schaff
ner & Marx Clothing for men
and young men,. Manhattan
Shirts, Stetson Hats, Holeproof
Hosiery, Munsing Underwear,
Packard Shoes for men, K. &
E. Shirts and Blaoises for boys.
W00LSTENH0LM
& STERNE
GRAND ISLAND, NEB.
Grand Island Fine City for Touring
Motorists to Stop Over for a Visit
Motorists making the trip from
Omaha to the Colorado Rockies will
be interested in knowing the (acts !
about Grand Island, one of the best.
cities in Nebraska.
Grand Island is the county seat of
Hall county, Nebraska. Hall county
has a population of approximately
14,000 and lies near the geographical
center of the North American conti
nent and is typical of western com
mercial and industrial life. Grand
Island is one of the most lively and
prosperous cities of its size in the
United Statea. It has the best pub
lic buildings and the most commo
dious and pretty residences of any
city of double its population.
Almost all lines of industry are
represented with substantial and
prosperous plants. The city is located
on the coast-to-eoast route of the
Union Pacific and on the transconti
nental route of the Burlington, be
sides being the terminal of the St
Toseph & Grand Island and several
branches of the Union Pacific, and on
the Lincoln Highway.
Grand -Island is enthusiastic over
the new "North American" hotel,
which is now under course of con
struction. The structure will be ten
stories high and strictly fireproof. It
will have all the class and distinction
known to modern hotel building and
will be the equal of any hotel, in
Omaha or Lincoln. The approxi
mate cost of this hotel will be $300,
000. Every convenience will be ar
ranged for guests, such as private tel
ephones in all rooms, private baths,
and the furnishings will rival the best
metropolitan hotels. There will be a
ball room, private dining rooms, ele
gant lounging rooms and the restau
rant and main dining room will be as
fine at anything in the state.
Industries) Are Large.
The oldest established beet sugar
factory in the United States is lo
cated here. Some of the other indus
tries are a large creamery and cold
storage plant;, two butter, egg and
live poultry establishments; canning
factory; two artificial and three
natural ice plants; wire fence factory;
windmill factory; several bottling
works; large roller mill and several
grain elevators; eight cement block
factories; two wholesale grocery
houses and one wholesale fruit house;
two wholesale bakeries; wholesale
lumber and coal;' six cigar factories;
Grand Island
County seat of Hall county .
Population, 12,500.
Largest industry is railway shops.
Home of American-Beet Sugar company.
Has a large creamery.
One of the largest horse markets in the state, handling
25,600 horses annually and having the largest horse and
mule sale stables in the state.
Has a canning factory, two butter, egg and live poultry
plants, two artificial and three natural ice plants, wire fence
factory and windmill factory, eight cement block manufac
turing establishments, flour and feed mills, two wholesale
grocery establishments, a tannery, three wholesale hide com
panies and a mattress factory.
Owns its electric light and water plants.
Has seventeen churched.
three wholesale hide and fur houses;
mattress factory: corrugated culvert
works; municipal water works; two
electric light plants; private gas plant;
union stock yards handling one and a
quarter million head of stock an
nually; largest horse and mule stables
west of St Louis, handling 25,000 to
30,000 head annually; State Soldiers
and Sailors Home, 500 hundred in
mates, including men and women ex
clusive of officers and employes; busi
ness college, 900 students annually;
State Baptist college, 300 students
annually; Conservatory of Music, 200
students annually; Liquor Cure insti
tute and hospital; county court house,
cost $130,000; high school buildings,
costing $90,000; three grade school
buildings, cost $30,000 each; two
grade school buildings, cost $20,000
each; Carnegie library, cost $21,000;
city hall, cost $30,000; Liederkranzi
society building, cost $75,000; Elks'
building, cost $30,000; state head
quarters, Ancient Order of United
Workmen; several fine resorts for
summer outings in immediate vicinity
and within easy reach by motorists
passing through Grand Island.
Nearly all fraternal organizations
are represented and active at Grand
Island and the people are the finest in
the world, showing that true western
hospitality. They are congenial, happy
and prosperous, such as to make the
community the best to live in.
Grand Island has a large Commer
cial club which co-operates with the
prevalent "boosting" spirit of the peo
ple and this organization will be glad
to furnish visitors with any informa
tion desired about the community.
Every motorist passing along the
Lincoln Highway should so arrange
their journey that they can stop for
a while in Grand Island. The city is
worth knowing more about and if you
will call on W. L. Mason, secretary
of the Commercial club, he will do
everything'possible to make your vis
it pleasant. There are plenty of ga
rages, automobile repair shops and
supply stations in Grand Island to
furnish everything needed by the mo
torist. Excellent hotels cater to the
travelers every comfort and a royal
welcome awaits the stranger within
the gates. If you are there on Sunday
the church of your favorite denomina
tion will be pleased to have you at
tendif you are there in the week ex
cellent picture shows will provide an
evening of entertainment and if your
lodge meets the night you are there
the members will extend and invita
tion tn vou to attend. Don't overlook
Grand Island on your trip to the-
Colorado Kockies over me i-incom
Highway.
THE BOOK SHOP
TUCKER BROS Props.
BOOKS NEWS STATIONERY MUSIC
111 South Locust Stmt, Grand Island, Nebraska,
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S. N. Wolbach & Sons
Grand Island Neb.
The Big Department
Store of Grand Island I
featuring only the highest quality mer
chandise at reasonable prices.
it:
Headquarters for tourists9 supplies
of all kinds.
Grand IiUatl' Naw
"Nartb Amaricaa"
Hotal to Ba Truly
Metropolitan la
Character
Tha "North ABMrieta"
Hotol which It now bnff
roc tod tn this elty It to b
absolutely fireproof th
truoturai material, being
teel. eoncrete. briok and
terra eotta.
ThU etraetare tn He er
' rangemento will embody
the verr latest Meat tn
modern hotel building and
operation.
All modern feature,
tnen at telephone, in aa.tt
room., bet and eold running
water and private hatha,
to ete., are Included and
lta farni.hiufr. and ap
polntmente will give II a
real metropolitan air.
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SOCIAL FEATURES
OF THIS HOTEL
BUILDING
' The loelal featurea to
be enjoyed at Grand
Island's new hotel are to
be on the second floor
where there will be rooms,
which, for their beauty and
appointments, will compare
favorably with the best
hotels in the land.
On this floor will be a
beautiful ball room, the tea
room, private dining rooms,
and a most handsomely ap
pointed lounging room.
The restaurant and mala
dining room will be as fine
a. any In the country, from
the viewpoint of equipment,
eulsine and service.
ArcHltacU Drawing of 10-Story Hotel Building
Now Under Construction at Grand Islands Neb.
BANKERS REALTY INVESTMENT COMPANY,
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.
The "NORTH AMERICAN" Hotel at
Grand Island, which will be completed
about January 1, 1918, will be one of the
memorably pleasant features of a trip via
the Lincoln Highway
GRAND ISLAND
Located 155 miles west of Omaha on the Lincoln Highway,
is a city where every auto tourist who is interested in the progress
and growth of the Middle West will want to pause and go into ,
things for this city is one of the most steadily advancing in
Nebraska in the direction of commercial and industrial import
anceand among the pleasant features connected with such a
, pause in our city will soon be one of the finest hotels in the state,
' where even the most fastidious person may expect to have his
every wish gratified in a most pleasing and hospitable manner.
This building, which is now under construction and which will
be completed and in operation about January 1st, next, is one of a
chain of modern hotels which this company is establishing at the
present time in the Middle West
North American Hotel Company
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GENERAL OFFICES.
Ground Floor, Bee Building.
Omaha, Nebraska
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DISTRIBUTORS
HUDSON SUPER-SIXES, CHALMERS
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Telephone 1072. 1 GRAND ISLAND, NEB.
For Real Banking Service see the
Nebraska State Bank
Betide Securing th Depositors' Guarantee Fund of the State.
NEBRASKA STATE BANK
A. E. CADY, Sr., President.
A. . CADY, Jr., Vice President.
A. J. GUNDEL, Cashier.
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The Brown Fruit Company j
Wholesale Fruits and Vegetables
Bananas Our Specialty
Grand Island
Nebraska
EVERY Motorist who js annoyed with tire trouble should be pleased
to know that we are equipped with machinery and expert mechan
ics to render efficient service on tire repairs. Our work is high-grade
in every respect and every Job is absolutely guaranteed.
U. S. TIRES AND TUBES (All Suet, Treads and Types.)
Grand Island Tire and Rubber Company
C P. Wood, Proprietor. Phone 940. 115 West Second Si,
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I MURPHY-O'BRIEN AUTO CO.,
1814-18 FaraaiB Street
Omaha, Nebi
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Blue Ribbon Coffee
The morning
drink that has
made Grand
Island famous.
One, Two
and Three
pound cans 35c
per pound, 3
pound cans $1
"Roasted fresh
every day"
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NEBRASKA MERCANTILE COMPANY
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. St Paul
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