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Belleville, Illinois, . Published by James Allan Reid.
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SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
1910
COI'VkUUIT. 1910. HV J. A. KKII). HKLLKViLLK, ILLIN'OIS. ALT, KICHTS K KSICK VK1
FRED. J. KERN,
MAYOR.
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Top Line--). P. Sriehl, Heironimu. Mauterer, Jame, Taylor. Conrad Schildroth, Henry Adler.
Centre Line-Fred. A. Hartnagel. Joseph L. Herrmann. Loui. G. Wetelau. Fred. Winter,
r Line- Walter Neibit. William S. Campbell. Christ. Knebelkamp. Philip Geminn. Thomas Fi.
THE GENERAL OFFICERS.
L. L. Harper. City Engineer. Frank R. Di^es, Fire Chief. William H. Snyder. City Attorney. August H. Bauer. Corporati,
a, G. H. Bdneke. City Clerk. John V. Br.uch. Superintendent of Streets, William Nebgen. Chief of Police.
This a One of the Fi,
ST. CLA1R COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
South Side of The Public Square.
Court Houses in the State. The Front Was Built About I860, an Addition Made in 1891
ery Large Addition in 1910. It is Headquarters For All the County Officers.
The Circuit Court, the County Court and the Probate Court Each Have Fine Rooms Within Its Walls.
THE CITY HALL, BELLEVILLE.
South Illinois Street.
The Mayor, the City Clerk, the Treasurer
The Board ol Aldermen H
, the Chief ol Police, and the City Engineer Have Offices i
This Buildins.
Fine Chamber Here For Their Meetinss.
HE dream of the visionary of the past, the
battle-cry of the progressive enthusiast of
yesterday, the realization even of the con-
servative of today, this is the theme of our
story.
A wonderful theme indeed. Prosaic it may seem to the
idealist delving in the musty past, and whose imagination
clothes with the imagery of fancy the deeds of men gone
by.
But the heroic is found today. The achievement of
mind over matter, the bursting asunder of bonds of con-
servative prejudice, the awakening of a people to the
demands of progress, the onward march of a conquering
municipality, even though all be tinged with the com-
mercialism of our day, is as worthy of record as any deeds
heroic of the days of long ago.
Belleville of the Forties and Belleville of today would form the basis of an in-
teresting comparison. To Charles Dickens Belleville of the Forties presented a
" small collection of wooden houses, huddled together in the very heart of bush
and swamp, its main street a forest path nearly knee deep in mud and slime."
Greater Belleville, could the spirit of the departed English chronicler again re-
visit the scenes of his " American Notes," would be found to be a thriving metrop-
olis of thirty thousand souls, of solid structures, paved streets, pulsating with the
energies of the very highest of American progress and endeavors.
What a commentary on the fallibility of human judgment, especially when
GEORGE B. ROGERS,
President
BELLEVILLE
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
A GLIMPSE OF THE WORKS OF THE AMERICAN BOTTLING COMPANY.
This is One of The Most Important Industries of The City of Belleville, Employinn Over One Thousand Men and Boys.
Its Smoke-Stacks and Chimneys Are Very Noticeable Objects of Interest to The Visitor Just Entering
The Populous Sections of The City Over The Suburban Tracks.
EAST MAIN STREET FROM THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
ThU Section of One of The Principal Husinrss Thoroughfare, of The City i. Headquarter, for Many of The Leading
Department Store.. The Belleville Savings Bank.
The Jeweler.. Clothier.. Grocer,. Real Ea.te Dealer.. Druggist.. Milliner.. &c.
untrammeled by the prejudices begotten of centuries of Old World conservatism.
The Great American Bottom, with its alluvial deposits vicing in richness with that
of the Nile, to Dickens was but " an ill-favored black hollow," " an unbroken
slough of mud and water " with " a deadly atmosphere " that rendered habitation
well nigh impossible, while the great prairies that environed the western village
were but the same "desolate kind of waste."
For it was this very "slough of mud and water," and more especially the small
" desolate kind of waste " that made it possible for the pioneer spirits to lay the
foundation for an evolution of this " small collection of wooden houses huddled
I
3*1
together in the very heart of brush
and sage " into the Greater Belleville
of today.
Our theme is not the yesterday,
but the today. Yet today's triumphs
are but the fruitage of yesterday's
sacrifices. Would we find the "why"
of the " what " of today we must
search for it in the yesterday. What
to the novelist were scenes of discour-
agement and depression, to the far-
seeing pioneer opened as vistas of
brightest promise. Disguised in the
" swamp and brush " Ceres had hid-
den riches untold, the development
of which at-
tracted to
early Belle-
ville the
choicest
spirits from
far and near
And it was
to these the
triumphs of
the Greater
Belleville of
today are
trac e a ( b 1 e.
Environ-
ment may be the potter moulding
and fashioning the plastic material
of mankind, but the value of the
finished product depends upon the
character of the material. America
is great today not simply because of
its wonderful natural advantages, but
rather because of its men. And these
are great because upon the parent
stem of Plymouth Rock the choicest
twigs of different mould and vintage
have been grafted; and in the blood
of the progressive American flows
commingled the very choicest streams
of blood of all the nations of the
earth.
PAGE EIGHT
GEORGE H. BUSIEK.
Superintendent of Schools.
The Public School System of Belleville Ra
With The Highest In The Stale.
EAST MAIN STREET, LOOKING TOWARDS THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
The Main Avenues of The Gly of Belleville Were Mostly Laid Out on a Liberal Basis, and The Main Street. Running East and
West, is a Broad. Well-Paved Thoroughfare Centreing at The Public Square.
This is especially true of Belleville, and the success of Greater Belleville is but
the fruitage of the commingling of the choicest fruitage of our own land, Sturdy
New Eng-
land with
Cavalier
Virgini an,
as well a s
those of
France and
Germ any.
Here found
they the
Land of
Promise,
the Mecca
of their fon-
dest hopes
and antici
pat ions.
What to the
eyes of the
possessions :
HOME.
attest to the healthfulness of the
great Eng-
1 i s h m a n
was hidden
to them was
rev e a 1 e d ,
the wonder-
ful riches of
the future
region
of which
Belleville
was the
centre. En-
tering upon
the land of
promise
they found
the richest
of human
And today, after long stretches of years, many still live to
THE NEW RAAB SCHOOL BUILDING.
A Fine. Modern Structure. Located on One of The Moil Delightful. Elevated Spots in The
West End Section of The City of Belleville, at Union Avenue
deadly atmosphere " of Dickens, and to the
EAST MAIN STREET, LOOKING WEST TOWARDS "THE SQUARE."
"Romeiser's," " Feuss-FischerV "Horn's," " SaengerV "KrebV " Puderer's," " Knapp Bros. V' and Many of The Leading
RetaUers and Business People Are Located Along This Section of The Street.
economic value of the " ill-favored sloughs " and " desolate kinds of waste."
And there were " giants in those days." Along side of the hardy pioneer blaz-
ing his way through the trackless prairies we find the cultured products of Euro-
pean universities. As a
result Belleville from its
earliest days was noted
for its educational and
cultural advantages. For
these men recognized that
"man c a nnot live by
bread alone," and whilst
delving and toiling found
time for the development
of the higher amenities
of life, leaving to their
descendants an inherent
love for culture and for
music that at times
seemed to impede the on-
ward march toward great-
ness, but which in reality
has made it possible for
Greater Belleville to be-
THE BELL TELEPHONE BUILDING, NORTH ILLINOIS STREET.
Belleville Demands The Best Service In Every Department Of Human Endeavor and Intends '
Have The Best. The Spirit Of Progress Is Evident In All Lines.
THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
SOUTH ILLINOIS STREET.
ion Room;. Beside The Assembly Hall and
come greater economically without the loss
of the love for the higher things that alone
make a people truly great.
Long before the little red school house
dotted the
land Belleville
provided f o r
the education
of its youth.
And with the
earliest pion-
eer was the
schoolmaster
of that day.
But with the
advent of the
German ele-
ment c ame
the real foun-
dation of the
ADAM KARR, Splendid edu-
Former President of The Belleville Commercial Club. Catioll faC i 1 j-
BRIDGE OVER THE R1CHLAND CREEK.
t Granitoid Structures of the Kind Buill in the
United States.
ties of today. For the real elemental
sources of strength in the educational life
of today were found in Belleville from the
very earliest times. Steadily has the school
life been builded upon these foundations
deep and strong. The truths taught by
Froebel and the great educational leaders
were incorporated in the public school sys-
tem by the Bunsens and Raabs years before
the general educational world realized their
scientific value. Avoiding frills and foibles,
with the steadiness naturally to be expected
from the Teutonic strain so prominent in
Belleville's life, the public school system has
grown, affording at all times to every child
the opportunity of an education in the es-
sentials that make life and character. School
NEW BRIDGE AT CENTREVIL1.E AVENUE.
Approach to this Recently
Thoroughfare.
NORTH ILLINOIS STREET FROM THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
Another of the Main Arteries. The First National Bank Building, on the Left. I. An-Up-To-Date Modem Edifice.
Club Occupies the Upper Floor as its Quarters.
houses built for comfort and use have been provided as the needs grew.
Greater Belleville today has ten commodious public schoolhouses, a very fine struc-
ture having been erected within the last two years, and plans being under way for
others. A corps of seventy-
five teachers is employed,
the schools running for ten
months each year. The en-
rollment runs over three
thousand.
All this pertains to public-
schools alone. In addition
to these the Catholics main-
tain their parochial schools
and the Luthera n s one,
these providing for over fif-
JOSEPH FUESS.
Late President First National Bank.
As might naturally be ex-
pected Belleville is and al
ways has been a musical cen-
tre, with flourishing societies
cultivating both vocal and
instrumental music. Of the
latter the Philharmonic So-
ciety, an orchestral organi-
zation, occupies a high rank
amongst these organizations
of our land. It ante-dates
most of these, having lately
rendered its two hundred
teen hundred more.
and third concert. Amongst the vocal organizations are the Liederkran/, Kroan-
thal-Liedertaffel, Choral Symphony, and the West Belleville Harmonic. The
indebted not only for
much of its musical life,
but for years to the main-
tenance of the higher lit-
erary culture. For years
it kept up a Library
which became the nu-
cleus for THE BELLEVILLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY, an insti-
tution of which the city
may well be proud.
Housed in a commodious
JACKSON STREET FIRE STATION.
The Rre Department of Belleville U Modern in Every Respect. ThU Station Has a Permanent Force
of Fiie Fighters and is Equipped with an Engine. Hose Reel and Udder Truck. Drills Take
Place Daily at the Noon Hour and at Seven O'Clock in the Evening.
are products of the recent Greater Belleville years,
while the former are direct descendants of organiza-
tions that kept alive the Germanic spirit of song from
the earliest days of the settlement. Chief of these was
The Saengerbund, an organization to which the city is
GOLD STREET FIRE STATION.
This West End Station is Similarly Equipped to the Jackson Street Station. The Men Are
Employed Permanently and Devote All Their Service to the Gty.
THE MONUMENT AT WALNUT HILL
TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE
FIRE CHIEF FRED. B. PHILLIPS.
structure, erected by the
citizens of Belleville long
before the Carnagie libra-
ries dotted the country,
this library ranks
high amongst the libra-
ries of the country, serv-
ing not only as a fitting
monument to those who,
midst the pressing duties
of early pioneer life kept
alive the germs of intel-
lectual culture, but in its
ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL, BELLEVILLE.
With Residence of Bishop Janssen on the Lett.
This Magnificent Structure Has For Years Been the Centre of Catholic Interest, Not Only For Belleville, But
For the Whole of
present state a living testimonial to the fact that Greater Belleville of today is a
worthy descendant of the intellectual spirit of the fathers. On its shelves is
found a well selected, popular Library of more than 25,000 volumes ; not pop-
ular in the sense of modern popularity, the rush for the ephemeral foam that
floats on the crest of true literary waves, but popular inasmuch as it supplies all
classes with the very best of modern as well as ancient literature, the Library
having helped much to develop a taste for the eternals. With the development
of the intellectual and cultural Belleville has not overlooked the religious.
HGE FIFTEEf
PAGE SIXTEEN
To the casual observei% accustomed to consider the religious as synonymous with
the emotions, and to look for its fruitage only in certain customs indigenous to
American soil, the religious development may seem to have lingered in compari-
son with the culture
progress already refer-
redto. But, upon
deeper study, under-
neath the calm, philo-
sophical surface there
will be found the sub-
stratum of a true re-
ligious heart culture
emphasizing the " do-
i 11 g the work of the
Father." Belleville is
known for its benevo-
lence. In no city is
the brotherhood of
man more truly exem-
plified. The needs of
Rt. Rev. JOHN JANSSEN.
Bishop of the Belleville Dlocew.
other communities in
calamity here have al-
ways touched a respon-
sivechord, and her
treasures were poured
forth with a lavish
hand to sue cor the
needy in the hour of
disaster.
The seat of the Belle-
ville Diocese, Catholo-
cism flourishes with a
host of adherents. Its
stately Cathedral and
other churches furnish
homes for thousands of
its members, whilst its
orphanages and hospitals minister to the afflicted in the name of Him whose cross
they adore. Protestanism in all of its various denominations is also strongly rep-
resented, and has made its impress felt on the city since its earliest inception.
The earliest
Protestant
churches of the
West were
planted in its
n e i g hborhood,
and the leaders
have ever been
forward in t h e
religious life of
the city and
State.
The public-
press of a city is
a barometer of
i t s intellectual,
civic, comm e r - Louis and the mighty met-
cial, and social r op o lit an presses hourly
life. Belleville pour their editions into its
lies within a few borders. But notwithstand-
miles of S a int ing this, the public press of
this'thriving city nourishes and reveals, as no one other thing, the remarkable vi-
tality, progress, and energy, civic, industrial, commercially, and socially of the
PAGE EIGHTEEN
REV. FATHER GOUGH.
St. Luke's Church.
REV. FATHER SCHLARMANN.
St. Peter'. Cathedral.
BELLEVILLE SAVINGS BANK. BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS. $500,000.
Prnidtni, L. D. TURNER. Vi-Prod,t, PETER J. KAERCHER.
DIRECTORS :
n. P. J. Kaerchw. A. F. Miller. LouU Opp. A
Richard W.n<Jin. Jam A. Willoughby.
Edward Abend. B. Hart.
Cashier. RICHARD WANGELIN.
Smiky. L. D. Tum,
PAGE TWENTY
PAGE TWE
HOME OF THE BELLEVILLE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
PUBLIC SQUARE.
CAPITAL. $150.000.00.
ED. M. IRW1N. President. NIC WULLER. Cashier. THOMAS MAY, AMst.nl Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
Jos. Flach. C. A. Monk. Adam Karr. Wm. Eclchardt, Jr., Theodore Karr. Peter Haupl. Ed. M. Irwin, Fred. Enelke.
Aus. Barthel, Jos. B. Reis, Jacob Becherer, Nic Wuller, Philip Knapp. Ch... Spoennemann.
TY-ONE
A MILLER AT HIS ROLL STAND.
A Characteristic Interior View in the Rauch Mill. South Illinois Street
Packina "Security" Flour
EPWORTH M. E. CHURCH,
Dewey Station.
REV. O. F. PESSELL,
St. Paul's Free Protestant Church.
CHRIST CHURCH.
North West Street, Between Main and A.
municip ality .
Five daily papers,
three English and
two German, flour-
ish in the city, and
in the great evolu-
tion we are chron-
ic 1 i ng herein,
they have stood
shoulder to shoul-
der, inciting and
encouraging the
onward move-
ments ; and to
their efforts the
success attained is
largely due.
Belleville was
always known as a
City of Homes.
Its residences, solid
and substantial, in
years pa s t , h o w -
ever, appealed but
little to the outside
observer. In no
respect has the city
changed more, per-
haps, than in this,
and the stranger
within its gates to-
day is most forci-
bly impressed with
the residential dis-
tricts and the
many b e a utiful
homes scattered
t h r o u g hout the
city. For, with
true democracy,
this City of Homes
boasts of no one
section where
wealth has gath-
ered its palatial
GERMAN METHODIST CHURCH,
South Jackson Street.
REV. MR. SCHNATHORST.
Christ Church.
PAGE TWENTY-FOUR
THE SWINGS-RECREATION GROUNDS,
NEAR THE CITY HALL.
residences. But, turn where you may, and you will find these homes, for the man
has loved to linger and rebuild where as a child he dwelt at home. But richer far
than these modern edifices, however beautiful architecturally they may be, is the
old-fashioned home spirit of the city. For the German family spirit yet reigns
supreme. And this farming commu n i t y
is not iceable in the
business and social life
as in the family, and
has developed the fra-
ternal spirit and or-
ganizations for which
the city is so noted.
While in its earlier
days the city was
chiefly known as an
organization centre,
in which it is now su-
preme, the opening
up of the rich deposits
of coal undern e a t h ,
around and about the
city gave it a pre-emi-
nent pi ace amongst
the industrial centres
of the West.
As the nucleus of a
MONUMENT
TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Erected by The Women's Relief Corp. of Belleville.
the manufacturing en-
terprises at first nat-
urally centered in the
p r o d u c tion of farm
implements, the pres-
ent Harrison Machine
Works, with a contin-
uous history of over
one-half a century,
being am ongst the
pioneers.
But with the in-
creasing development
of the coal fields and
the attendant railroad
facilities, came a re-
newed imp etus to
manufacturing. The
city soon gained recog-
nition as a field espec-
ially adapted to suc-
cessful manufacturing of all kinds. Its reputation based upon facts has steadily
grown, and to-day we find all branches flourishing.
For Belleville is very fortunately situated so faras railroad facilities are con-
PAGE TWENTY-SIX
WEST MAIN STREET AT WEST END SQUARE. LOOKING EAST.
Wat Belleville is Keepinn Pace With All Other Sections of the City. It U Growing Rapidly and Claims its Share of All the Honors.
THE NATIONAL HOTEL, Arthur Lciner, Proprietor,
Public Square, Belleville.
earned. Three great trunk lines, the Southern, Illinois Central, and the Louisville
and Nashville furnish unto Belleville an outlet to the outer world. These are
interlinked by a belt line built by the business men of Belleville and donated to
the rail- ^^_^^ | _^^^^ BM1 ^ B ^^ ^^^^^^^^ B I^M switching
roads under
such condi-
tions and
restrictions
that today
every indus-
try on any
of these
lines has
the advan-
tage of ship-
p i n g b oth
in and out
over any of
the other
lines with-
o u t the
THE LYRIC THEATRE.
F. A. Hallam, Proprietor.
charges. A
f e w m i 1 es
away at the
banks of
the Missis-
sippi all the
great trunk
lines of the
country
converge,
and the city
enjoys this
basal rate
to all points
of the couii-
try . An
electric line
with frequent communication unites Belleville with the great metropolis of St.
Louis, which is but a few miles away ; and with many of the surrounding towns.
Add to these favorable transportation facilities, the natural advantages, espec-
ially in the line of an abundant and cheap fuel supply, together with the char-
acter of the labor (not the refuse of European dregs, but of the highest class intel-
lectually) ; and the se-
cret of the phenomenal
manufacturing success of
the city is easily under-
stood.
In this respect Belle-
ville stands pre-eminent
not only in the character
of its industry but in the
uniformity of the success
achieved by those en-
gaged in manufacturing
in this thriving centre.
We have already al-
luded to the farm imple-
ment industry of the city.
ARTHUR E. KREBS.
In addition to this there
are nail mills, brick
yards, breweries, shoe fac-
tories, clothing factories,
hosiery mills, glass works,
and iron industries of all
kinds, the stove and range
works being in an especial-
ly flourihsing condition.
These give employment
to laborers, skilled and
u n s k i 1 led of all kinds,
numbering over 5,000,
with pay rolls aggregat-
ing $100,000 per week,and
coal mines as much more.
In speaking of its industrial life, we must not, however, forget to call attention
to this coal mining industry, which forms such a prominent part in the fostering
and sustaining of the manufacturing and commercial life of the city, for great as
PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT
THE PENN BLOCK.
Public Square and East Main Street.
is the manufacturing life, the coal industry yields nothing to it in supremacy.
Turn in whatever direction we may, we find the rich fields of bituminous coal,
from the earliest days these furnishing a support to a large number of citizens ; but
with the increase of manufacturing not only in Belleville but in the great cities
that border the mighty Mississippi, on its either side, all in close proximity to
Belleville, coal mining has expanded into an industry giving steady, remunerative
employment to over five thousand men, and representing a capital investment
i*unning into the millions.
PAGE TWENTY-NINE
A GUMPSE OF THE COUNTY JAIL,
With the Chain Ganx in View.
RESIDENCE OF P. FELLNER.
President of The Fellner-Ratheim D. G. Co
1 and 2 Windra PU.
PAGE THIRTY
RESIDENCE OF ADAM KARR.
RESIDENCE OF NIC WULLER.
South Hieh Street.
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM J. GLAUS,
South Jackson Street.
PAGE THIRTY-FOUR
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE B. ROGERS, President c
Pennsylvania Avenue.
The Belleville Commercial Club.
It is, therefore, not to be wondered at that the mercantile and commercial life
of Belleville is an especially successful one. Built upon conservative foundations
Belleville business life has been steadily progressing. Panics have come and panics
have gone, leaving in their wake the wreckage of business failures all over the
country, but it is the proud boast of Belleville that during all of these years not
RESIDENCE OF VICTOR GAUSS.
North High Street.
PAGE THIRTY-SIX
RESIDENCE OF F. W. PUDERER.
Abend Avenue.
RESIDENCE AND OFFICE OF GEORGE P. DHL, CONTRACTOR. 204 PORTLAND AVENUE.
Contractor for the Brick and Stone Wort on the:e Modern Building, in Belleville : George C. Rebhan. Barthel HUB. Fred. Teufel. Ben. Yock.
MIJ. John Rodenmeyei, Walter Woods. Albert Sprich. Si. Paul'. Church, Belleville House.
PAGE FORTY
RESIDENCE OF ALDERMAN FRED. A. HARTNAGEL,
Virgini. Avcnuc-0.kl.nd Addition.
RESIDENCE OF ALDERMAN WILLIAM S. CAMPBELL,
Rock Ro.d.
PAGE FORTY-TWO
RESIDENCE OF ALBERT SPRICH.
509 East B Street.
one serious business failure among its mercantile institutions has ever occurred.
The business houses of Belleville rank high in the commercial life of the country,
and will bear comparison
with their more pretentious
competitors of the nearby
metropolis. Perhaps no
higher tribute could be paid
to them than the fact that
although the electrical com-
munication has placed St.
Louis at the very doors of
the citizens of Belleville and
of those of its contributory
territory, the local business
men have not suffered by
PAGE FORTY-THREE
GEO. W. DETHERDING,
Formerly Trea.urer of the Belleville
Commercial Club.
the competition, but instead
have steadily grown.
Perhaps the best barome-
ter of the financial condition
of a city, its business and
its people, is its financial
institutions. The city has
three banks, rock-ribbed
Gibraltars. Two of these
have stood for many years
and never quivered under
any financial storm o r
stress. The third is of more
recent origin, but built
upon the same solid
foundation that char-
acterizes the older in-
stitution s. A brief
sum mary of their fi-
nancial condition will
substantiate the state-
ment made concerning
them, and will more
eloquently than words,
bear living testimony
to the wonderful com-
mercial and financial
stability of the city and
its enterprising citizens.
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE D. TUFTS.
Teacher and Composer of Music, Wabash Avenu
RESIDENCE OF JOHN BUX,
North Richland Street.
These banks have a capital of $550,000,
with surplus and undivided profits of over
$350,000 more. The deposits amount to
over $4,000,000, of which almost $2,500,000
are time deposits, representing the thrift of
the careful people of the city.
Having thus in passing sketched a few
salient features of the city of the past and
taken a few glimpses of
its present development,
its intellectual, social,
religious and economic
life, let us now turn to a
brief view of the civic
movement and the fruits
thereof that have truly
entitled Belleville of
today to the distinction
of being the Greater
Belleville.
For years the city's
growth was steady, al-
beit somewhat plod-
ding, marked neither
by booms nor yet by
re-action. Its natural
advantages many, it
grew because of them
and despite the fact
that no special effort
was made to push it
RESIDENCE AND MANUFACTORY OF THE BAUER BROTHERS,
3 1 7 North Airy Street.
PAGE FORTY-FOUR
RESIDENCE OF G. D. KLEMME,
Portland Avenue.
along. Its agricultural resources, its coal deposits, its transportation facilities in
themselves produced an expansion industrially and commercially. This advance-
ment being accepted as a matter of course, no strenuous nor systematic efforts were
put forth to force the growth of the city or even to take advantage of opportunities.
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE A. KLOESS.
West Main Street.
RESIDENCE OF JOHN KREHER.
North Hinh Si,,-,...
RESIDENCE OF JOHN L, SAHLNER.
Wt Main, Kirkwood Station.
RESIDENCE OF MRS. JOHN EIMER,
South Jackson Street.
The storehouses of energy were being filled. A giant strength was being ac-
cumulated. Flashing forth in spasmodic efforts here and there the pent-up power
was revealed. The fullness of time, however, had not yet come, but ever gather-
ing was the dynamic force that was to give us Greater Belleville.
Organizations were brought into life, Greater Belleville must become Greater
Belleville. These efforts culminated in the Commercial Club. Its purpose, the
PAGE FORTY-SEVEN
RESIDENCE OF IRVIN H. WANGELIN.
Abend Avenue.
PAGE FORTY-EIGHT
RESIDENCE OF ROBERT HILL, SR.,
securing of additional industries, the awakening of the city to its opportunities,
and the banding together of its business and professional men to take advantage
of them, gave evidence that the seeds of progress sown through the years were
germinating. Like all movements of this kind, the Commercial Club had at its
AGE FORTY-MNt
RESIDENCE OF FRED. BRANDENBURGER.
Second and Silver Street!.
start but a precarious exist-
ence, nursed along by a few
choice spirits, and meeting
with toleration rather than
approval. But it steadily
continued to press forward.
The three trunk lines that
passed throu g h the city
connecting it with the outer
world were linked together
by a belt line built by the
Club. New industries were
secured. For this purpose
a holding company was or-
ganized by the Club with
the citizens as stockholders,
its objects being the promo-
tion of the industrial life
by the securing of new in-
dustries as well as the de-
velopment of those already
in existence, the funds of
the holding company to be
invested in the companies
as promoted. But not only
in this line, but still more
in civic lines were the foun-
dations of a Greater Belle-
ville laid by the Club. The
b u 1 warks of conservatism
that for years had withstood
the onslaught of public
progress were gradually un-
d e r m i n e d and the forces
train e d for the movement
in civic life to which the
present Greater Belleville is
largely due.
The movement grew rap-
idly, sweeping all before it
with a force that simply
overwhelmed all opposition
for it was not without a struggle that the old order gave way to the new.
For years the old Belleville was noted for its macadamized streets, which were
far superior to those of any other western city of its size. This very fact stood in
the way of its installation of modern improved streets. Many of the streets not
good enough to be acceptable in this day seemed to the conservative element too
'AGE FIFTY-ONE
RESIDENCE OF MRS. CONRAD REINECKE.
North Jackson Street.
good to be replaced. Only fourteen and one-half blocks of streets were paved
with brick. Large sums were collected for street improvements ; but, under the
old order this money was distributed among the wards, with the result that no
permane n t
improve-
me n t was
poss ible.
Under the
new order
this was
changed.
Belleville
today has
over thirty-
five miles
of paved
streets, with
many more
in process of
construe-
tion, so that
time pensioners on the public bounty, whose leisurely application, if such it might
be called, seemed typical of much of the public spirit of the city. To-day an ef-
ficient street department, thoroughly organized on business principles and with all
RESIDENCE OF THEODORE KARR,
South lllinoi. Street.
THE JOSEPH SAENGER MERCANTILE COMPANY,
105-109 Eait Main Street.
PAGE FIFTY-TWO
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THE NEW BELLEVILLE POST OFFICE,
North Spiing and A Street..
WEST MAIN STREET AT WEST END SQUARE, LOOKING WEST.
On .ml About thU Street . Number of the Prosressive Business Firms .nd Profession.! Men Centre : The Lorenz Company. Neuhaus,
Dr. Jacob., Kissel, Stom, Kuhn. Wilbrel, Junck. and on Nearby Streets the Western Brewery .nd the Eagle Foundry.
PAGE FIFTY-FOUR
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HEADQUARTERS OF WILLIAM LCKHARDT, JR., (INC.).
Leading Grocers and Seed Merchant, of Belleville. Illinois. . . 1 08- 1 1 West Main Street.
of the modern tools and appliances, attends to this important part of the public
business.
Amongst the first of the public improvements the awakened civic conscience
called for was an outlet sewer system. Plans had been devised, but they ended in
plans, and in the matter of sewage Belleville was far behind the times. The
Commercial Club had inaugurated a campaign for the construction of an inter-
secting sewer system which was to form the basis for a complete system for the
PAGE FIFTY-SIX
HEADQUARTERS OF THE POST-ZEITUNG. the Leading German Daily,
South Illinois Street.
city. Through the efforts of the Club the question was submitted to the people
by a referendum and almost unanimously carried. But still nothing was done.
The wishes of the people expressed at the polls were simply ignored. Under the
new dispensation the
plans were revived, and
today the city boasts of a
system miles upon miles
in length, with a septic
tank built on the highest
modern scientific princi-
ples, the equal of any in
the country.
Under the old order
the city had an old-fash-
i o n e d , s e m i-volunteer
makeshift of a fire de-
partment. Instead of
this a metropolitan de-
partment was organized,
and so thorough is the
organization that the loss
from this demon of de-
FRANK S. BURNS.
Former Secretary of the Retail Merchant',
struction in Belleville is
almost nominal.
The police department.,
which formerly had been
used for the purpose of
paying the small political
obligations of aldermen,
was also placed upon a
business foundation, and
all of the various public
utilities reorganized in
conformity with the most
improved of modern
plans.
The Isolation Hospital,
a larg e, commodious
structure, built on a
beautiful site, is one of
the best evidences dem-
onstrating how Greater Belleville has matured and is meeting the conditions of
today. For the city realized that the old plan of quarantining the first house in
PAGE FIFTY-EIGHT
THE BELLEVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT :
Some Interesting Interior Viewi of the Make-Up
of a Modern Newipaper Printing Office.
The Mergenlhaler Typeirllin, Machine.
Sectional View of the Press Room.
The Ubiquitous Reporter, the Irrepressible News': oy, and the Salts and Advertising Man.
THE KARR SUPPLY COMPANY.
Enginten and Contractor, for Hot Water and Steam Heating, Plumbing, Sewering. CM Fitting.
Weil Main Street. Belleville. Illinois.
lEO. W. STANLEY NAIL WORKS
Grand Avenue.
THE MODERN MACHINE COMPANY,
L. & N. R. R., Between Main Street and Grand Avenue.
THE OAKLAND FOUNDRY COMPANY.
Grand Avenue. East of the L. & N. Tracks.
Specialty : General lobbing of Grey Iron and Stove Piale. Employ: 35 to 50 Men.
PAGE SIXTY -TWO
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SECTION OF THE PLANT OF HARTMANN, HAY 8c REIS,
Manufacturer: of Iron and Steel Cut Nails. Nail and Tack Plate. Annual Production, 200.000 Keg:.
Employs 200 Men.
which disease had gained a foothold was but a makeshift in case of epidemic. By
means of this hospital it stamped out a serious epidemic, and now stands ever
ready to throttle the foe on its first appearance.
Along the lines of water supply the city has made great progress. Originally
it was supplied from lakes gathered from the surface water that flowed through
the country surrounding. In times of draught, however, these proved totally in-
sufficient, and deep wells were sunk striking a flowing stream of the very purest
THE QUALITY STOVE AND RANGE COMPANY.
Hidh Grade Steel Range, and Healert.
Grand Avenue. Near Track, of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Belleville. Illinois.
PAGE SIXTY-FOUR
THE IMBS MILLING COMPANY'S FLOUR MILL.
Wot Main Street.
UPPER EAST MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE,
Looking Towards the Pl.nt of the Belleville Shoe Company and the New Hosirry Mill.
PAGE SIXTY-SIX
THE HIGHLAND MILLING COMPANY'S MILL,
North Richland Street.
HENRY SCHOPP. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
804 El Seventh Street.
PAGE SIXTY-EIGHT
RESIDENCE AND MANUFACTORY OF F. J. LOUIS,
Patentee and Manufacturer of the Contracting and Expanding Water Cut-Off.
619. 621, 623, 625 East Main Street, Belleville. Illinois.
water, and furnishing an abundance for the city's needs ; but looking forward to
the future it was deemed wise to secure an additional supply, and additional wells
were sunk at the foot of the Bluffs lying at the western limits of the city, and a
supply secured which will meet the needs of the city for years to come. This lat-
THE GUNDLACH DRILL WORKS,
P. M. Gundlach's Sons. Proprietors.
Manufacturers of the Renowned Cundlach Drills. First Patented in 1 857, and Always Kept Up to Date.
Employs 35 to 50 Men.
Bauer Brothers Foundry Company Occupy a Portion ot the Building
for the Manufacture of Fine Grey Iron Castings.
PAGE SEVENTY
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PLANT OF THE MITCHELL-PARKS MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
West Main Street, Tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad.
ter plan is but preliminary to the extension of the mains to the Mississippi River
now in course of construction, and in the immediate future the city will be sup-
plied with water from deep wells and from the Father of Waters, giving an un-
limited supply for every purpose.
For almost decades this city had remained cooped up within the narrow limits
of the fathers. Here and there the overflow added a little territory and popu-
lation. To the enterprising suburbanite the staid city, apparently well satisfied
to let well enough alone, appealed but little. But with the new civic life was born
the naturally resultant spirit of Anglo-Saxon expansion. The interurban lines
opened up a
large terri-
tory of choic-
est residence
p r o p e r t y ,
soo n dotted
over with the
homes of en-
terprising cit-
izens. To
these th e
newer, or the
COAL MINE OF FRANK SARGENT,
Mwcoutar, Avenue. Near City Limits.
Greater Belle-
ville, appeal-
ed, and they
clamored for
admission into
the city. And
as the mother
gathered these
children into
the fold she
spread the ex-
p a n d in g
wings of her public utilities until today the City of Yesterday, with its three
square miles of territory, has grown to more than six, and the fifteen thousand of
inhabitants to more than thirty, and over all this territory and to all these
people every advantage of the modern life has been carried. And if a Rip Van
Winkle should waken out of a five years' nap he would not recognize the city
either in its material aspect, or still less in that which alone can build a city,
PAGE SEVENTY-SIX
SECTION OF THE ENGINE ROOM.
SECTION OF THE BOILER ROOM.
THE BELLEVILLE DEEP WATER COMPANY'S PLANT AT EDGEMONT.
Furnishes Belleville with an Unlimited Supply of Water for All Purposes.
PAGE SEVENTY-SEVEN
BELLEVILLE CITY HOSPITAL,
Smiihlon Road.
Has Private Gas and Steam Healing Plant and the City Deep-Well Hydrant
its civic spirit. GREATER BELLEVILLE is greater in every respect and from every
standpoint. For its growth as indicated herein it is entitled to highest praise and
recognition. But today is only a harbinger of the even greater tomorrow. For
all the work of the latter years was really only foundational, the growth merely
HEADQUARTERS OF L. WOLFORT & COMPANY.
North Jackion Street.
Horse, and Mules for All Purposes. Established in 1869.
incidental. In its reorganized municipal life and public work, in the civic organi-
zation and awakened spirit the city stands among the foremost of today. Bound
PAGE SEVENTY- EIGHT
HEADQUARTERS OF FRANK C. BUX.
Undertaker and Funeral Director,
- First and High Street!
down for years by the bonds of lethargy and prejudice, like Gulliver of old, it
was the target for many of the irritating darts of the Lilliputians around and
about it. But GREATER BELLEVILLE has burst her bonds, and stands today
with the consciousness of its giant's strength, and is now entering upon an era
that will from decade to decade make it ever a GREATER BELLEVILLE.
THE GLENDALE COAL MINE NUMBER ONE.
Capacity, 700 Ton. a Day.
L. ; N. Railroad Tracks. Owned and Operated by Peter Brandenburger.
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DEMONSTRATION DEPARTMENT ST. CLA1R COUNTY GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
93 North III
OFFICES ST. CLAIR COUNTY GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.
93 North Illinois Street.
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THE DRY GOODS. LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR GOODS. AND CARPET STORE OF
FUESS. FISCHER c COMPANY.
110-112 But M.in Street. Belleville.
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EMIL GEIL, Prudent.
BELLEVILLE HOSIERY MILLS.
PAUL F. VOCEL, Vice-President and Manager. GEO. K. ANDEL, Secretary and TK
Manufacturer, of Men's Fine Gauge Mercerized Hose,
605 lo 61 7 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
LENGFELDER STOVE AND HARDWARE COMPANY.
41*3. 415. 501 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
One of the Oldest and Leading Business House, of Its Kind.
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RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM A. TWENHOEFEL,
President of The Twenhoefel Company,
Real Estate.
900 South Church Street.
RESIDENCE OF E. W. TWENHOEFEL,
Secretary and Treaiurer of The Twenhoefel Compa
Rral Estate,
RESIDENCE OF R. E. DUVALL,
RESIDENCE OF EMIL CEIL.
Portland Avenue.
RESIDENCE OF W. J REICHERT.
Corner Eiehth and Church Strrrts.
PLANT OF THE REICHERT MILLING COMPANY.
The Home of White Rc.e Flour.
W. ]. REICHERT, - - - PRESIDENT.
RESIDENCE OF J. C. JACOBS,
3 1 7 Lebanon Avenue.
RESIDENCE OF HENRY BIEN,
With the Plant of Messrs. Bien & Peten, Lincoln Street, Near the Tracks
of the Illinois Cenlral Railroad.
RESIDENCE OF EDWARD LEOPOLD,
421 South Jackson Si ml.
\PARTMENT HOUSE AND RESIDENCE OF P. J. RALPH.
PortUod Avenue and Olive Street.
With Plumbing E.t.blistmer.l to the Left in the Distance.
RESIDENCE OF T. C. T1SCH,
RESIDENCE OF EDWARD N. JOSEPH.
Wab.,h Avenue.
BELLEVILLE CHAPTER HOUSE AMERICAN WOMAN'S LEAGUE,
Sautcr Heighli, West Main Stint.- -Rock Road.
Mrs. Carrie Alexander Bahrenburg. President. Mrs. C. A. Highfield, Vice-President. Mrs. Henrietta M. Herman. Tr<
Miss Johanna T. Lorey, Secretary.
RESIDENCE OF HUBERT HARTMANN.
Et Fint Street.
Former Redence of JOHN BRANCH. North Illinois Street.
EBSEN'S SWIMMING SCHOOL.
Lebanon Avenue.
Ill Attractions to be Enlarged and Enhanced in Nineteen Hundred and Eleven
SECTION OF THE PLANT OF THE STANDARD BRICK COMPANY,
Smithton Road and Illinoii Central Railroad.
One of the Large.! Manufacturer, of All Grade, of Building Brick in Illinois, and Has a Capacity for Producing 1 2.000.000.
President. Charles H. Slarkel. Secretary and Trea.urer. William Schmidt.
General Manager. L. H. AUip.
GREATER BELLEVILLE.
(dtfrtt
The
Commercial
Club.
President.
GEO. B. M. ROGERS.
Vice-Presidenl.
J. M. RAUCH.
Tre.
EM1L J. KOHL.
GEO. W. STANLEY.
President Manufacturers Association.
Manufacturers
Association.
Preudent.
GEO. W. STANLEY.
Vice-President.
A. W. ANDEL.
Secretary.
C. T. MULLEN.
LEE HARRISON.
C. T. MULLEN,
Secretary Manufacturers Asso<
The
Retail Merchants
Association.
Master Builders
Association.
President,
FRED. TEUFEL.
SiDOLPH KNEBELKAMP.
Meets
First and Third Tuesdays
of Each Month.
PETER FELLNER.
r President Retail Merchants Associa
F. J. WOTTOWA.
Vice- President,
CHARLES PELKUS.
Secretary.
A. E. KREBS.
A. J. SCHUESSLER.
.n the Second and Third
Wednesday of Each
Month,
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The Commercial Building..
owners--it is essentially a monument to the " Greater Belleville "-a tribute
to the new spirit of progress and entr,, hi new era of ad-
vancement- -an inspiration to every business man and loyal citizen of Belle-
ville. With this thought at its inception it is not remarkable that in all de-
tails of construction the motto has been " The Best." and " The Best
Only " from the s,-l.-<-ti.,,, of luc,ili,m. tli,- .-hoi, < .urliitM-ti. and discrim-
ination in the materials used,--moreover a critical judgment in securing the
best representative concerns having control of the essential elements of con-
struction. An adherence to this determination for highest standards led to the
selection of the firm of RIESTER & RUBACH, who are justly regarded
as the leading architects of this
that the quality of material:
highest quality obtainable.
Naturally the selection of THE BRICK used was of prime considera-
tion, and yean of experience and practical knowledge led to the choice of
THE HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK COMPANY as the house best
fitted for fu.ni.hing the high quality of material demanded in the building
which is to set the standard for business buildings in Greater Belleville for
the next decade The technical designation of the Brick employed is known
as - NO. 110 DARK SHADE," and Mr. E. E. OEHLER, Manager
of the Illinois Branch of this Company at the offices in the Missouri Trust
Building, St. Louis, gave his personal attention to prompt deliveries of these
High-Grade Bricks, so that no delays were experienced at any stage of
building. This Company has two plants at Collinsville, Illinois, and are
ampl
dipped for promptly supplying materials in any quantity at briefest
notice. It was the selection of this Brick that renders the Commercial
Building not only actually enduring but gives il the air of great solidity.
coupled with pleasing appearance, both of which are necessary in the
modern skyscraper of every metropolis.
BAUER BROTHERS,
Contractors,
Carpenters, and Builders,
NO. 319 NORTH AIRY STREET, - - BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Kinloch Phone 238. Estimates Cheerfully Furnished.
We take pleasure in callintj attention to three or four of our recently. put-up Structures : The Commercial Bulld-
inii. the Addition to the Saint Clalr County Court House, the Elks Building, and amond Residences thai of Geortje
C. Rebhan, Esq.
Interstate Contracting & Supply Co.
BOTH PHONES.
Successors to H. F. Gruetzemacher & Co..
H. F. GRUETZEMACHER. Jr.. President.
E. G. GRUETZEMACHER, Vice-president and General Manager.
A. G. GRUETZEMACHER, Secretary and Treasurer.
CONTRACTORS OF
STONE WORK, GRANITE, MARBLE
AND TILE WORK,
Saint Louis Office, 14O8 Liggett Building.
East St. Louis Office and Works. 19th Street and Illinois Avenue.
Some of Our Recent Contracts Covered the Marble Used In
The St. Clalr County Court House and the Elks Building, Belleville,
the City Hospital and the Central Bank Building.
Saint Louis.
[F. R. ROMER. Manager, , , 1 24 Virrfinla Avenue.
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
F. R. Romer
Granitoid Company
SIDEWALKS. COPING. TILE FLOOR.
-AND MANTLE WORK A SPECIALTY-
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
PHONES; -hml.M I, 1<7- .Bell 178-
GEO. HIRTH,
SANITARY PLUMBING.
Es^fmateTche'erfuTly Given. 1 " 1
19 South High Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Phones: Kinloch 362. Bell 362.
John B. Bohlsen,
Pleasant Hill Grocer,
Dealer In Staple and Fancy Groceries. Fruits and
Kinloch 595. 316 Jarrott Street. Belleville. Illinois.
^Prompt Attention and honest treatment
Call
on
Sundlach
and Company:
^Undertakers ,
^funeral directors.
jftigh and 31 Streets. . . . Sloth Phones.
^S^^S^^C^^C^^S 5 ^^?^
^Wilharmil
Coal and Coke Co. ,
Belleville, Illinois.
Operating Sioyal and Sffassie SKines.
3>aily Capacity , 17OOUons.
Coal for JEocal delivery.
3ot/i Phones.
P J SOUCY, President. GEO. W. DETHARDING, Treasure!-.
DONOVAN-GUIGNON LAND TITLE CO.,
E. W. MERTZ, Manager and Notary Public.
Abstracts and Certificates of Titles.
CONVEYANCING A SPECIALTY.
OFFICE : No. 16 South Illinois Street, Belleville, Illinois. . . . Room 12 Arcade Building, East St. Louis, Illin
FRANK P. RIESTER. OTTO W. RUBACH.
Sliester
and Siubach,
ARCHITECTS
AND SUPERINTENDENTS.
Rooms 9 and 12 West Building,
Belleville, Illinois.
Main Office, Rooms 211 and 212 Insurance Building,
East St. Louis, Illinois.
The
Geo. W. Stanley
Company,
SMALL NAILS, ' D. P. TACKS,
STAPLES, RIVETS.
Long DUtance, Bell 109- A.
BELLEVILLE, . . ILLINOIS.
FERDINAND WINKLER,
Manufacturer of All Kinds of
Soda and Mineral Waters.
All Orders Promptly Attended to.
119 South Spring Street, Belleville, Illinois.
George Eidman Implement
Company,
Dealers in
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Faim Machinery of all kinds. Binders, Mowers, Buggies, Wagons,
;$*aS^ For Brick and Stone Work, Brick and Granitoid Paving,
^jgs Concrete Work, Cementing and Sewering,
I 3toeffken
Pumps, Drills, ^1P
..Brother*..
riers.Corn Plan- /$F$\
^ General Contractors and Builders,
Dealers in Building Material,
Office and Warehouse, Race and C Streets.
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Kinloch Phone 317.
H
' Machines, &c.
18-20 North High Street, Belleville, 111.
John Kreher, . . . Practical Horseshoer,
24 NORTH HIGH STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
BELL, 371 M.
KINLOCH, 147.
A. M. WOLLESON, Pre
Phon: Bell 98',, Ki,,lo,-l,4V,.
W. C. WOLF. Secretary.
Wolleson-Wolf Abstract Company,
FURNISH ABSTRACTS AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE TO
REAL ESTATE IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY.
SPECIALTIES : Surveying and Flailing of Lote, Farms, Minel, tc. Writing of Deeds, Wills. Mortgage.. Lewes. &c. Taxes Paid for Non-Residen
18 SOUTH ILLINOIS STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
C. WO/./ , -Sun f.\<
A. M. WOLLESON, Manager. Notary I'uhlk.
Kinloch 280. Bell 502.
CLAUS GROCERY CO.,
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Flour ana Feed.
715 South Jackson Street, Belleville, Illinois-
The
South=End Cash
Grocery,
J. A. GRUNEWALD, Manager.
Both Phones. 622 Freeburg Avenue, Belleville, Illinois.
Vitrified Sewer Pipe,
Both Standard and Double Strength.
Vitrified Drain Tile.
Vitrified Wall Coping.
Fire Clay Flue Lining.
Fire Clay Chimney Tops.
Fire Clay Chimney Pipe.
Blackmer & Post Pipe Co
SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI.
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Peter J. Zulauf,
Bricklayer
and Contractor,
No. 505 Abend Street, Belleville, Illinois.
JNE, KINLOCH 766.
Adolph Engel
& Brother,
CONTRACTORS
BUILDERS. A*
Nos. 801 and 807 Park Avenue,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
fyt JMebtlle
DAILY. ESTABLISHED IN 1839. SEMI- WEEKLY.
THE LEADING REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY.
Best Advertising Medium. Brief Work Done. Job Work of Quality.
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G. A. SAHLENDER,
Harnesses,
Trunks,
Valises,
No. 126 Main Street, = = = Belleville, Illinois.
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Boullbotel
J. BOUL, Proprietor,
==Lebanon
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
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Staple and 3aney Groceries,
5io. 110 South Illinois Street, Belleville, J//inois ..... Uhe Jiinloeh Phone.
Louis Weyhaupt,
722 Freeburg Avenue,
Fine Wines, Liquors* and Cigars.
Phone, 'Bell 661.
THE
Streets of Greater Belleville
Should be Paved with
The Greatest
Paving Blocks
In the World.
Experience Everywhere Shows that
the Best Paving Block Made is
The Culver Block.
Manufactured by
The Wabash Clay Company
Of Veedersburg, Indiana.
JOHN GANNSMANN,
Common and Select Stock Brick,
A Specialty of Brick to Contractors
at Lowest Prices.
North Illinois Street and Louisville * Nashville Railroad. Swansea. Illinois.
Thos. R. Mould,
Attorney =at- Law,
Notary Public,
No. 32 Public Square,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Stoves and
Hardware,
Standard Warm Air Furnaces.
320 Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Telephone, Kinloch 465.
on ^Dentists.
Established Ten Years.
18 East Main Street, Over Belleville Savings Bank.
GEORGE J. FORESTNER, = = = PROPRIETOR-
T. J. Price, f
Dealer in
Pianos, Organs, Player Pianos,
and Talking Machines, Sewing
Machines, Musical Instruments,
Stationery, &c.
The New Home Machine Leads All Others.
Sewing Machines Repaired.
===15 West Main Street===
OPEN ALL NIGHT.
The
Wide= Awake
Restaurant,
T. F. PH1NNEY, .... Proprietor.
Short Orders. Regular /Heals. Everything in Season.
Northwest Corner Public Square,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Storrs===Sirns..
1223 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois. Kinloch Phone, 793.
LEUNIG-RHEIN SHOE COMPANY,
BELLEVILLE'S GREATEST SHOE HOUSE,
Where You Will Always Find the CORRECT STYLES.
102 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Phone, Kinloch 258.
FRICK
Feed Company,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in the
Celebrated Cream and Cella Flour.
Also Hay, Oats, Corn and Chicken Feed.
All Orders Promptly Delivered.
623 South Illinois Street, Belleville, Illinois.
.Wm. E. Siefert.
"Real Estate,
LOANS,
INSURANCE,
Rents Collected. Notary Public.
Phone, Kinloch 3 1 1.
Room No. 2, Court House, Belleville, Illinois.
- West End Lumber Yard-
JACOB CHRISTIAN, Proprietor.
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
Contracts Taken for All Kinds of Buildings. Estimates Cheerfully Furnished on Application.
Shop, No. 301 North Silver Street. Lumber Yard, No. 200-220 North West Street,
Kinloch Phone 469. BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
CUT FLOWERS, FUNERAL DESIGNS,
And All Kinds of Pot Plants.
No. 721 East Seventh Street,
Belleville, Illinois.
PHONE, KINLOCH 192.
Bdl. 571 A.
^eibelberger jpal).
Kinlcch. 498.
FARM YARD
Boarding House and Saloon
Leonard Birkner & Son, Props.
Choice H^ines, Liquors
and Cigars.
No. 119 West Main Street,
Belleville, Illinois,
ALPH. GASS.
GASS BROS.,
CONTRACTORS.
CEMENT WALKS, BASEMENTS, STEPS. ETC.
Office, 23 South Race Street. Kinloch Telephone 278.
PETER GASS, Jr.
Belleville, Illinois
M. G. Gannon,
DEALER IN
Fresh Meats, Sausages, Etc.
No. 318 East Main Street, Belleville. Ilium \
F. J. Schaeffler,
Proprietor of the
IMPERIAL BAR J ANDJ > OOL ROOM.
Kinloch Phone 654.
200-202 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Kinloch 227. Bell 289-M.
HENRT FORCADE & CO,
LOCAL AGENTS
GOLD MEDAL and WHITE ROSE FLOVR,
F. Q WEHRLE
THE LEADING
Setoeler
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry
SOLID SILVER TEA and SOUVENIR
SPOONS IN GREAT VARIETY.
THE BEST at the LOWEST PRICES
No. 16 EAST MAIN STREET
CHRIS. DIETZ,
The TAILOR.
Jressed men in the community.
i invariably reasonable.
ve a Department in which Suits are Cleaned and Dyed
204 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
OMMHTCS
C
The Largest Stock of Marble and Granite Monuments and Tombstones in the
County. All Work Guaranteed First-Glass.
. The Owl Saloon.
C. J. KUNTZMANN, Prop.
Fine Wines, Liquors
and Cigars.
20 West Main Street. Belleville, Illinois.
Ten Years' Experience as a Master Painter.
Adolph C. Spies,
Painter
anb Paper ganger
Kinloch Phone 586.
Cor. Glen Avenue and Monroe Street. Belleville, Illinois.
Louis Kuhn Shoe Co.
1013 West Main Street,
Belleville,
Illinois.
Have a Complete Line of
.SHOES.
At Moderate Prices. Try them.
Fred.DabbCo,
Louisville and Portland Cement,
Plaster Paris, Lime, Sand, An-
thracite and Soft Coal.
Kinloch Phone.
700 South Illinois St. Belleville, Illinois,
PATRONIZE
The Belleville
Steam Bakery
And Work for (he Advancement of a Greater
Belleville.
MARTIN GRADL, Prop.
George J. Kissel,
Drugs, Medicines, and
Chemicals,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Etc.,
Fancy and Toilet Articles, Brushes, Perfumery,
Stationery, Etc., Etc.
WE GU<JtR<JINTEE :
Personal Attention to Prescriptions. Only the Purest Drugs Used.
Lowest Prices, Quality Considered.
Physician's Prescriptions
CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.
14O1 West Main Street,
Belleville, Illinois.
2X fetel'* ^on,
Dealer in all kinds of Marble and Granite Monuments. Italian and American Marble and Granite Work.
Tombstones, Monuments, Etc., a Specialty.
All Work Guaranteed t the Low<* Price*. Estimate. Cheerfully FumUhed. TELEPHONE. BELL 309 A.
324-326 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Philip 6. Wittlich, Jr.,
PAINTER and PAPER HANGER.
All Work Entrusted to Me
Done in a First-Class Manner.
3 IS Mend Street, Belleville, Illinois,
LOUIS C. ZIMMERMANN & CO.
Livery and Boarding Stables.
Horses Boarded by the Meal, Day or Month.
First-Class Drivers a Specialty.
216-218 East B Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Wants more Dry Goods, wants more Carpets, Linoleums and
Lace Curtains, wants more Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Goods
And the Right Place to get the Right Goods at the Right Prices is at
. . . Fuess- Fischer Company 's. . .
WE place advance orders on Dry Goods direct with the manufacturer. We buy Carpets
direct from the mills. We give orders to the Linoleum mills for carload lots. We
buy Lace Curtains direct from the Lace Curtain manufacturer. Underwear and
Hosiery we buy in case lots from the mills. Now the above way of buying our goods gives
us this advantage : We buy for cash direct from the manufacturer, thereby saving the mid-
dle dealer's profits ; in other words, goods go direct to the consumer through us from the
manufacturer. So you pay but one profit for the goods after leaving the manufacturer do
you see ? Buy Dry Goods, Carpets, Lace Curtains, Linoleums, Etc., from us and save money
on your purchases, as above illustrated and done by the
Fuess-Fischer Company,
Belleville's Exclusive Dry Goods, Carpets and Ladies' Ready -to -Wear Goods Store.
Bell 716. Kinloch 227.
Washburn-Crosby Company's Gold Medal Flour
AND
Reicbert Milling Company's Wbite Rose Flour.
Bran, Shipstuff, Chicken Teed, Hay, Corn and Oats.
Office, Sixth and Spring Street,
Belleville, Illinois.
BOTTLERS
of
All
BEVERAGES.
Bell Phone 348 M.
Kinloch. 460.
124 N. High Street
..Gottschalk Grocer Company..
HEADQUARTERS FOR FANCY CANNED AND BOTTLED GOODS-
114 AND 116 EAST MAIN STREET, . . BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
RESIDENCE PHONE BELL 568 A.
HARRY B. WANGELJN,
Real Estate and Loans,
No. 5 South High Street, . . . Belleville, Illinois.
-M. ZlMMERMANN-
Dealer in Dry Goods and Groceries,
NO. 801 FREEBURG AVENUE, BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
THE UP-TO DATE GROCERY AND
DRY GOODS STORE.
Phono : KINLOCH 365.
loroi?fli (firorot
1012 AND 1014 WEST MAIN STREET. BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
Dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries, Flour, Feed, and Miners' Supplies. Headquarters for
' Kinloch Phone 329. Dynamite and All Explosives.
M. BAUMANX. L. BAUMANN.
Baumann Bros.,
Contractors
And Builders,
No. 717 South Jackson Street, Belleville, Illinois.
We Do All Kinds of Building and Repairing.
Adolph H.
Honer,
r of and Dealer in
MARBLE and GRANITE
THomimttits,
-otnb tonfs-
&C.. tC.
No. 829 South Illinois Street, One
Block South of the I. C. Depot.
See Me Before Placing Your Order.
-JAMES P. RICH & SON-
tmfc
No. 10 North High Street, Belleville, Illinois, ... and ... East St. Louis.
TELEPHONE : KINLOCH 247.
JAMES P. RICH. W. J. P. RICH.
PARK GROCERY CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Choice Staple and Fancy Groceries, Vegetables,
Fruits. Nuts, and Candies.
CORNER A AND JACKSON STREETS, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS. PHONES : BELL 239. KINLOCH 239.
Heinz' 57 Varieties a Specialty with us.
JWWrfto...
St. Clair Lumber Co.
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS,
No. 309 West Main Street,
Belleville, Illinois.
TELEPHONES
RESIDENCE TELEPHONE. K1NLOCH 452. BELL 157 M.
OFFICE TELEPHONE, KINLOCH 56.
DR. HENRY REIS.
OFFICE : 118 WEST MAIN STREET.
RESIDENCE : 121 S. RACE STREET.
Belleville, Illinois.
OFFICE HOURS-9 TO 1 1 A. M. 2 TO 5 P. M.
7 TO 9 P. M.
Jctf|eatre
Illinois.
A Handsome Modern Playhouse Devoted to the Entertainment of Playgoers of AH Classes. Playing the Highest Class
Traveling Attractions and the Best Popular Priced Ones.
One of the Most Profitable Houses in the Country for the Traveling Manager.
BADGLEY & SON
Contractors
And Builders
We Do All Kinds of Building and Repairing. Also Manu-
facturers of the Smith-Badgley Company's Adjustable
Shade Hanger Window Lock and Pull.
765-767 East Main Street, Belleville.
KINLOCH PHONE 592.
-D. DAHLEM-
.Wagon Maker.
602 North Richland Street, Belleville.
Wagon Making and Repairing Promptly Attended To.
Frit? Qjttint? r . : : .
FINE CIGARS, LIQUORS, &C.
Comer Illinois and B Streets, . . . Opposite Liederkranz Hall, . . . Belleville, Illinois.
JWWiinf-...
GANNSMANN & MUELLER,
Common and Select Stock Brick.
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF BRICK TO CONTRACTORS AT LOWEST FIGURES.
North Illinois Street and Louisville and Nashville Railroad. SWANSEA, Illinois.
There i . " BEST " of Everything, and a " BEST " Place to Get It.
1 1 3 EAST MAIN
Is THE BEST PLACE to Get THE BEST.
JCrebs Bros.' Store-
Dinner Sets, Decorated China, Art Ware, Oil and Gas Lamps, Aluminum,
Enameled and Granite Cooking Utensils and House Furnishing Goods
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
0rrtM and Band Hair
(Eunfs (Jomposfd for
GEORGE D. TUFTS,
and Jnstrumfnta! IHusir.
406 Wabash Avenue. Belleville. Illi
VISIT
...KOENIG'S...
.MILLINERY.
22 West Main Street. Belleville.
The Latest Stvles. The Lowest Prices.
The LEADING GERMAN PAPERS in Southern Illinois.
and Srfotor ?fi
....W St. (Stair
ft? Jt Clair Printing anb j^eto^ Company.
The Best Advertising Mediums in the City. Job Printing Promptly and Neatly Done.
NO. 3O2 NORTH ILLINOIS STREET. - ' - - BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
Henry Niedenfuehr,
Flow arnsfl FdL
318 WEST MAIN STREET. BELLEVILLE.
PHONE: KINLOCH 224.
(Sitafrr
BELLEVILLE
PURE MILK AND ICE CREAM COMPANY
PASTEURIZED BOTTLED MILK AND CREAM. WE MAKE SIXTY VARIETIES OF ICE CREAM,
SHERBETS, FRUIT ICES. PUDDINGS. AND BRICK, ALL FLAVORS.
We Mate Fancy Forms of Fruits and Flowers. All Orders Will Receive Our Prompt and Careful Attention.
BELL. 645 A. KINLOCH. 645. 105 NORTH MILL STREET. BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
We Do the Horseshoeing (or the Prmcipal Departments of the City of Belleville.
CHARLES STEGMEYER,
Practical Horse Shoer,
407 EAST MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
PHONE: BELL, 453 A.
-O. W. PUSTMUELLER-
CHOICE AND STAPLE
-GROCERIES-
FLOUR AND FRUITS.
No. 220 Mascoutah Avenue. . . Belleville, Illinois.
PHONES : KINLOCH 343. BELL 390.
-OTTO G. NEUHAUS--
1021 West Main Street. Belleville, Illinois.
PURE DRUGS, MEDICINES,
Perfumery. ToUet and Fancy Articles, and All Druggists' Sundries,
Fine Imported and Domestic Cigars.
Physicians' Prescriptions Carefully Prepared.
PARIS STEAM CLEANING AND
-DYE WORKS-
FRANK SADORF, PROPRIETOR.
CLOTHES STEAM RENOVATED AND PRESSED FOR $1.00 PER SUIT.
CLOTHES THOROUGHLY CLEANED AND PRESSED FOR $2.25 PER SUIT.
CARPETS CLEANED BY COMPRESSED AIR.
Kinloch Phone 535. Bell Phone 421 A. NO. 315 EAST MAIN STREET.
...JACOB MAGIN...
MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN
HAVANA AND DOMESTIC CIGARS
Bell Phone, 272 M. No. 117 South Church Street, Bellevaie, Illinois. Kinloch Phone, 734.
Smoke the Following Popular Brands: "JAKE MAGIN'S HAVANA." "LITTLE VICTOR." AND "THE PATRIOT."
WESSEL & SAINTEVE
Staple and Fancy
--GROCERIES-
NO. 1900 WEST MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE,
Bell Phone, 330 A. Kinloch Phone, 445.
GEORGE W. SCHROEDER
DEALER IN
Staplf and 1fm% <&wmm,
HX^AMJF^gR^VT^^Lp.C. WITH
Cor. Gilbert Street and Caseyville Avenue, Swansea, Illinois.
TROLLEY LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS.
GEORGE SAUERWEIN
CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS,
AND CIGARS.
423 SOUTH ILLINOIS STREET. . BELLEVILLE.
Lunch From 9 to 1 1 A. M. Phones : Kinloch 565. Bell 320.
Otto J. Keller Grocery Co.,
NORTH ILLINOIS STREET. SWANSEA. ILLINOIS,
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
AND VEGETABLES.
Bell Phone 395 A. Kinloch 771. A Trial Order Will Convince You
A. SCHESKE, --- - MEAT MARKET,
422 EAST B STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
DEALER IN HOME-KILLED MEATS AND HOME-MADE SAUSAGES,
PHONES: KINLOCH, 337. BELL. 164 A.
...Kinloch Telephone Company..,
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE.
Furnish Long Distance Service to Principal Points in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky,
Missouri and Ohio.
GENERAL OFFICES,
KINLOCH BUILDING, TENTH AND LOCUST STREETS, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
JOS. BAUR. FRANK BAUR.
Baur Bros.' Foundry Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF
FINE GRAY IRON CASTINGS,
NORTH ILLINOIS STREET, . . BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS:
A. M. HEINEMANN.
A. H. HEINEMANN.
HEINEMANN BROS.
The Leading Grocers of Tower Grove,
LEBANON AVENUE, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Phones : Kinloch,. 265 Bell, 676.
.FRANK _ANG..
WHITENING. GRAINING AND GLAZING A SPECIALTY. All Work Entrusted To Me DOM in a Fint-Clas, Manner.
Phone, Kinloch 617. 716 FREEBURG AVENUE, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
ST. CLAIR
-TITLE OFFICE-
BASEMENT OF COURT HOUSE,
BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS,
H. E, SCHRADER, MANAGER.
Investigators of Titles. Furnish Abstracts, Plats
and Certificates of Titles.
CONVEYANCING A SPECIALTY.
BELL TELEPHONE 171. KINLOCH 424.
ANTON SEHLINGER. President.
TONY J. SEHUNGER. Secretary and Tre
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Grain, Hay, Flour and Mill Feed.
BOTH TELEPHONES 63.
800-812 SOUTH ABEND STREET, BELLEVILLE.
A.k Your Grocer for the Well-Known Brand, of Flour,
" Marvel," " Imperial,'* " Beit," and " Sweet Locust."
-F. N. GRUNEWALD-
Hardware, Sporting Goods, Miners' and Electrical Supplies.
AGENT FOR RUECHTER'S DURABLE PAINTS.
Kinloch Phone 195. NO. 306 WEST MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
GEO.W.ROTHWEILER I -GEORGE HIPPARD-
DEALER IN
Staple Groceries, Fancy Fruits, Vegetables,
FLOUR OYSTERS, ICE CREAM AND CONFECTIONS.
No. 206 Virginia Avenue Belleville, IlHnois.
PHONE : KINLOCH 470.
Dealer in Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Flour, Hardware and Shoes.
601 South Illinois Street, Belleville.
TELEPHONE. KINLOCH 242.
(Smitft
HENRY EMUNDS.
GEORGE KISSEL.
West End Floral Park,
FLORISTS-
FLOWERS, DESIGNS, EMBLEMS, AND DECORATIONS.
BEDDING PLANTS A SPECIALTY.
PHONE = KINLOCH 314. 220O TO 2300 WEST MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE.
The Cash Meat Market,
OSCAR SCHESKE, PROPRIETOR.
804 East Main Street, Belleville.
A Full Line of Meats and Sausages.
KINLOCH 679. BELL 628 M.
C. O SCHOTT,
Painter and Paper Hanger,
13O8 NORTH CHURCH STREET,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
The F. J. LOUIS
PATENT
Expanding and Contracting Water Cut-Off.
This Cut-Off Consists of Three Parts Made of Cast-iron, viz : The Valve and the
Two Sections of the Casing. It is Made in Three and Four Inch Sizes.
IT IS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS
Because-It Expands and Contracts, preventing breakage by freez
Because It does not leak in the joints as do other cast-iron Cut- C
evolvi,
i left to right, or vice versa as the
Because- -The valve is simple and strong,
need may be by means of a finger piece.
Because Any of the parts can be replaced in case of breakage.
F. J. LOUIS-Copper and Galvanized Iron Cornice Work.
SKYLIGHTS AND VENTILATORS. ALL KINDS OF SHEET METAL WORK.
No. 623 EAST MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Wmkler & Schirmer,
STATIONERS,
BOOKBINDERS,
And Dealers in Blank Books, School
Supplies, Wall Paper, Picture Frames,
Fancy Stationery, &c.
No. 15 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Selling Agents for "GREATER BELLEVILLE."
CASH
PACKING HOUSE
..MARKET..
JOHN SPRICH & SON, Proprietors.
212 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois,
Our Prices Are Always The Lowest.
KINLOCH PHONE 436.
-W. & E. SCHAEFER-
DEALERS IN
Lime, Hair, Sand,
Cement, Plaster Paris, &c.
DRAIN TILE, SEWER TILE AND BOILER TILE CONSTANTLY
ON PI AND.
PHONE : KINLOCH 135. Nos. 404 and 406 North Illinois Street, BellevOU, lllinoU.
- tftf (firmtfr BfllfWIlf-
A. G. STOLZE,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
PHONE. KINLOCH 616.
WASHINGTON PLACE, BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
ESTIMATES CAREFULLY FURNISHED.
ARTHUR W. OBST,
Sanitary Plumbing and Heating,
Gas Fitting and Sewering.
332 West Main Street, Belleville.
KinlochPhone4l8. Bell. 543.
MIKE KEEFE,
Hotel and Saloon.
Phone Kinloch 10.
IINES. LIQUORS. CIGARS. &C.
)13 SCHEEL STREET, BELLEVILLE. ILL.
OPEN A 1. 1. NIGHT.
No. 130 West Main Street,
Belleville, Illinois.
QUICK SERVICE.
Restaurant and MB -Chilli- Parlor-
F. D. DILLARD,
PROPRIETOR.
EMIL FUNCKE,
(granitoid <i < nt 3Uorfe
807 South Jackion St
i Furnished.
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
GEORGE E.DAHM
PLUMBING, SEWERING and GAS FITTING.
Jobbing Promptly Attended To. Estimates Furnished.
No. 1009 West Main Street Belleville, Illinois
KINLOCH PHONE 556.
-AUGUST STEIN--
<f ontractor and Buil&f r,
We Do All Kinds of Building and Repairing. 715 ABEND STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
PHONE, KINLOCH 765.
Niebruegge Feed Co.,
212-214 E.st B Street, Belleville. Illinois.
Dealers in Flour, Hay, Corn, Oats, Chicken Feed,
AND CRACKED CORN.
Telephone. Kinloch 727. All Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention.
WILLIAM DITTMANN,
Contractor and Builder,
412 South Church Street, Belleville, Illinois.
All Kinds of Repairins Promptly Attended To. Phone. Kinloch 393.
HENRY SCHRECK,
HOTEL AND BAR.
FINE IMPORTED WINES AND LIQOURS. BOARDING BY DAY OR WEEK.
No. 119 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
BRAUCH & BISCHOF,
CONTRACTORS.
GRANITOID WALKS AND CONCRETE
WORK A SPECIALTY.
BEI.I. PHONE 357. Office No. 102 South Illinois Street.
Hotel Tiemann,
LEOPOLD DITTEL, Proprietor.
FIRST-CASS BAR IN CONNECTION.
....HENRY J. FINK....
Insurance, Financial and Bond
BELLEVILLE, . . ILLINOIS.
~H. R. HEIMBERGER
tit
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Room 28, First National Bank Building,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
PHONES : RESIDENCE, BELL 524 A. OFFICE. BELL 722.
...ADOLPH G. FEHR...
Florist
..AND SEEDSMAN..
Growers of Cut Flowers and Choice Plants.
LEADERS IN OUR LINE.
Greenhouses Carlyle Road, Store 222 East Main Street,
BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
Jfos. ftilptrt . . Contractor and Builtor
NO. 825 WEST MAIN STREET. BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
the Many Fine Buildings in and Around Belleville I have constructed I
a few--The Henry Raab School House. The St Vincent Hospital
"
STORR'C
25 EAST FIRST STREET
BELLEVILLE --- ILLINOIS
Copies of " Greater Belleville " for Mailing
to Friends can be obtained at the Book-
stores of Belleville. . . . Price Fifty Cents.
linofbfl'5
444
103 East Wain
nos.
DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN You BUILD, BUT USE
-Swansea Arificial Stone-
Manufactured by SWANSEA ARTIFICIAL STONE CO., Arthur J. Foumie, Prest. and Gen. Manager.
Telephone- Bell 589 M. CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION WORK A SPECIALTY.
JOHN D. VOGT,
Grading Contractor,
Telephone, Bell 536 M.
BELLEVILLE, . . ILLINOIS.
May SECURITY FLOUR
And Greater Belleville Never Reach Their Limit.
RAUCH MILLING CO.
Chris. Knebelkamp
& Company,
-BUILDING CONTRACTORS-
Bridge Work and Pile Driving a Specialty.
OFFICE, NO. 211 ABEND STREET,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
PHONES: KINLOCH 194. BELL 23 1 M.
BEN MERCK
FURNITURE
225-227 E.
MAIN
ST
Rauschkolb Realty Company
19 WALNUT STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
...REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND COLLECTIONS...
Call Up Phone 335 M, or 402 M. When You Want Good Results Promptly.
Dr. H. F. MERCK,
..Dentist..
CORNER CHURCH AND MAIN STREETS,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
,.L. Neumeyer & Son.,
EAGLE BAKERY
AND CONFECTIONERY.
MANUFACTURERS OF PRETZELS.
307 East Main Street. Belleville. Illinois.
JOSEPH
(Slotting
-Leading Clothiers-
HATTERS,
And Gents' Furnishers,
107-109 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
WE KINDLY SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE.
THE
PURINGTON
PAVING
BRICK
COMPANY,
GALESBURG, ILLINOIS,
MANUFACTURERS
Pairing Brick
SHIPPED DURING THE YEAR
...78,623,380,
.if (Brfatfr
Belleville Threshing Machinery.
THERE IS NOTHING BETTER.
THE JUMBO TRACTION ENGINES
Are All Equipped With 2-Speed Device, and Have the Most Sensitive Friction Clutch Ever Put on a Road Engine.
"BELLEVILLE SEPARATORS
Are Unsurpassed for Fast, Clean Threshing, and They SAVE THE GRAIN.
FOR CATALOGUE, PRICES AND TERMS ADDRESS,
HARRISON MACHINE WORKS, . . . Belleville, Illinois.
THE BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY
OF MISSOURI
A
TELEPHONE
IN YOUR
OFFICE OR STORE.
A
TELEPHONE
IN YOUR
HOME.
Long Distance Service From Every Bell Telephone.
FOR RATES CALL BELLEVILLE 300.
ADOLPH KEIL,
STOVES
AND RANGES.
WARM AIR HEATING.
SHEET METAL WORK.
NO. 209 NORTH ILLINOIS STREET,
nELLEVILLE, ILL.
FRITZ WINTER,
Fine Whiskies, Wines, Brandies,
Liquors, Cigars, &c.
W. C. SPIES,
painting, ll)itfning and Papn foanainj.
300 SOUTH CHURCH STREET,
Phon,.KinlocS657. BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
The Engravings Used in This Book
Were Made by the
MISSOURI ENGRAVING COMPANY,
OF SAINT LOUIS.
THEY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
IF YOU CONTEMPLATE A CATALOG OR OTHER ADVERTISING LITERATURE
WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRIES.
THE MISSOURI ENGRAVING COMPANY,
Publicity Building, 1127-29 Pine Street, Saint Louis, Missouri.
Renowned Gundlach
Grain Drill.
The Simple ft as Well as the Strongest and Most Durable Force Feed Grain Drill in the Market,
and the Lightest Running. Every Drill Warranted.
Manufactured by P. M. GUNDLACH SONS,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
QUALITY
STOVE AND RANGE Co.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
HIGH-GRADE
Steel Ranges and Heaters,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
LONG & SONS,
DEALERS IN
Furniture, Stoves, Sewing Machines, Washing Machines,
Clothes Wringers, Bicycles, School Furniture, &c.
123, 125, 127, 205 and 205 1-2 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Storage Rooms : Spring and Third Streets. Telephones : Bell 93 A. Kinloch III.
Repairing of All Kinds Promptly Attended To.
Miller & Schaal,
Contractors! ano Carpenters!,
310 WABASH AVENUE, . BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Estimates Furnished Promptly. Phone, Kinloch 138.
Schiermeier & Nagel
Jobbing Bricklayers,
Residence 400 South Church Street Belleville, Illinois.
All Kinds ol Brick Laying Promptly Attended To. Kinloch 652 .
E. W. WEST, JR.,
Real Estate
and Loans,
No. 38 First National Bank Building, Belleville, Illinois.
Gust. W. Grossart,
CHOICE ROSES, CUT FLOWERS, WEDDING DEC-
ORATIONS, FLORAL DECORATIONS.
Bell Phone I 16 A. Kinloch 146. Eail Main Street. Belleville, Illinoii.
Jos. Schwarz & Son,
General Machinists.
Rebuild Engines, Steam Pumps, Mining Machines, &c. Also,
Iron Work for Contractors and Builders.
512-314 East Main Street. . . . Belleville, Illinois.
REEB BROTHERS,
Coal, Lime, Sand, Cement, and General
Contractors,
OFFICE, 341 CENTREVILLE AVENUE,
BELLEVILLE, . . ILLINOIS.
W. L BATDORF & COMPANY,
DEALERS IN HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.
JOBBER OF SLEEPY EYE FLOUR. Corner Richland and A Streets, Belleville, Illinois.
ESTABLISHED 1889. BOTH PHONES 201. INCORPORATED 1908.
Joseph Leopold & Brother,
/ /
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.
c/
Thomas Fischer,
110 North Mill Street, . . Belleville, Illinois.
Phones : Kinloch 241 . Bell, 546.
George W. Fries,
SUCCESSOR TO AUG. KOOB.
Soda Water
Factory,
221 NORTH JARROTT STREET, BELLEVILLE.
Strict Attention Will Be Given To Family Trade, and All
Orders Receive Prompt Attention.
Kinloch Phone 283. Bell Phone 551.
"an
HARTNAGEL & GRUENEWALD,
PROPRIETORS.
Everything in Drugs.
DOUGLAS AVENUE AND EcHST MAIN STREET, . . BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
JOBBERS IN
CANDY, ROLL PAPER, AND
GROCERS' SUNDRIES,
Wholesale Produce.
General Agent! lor Manewal Crackers.
South High and First Streets, . . . Belleville.
BOTH PHONKS.
Louis Wotz,
Moving, Expressing,
And Hauling of all kinds.
PICNIC CAR FOR HIRE.
No. 10 South Mill Street, Belleville, Illinois.
PHONE, BF.l.i. 528.
...<j!)f (firtatfr
<?. MENSINGER,
A Fine Line of First-Class Groceries, Qhinaware, Lamps.
Garden Seed that are True to Name.
Be Sure to See Our F.ncy Lamp, and Chin. Ware Before Buyin Elsewhere.
208-210 North Illinois Street, Belleville, Illinois Telephone : Bell 36.
Otto R. Hauck,
Contractor
And Builder,
Smithton Road, . . Near City Lin
Belleville Rural Route No. 2.
Us.
<ALL KINDS OF BUILDING AND REPAIRING.
John Winkler,
MANUFACTURER OF
Factory, Fulton Street Near Mascoutah Avenue,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Agent for Sheboygan Mineral Water.
The Twenhoefel Company,
INCORPORATED.
ESTATE,
Insurance and Financial Agents,
The LARGEST DEALERS in Real Estate in the City-and Subdivision.
Office. 20 South Illinois Street, Belleville, Illinc
PHONES: BELL 183 M. K1NLOCH 15.
Theodore Neuf,
MOVING, LIGHT EXPRESSING,
HEAVY HAULING,
And Goal.
1 18 NORTH LINCOLN STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS. KINLOCH PHONE 256.
Greater MebtUe,"
BY PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES,
Conveys in Concise. Eloquent and Picturesque Language and Illustration all the Salient and Important
Phases of Life in this Growing City of 30,000 People.
150 Illustrations. Price, 50 Cents Per Copy. Send a Copy to Every Friend.
Belleville Automobile Company's,
228 West Main Street.
GEORGE G. BEHRENS, Manager.
p, to ,,e: Kinioch
R. E. McCullough, John G. Metze,
Groceries
and Notions,
..And Tea Blender..
Extracts.
___ J. 230 NORTH SILVER STREET,
Y
11 South Jackson Street, . Belleville, Illinois. 1 BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
A GUBSER,
Independent Oil Dealer.
TANKS AT SWANSEA, ILLINOIS.
HOME ADDRESS, NO. 606 NORTH ILLINOIS STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
PHONE : K1NLOCH 730.
Hanbmarfe."
^ J DENNIS M. RENNER,
PROPRIETOR.
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
HAVANA AND DOMESTIC
Cigars :
Factory No. 22, Corner First and High Streets,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
..Karr Supply Company..
BELTING, HOSE AND PIPE, 129 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
jfme ttneg, ILtquors
anb Cigars.
POOL ROOM IN CONNECTION.
231 Jarrott Street Belleville, Illinois.
BELL PHONE 260.
.flft*
INSURANCE
OFFICE, 500 EAST MAIN STREET,
Kinloch Telephone, No. 25.
.... BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Bell Telephone, No. 828.
KLOESS BRICK
COMPANY,
MANUFACTURERS OF
PLAIN, STOCK AND ORNAMENTAL
--BRICK-
Yard No. I. ,.! Office. Wot D Street. Bell Phone. 114, Kinloch, 127.
Yard No. 2. Opposite Air Line Junction, Kinloch Phone. 234.
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
PETERS & SONS,
STOVES
AND HARDWARE,
Standard Warm Air Furnaces.
Telephone, Kinloch 465.
320 MAIN STREET,
Manufacturers of
Sash, Doors, Blinds and Stair Work.
Both Phones 190. Nos. 700-708 West Main Street, Belleville, 111.
FREDERICK WOELK,
Electrical Supplies
and Construction.
KINLOCH PHONE 745.
17 SOUTH HIGH STREET, BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
A. H. KNEBELKAMP,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
KINLOCH. TELEPHONE 355.
No. 915 Union Avenue, Belleville, Illinois.
HENR
Roofing, Gultering, Spouting, Heating, Etc.
Moulded Culler Formed Promptly.
Kinloch Phone 486.
No. 222 North Illinois Street, Belleville, Illinoi
ESTABLISHED 1835. BELL PHONE 1 24.
CHAS. MERCK,
BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY,
24 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois
W. a.
16 East C Street, Belleville. Illinois.
Telephone, Kinloch 446.
-dftr
-PHILLIPS & DAY-
DEALERS IN CHOICE STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS,
VEGETABLES, and MINERS' SUPPLIES,
FORTY-SECOND STREET, OAKLAND STATION, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
GEORGE P. UHL,
(Jontrartor
OF BRICK AND STONE WORK.
BUILDER OF SIDEWALKS,
GRATES, CISTERNS, &C.
204 PORTLAND AVENUE, BELLEVILLE.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
AARON BAER.
AMSON BAER.
BAER BROS.,
DEALERS IN
HORSES AND MULES.
Residence Telephones:
No. 206 M. No. 268 A. No. 384 M.
Office Telephone, No. 79.
314 NORTH HIGH STREET,
BELLEVILLE, . , ILLINOIS.
V. GAUSS,
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
AT MODERATE PRICES.
..GARDEN SEEDS THAT GROW.
No. 209 North Illinois Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Dr. 0. E. Jacobs,
Dentistry Done in the Latest Style. Prices Very Reasonable.
Bridge and Crown Work a Specialty. Largest Stock in the
Dental Profession Always Kept on Hand. Lady Attendants.
All Languages Spoken.
Office Hours, 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
1111 West Main Street,
Belleville, Illinois.
Adolph Stauder
Garpenter
...And Builder...
Also Manufacturer of All Kinds of LADDERS.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY
ATTENDED TO.
Office and Shop, 115 North Spring A ve. ,
PHONE : KINLOCH 252 J.
BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS.
Charles Junck Company,
Hardware, Stoves and Tinware.
Telephone: Kinloch 514.
1007 WEST MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
(ftitafrr
CONTRACTORS
AND BUILDERS.
MILL WORK OF ALL KINDS.-
SCHEEL AND BENTON STREETS,
Near L. & N. Freight Depot, Belleville, Illinois.
PHONE : KINLOCH 783,
fljotorn
THE
INCORPORATED.
MANUFACTURERS OF
THE CURTIS
POWER EMBOSSING PRESSES
AND APPLIANCES.
THE PRESS WITHOUT A PEER.
GENERAL MACHINE WORK.
L. & N. R. R., Between Main Street and Grand Avenue,
Bell Phone 859. BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Weaver & Co.
109-115 NORTH ILLINOIS STREET,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
.UNDERTAKERS.
Livery and Boarding.
Phones: Kinloch <
SIMEON BUNN & SONS,
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS,
Inventors of the Latest Improved Gas and Coal Heating Furnaces, and Latest Improved Continuous Muffled
Gas Annealing Furnaces, adopted for Annealing Malleable Iron, Nails, Tin Plate, &c.
GAS PRODUCERS AND FURNACES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Address SIMEON BUNN, Sr., 303 West Ninth, Cor. Race Street, Belleville.
PHONE : KINLOCH 539.
Suits, . . Skirts, . . Boats, . . Waists, . . Lingerie, .
M&*f9R a ;St,.<,t . . .a/fa
JERGER BROTHERS,
Dealers in Choice Meats and Sausages of all kinds.
Fancy and Staple Groceries.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
No. I423 West Main Street Belleville, Illinois.
Bell Phone 437 A. Kinloch 1 99.
Q. eOUKOULIS,
Belleville Candy Kitchen Company
FRESH HOME MADE CANDIES AND
CHOCOLATE BON BONS.
No. 1 1 7 East Main Street Belleville, Illinois.
Phone: Kinloch 7 1 3.
Faulstich Chimney Tops:
WENDELIN FAULSTIGH, Patentee,
BRICK AND STONE MASON oHND CONTRACTOR,
NO. 1031 CHARLES STREET, . . BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
One of My Letters of Endorsement :
RE1STER & RUBACH.
slrcljitects ant) ^upeniitenbcnts,
Offices East Si. Louis V and Belleville.
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Mr. W. FAULSTICH, Patentee. City-Dear Sir: -We have been using the FAULSTICH IRON
CHIMNEY TOP exclusively on our buildings (or a number of years, and can readily recommend them
the most
SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND PRICE LIST.
3totttute,
MODERN METHODS
OF TREATMENT.
All Forms of Disease Cured by Nature's
Methods. Consultation Free.
Bell Phone, 344 A.
; 9 A. M. to 8 P. M.
Corner Main and Spring Streets.
Chas. P. Born,
1 1 PINE STREET,
One Block North of L. & N. Freight Depot.
Rubber Tires
For Buggies and Carriages.
New Rubber Tires Set and Old Repaired.
All Work Guaranteed First-Class. Only the Best
Material Used. Kinloch Phone 323.
Fine Photography,
Babies' Photos a Specialty.
Special Attention Given to Wedding Groups.
Studio, 21 1-2 East Main Street, Belleville.
JOS. ROESCH. President. ADOLPH BOUL, Manager. ADOLPH ROESCH. Secretary and Treasurer
Roesch & Boul Plating Works,
Nickel, Brass and Copper Plating, Oxidizing and Lacquering.
Chandeliers and Stove Plating a Specialty.
KINLOCH PHONE 360. Office and Worts, I. C. Track, and Lincoln Street. BELLEVILLE. ILLINOIS.
Koerner's
300 West Main Street.
HOTE,L AND BAR.
BELL TELEPHONE 885.
Western
Automobile and
Electric Co.,
Automobiles and Accessories.
1O2-1O4 North Illinois Street,
Belleville, Illinois.
Vogel=Schrader Grocery Company,
Headquarters for Fancy Goods,
118 East Main Street, Rentchier Building, Belleville, Illinois. Both Phones 22.
C. A. VOQEL, President. G. F. A. SCHRADER. Secretary and Treasurer.
...31. 3t> Schwartz...
. . Confectionery. .
Candies, bruits, See Cream, &e. 5jt'xt 3leeommodationt in Down.
Bell Phone 990. Kinloch 596. 122 EAST MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE.
The St. Clair Title Office,
IN COURT HOUSE, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
HENRY G. C. SCHRADERo, Manager.
Investigators of Titles. Furnish Abstracts and Certificates of Title, Plats, Wills, Deeds, Mort-
gages, and Any Information Regarding Land in St. Clair County, Illinois.
TELEPHONES: BELL 171. KINLOCH 424.
3)ouglas Pharmacy,
ROY BRIDGES, Proprietor. Successor to HARTNAGEL & GRUNEWALD.
PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY.
EAST MAIN STREET AND DOUGLAS AVENUE, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
GEO. GAUSS , SONS,
Dealers in Yarns, Dry Goods, Hosiery,
Underwear,
NO. 209 NORTH ILLINOIS STREET,
BELLEVILLE, .... ILLINOIS.
Fred. Daab
Companjr
700 South Illinois Street,
Dealers in
Portland and Louisville Cement, Wall Plaster,
Plaster Paris, Sewer Pipe,
Anthracite Coal, &c.
Sole c/lgents for Glencoe Black Lime.
Wm.
Voellinger 1
STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES,
425 North Illinois Street.
KINLOCH PHONE 583.
JOHN 'BUX,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in Havana and Domestic
CIGARS,
Factory JVo. 22, 229 South Illinois Street, "Belleville, Illinois.
Herzler & Henninger Machine Works
Manufacturers of Coal Mining Machinery, Founders, and Machinists,
226 CENTERVILLE AVENUE, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Office Phone, Bell 400. Residence. Bell 638.
51. 8. Suvall,
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agent,
Penn Building, . . . Belleville, Illinois.
-Grafs Laundry
HUGO GRAF, Proprietor,
823-825 West Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
J. B. R.eis Lumber Co.,
Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds, and Stair Work,
700-708 West Main Street Belleville, Illinois.
BOTH|;PHONES 190.
WATC
Gold
plete 17
WS:
(^s/ f SMV'NOTetlieV!"iRrpaiIi'n8*a's'plciaity"
FINE WATCH REPAIRING. ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
JOHN KLOCK, Jr., Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Southeast Corner Main and Race Streets, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Louis Reuther,
COAL
==AND ICE-
Office, Lebanon Avenue, . Belleville, Illinois.
Telephones, Kinloch No. 422. Bell 1030.
AUTO ACCESSORIES. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
THE
Belleville
Garage,
GEO.W. SAHLENDER. Proprietor.
228 West Main St., Belleville, 111.
KINLOCH PHONE 384.
PHONE. BELL 513 M.
Up-To-Date Music
Mayr's Concert Band
:
Frick and Jac. Hearst. Clarinets. John Battler, Jr..
FiSJe^Vro^rTune?. CarM-indow', John Ficher, A
Belleville, Illinois
ll, Frank Fischer, Frank Andrews, Theo. Fischer, Fred
522 East B Street
INSTRUMENTATION OF THE BAND : Co , . ,
r.. Walter Hearst and Adolph Lindow. Piccolo and Flute.
, , Arthur Slider and'Kennu Fra'nkenberg. '"Ba'rttoSa, j"c. KH-
lian and Geonje Stokes. Bass, Rob. Coxan and Joe. Schmidt. Bass Drum, Aoton Peters. Drums and Traps.
Herbert Stokes. EDWIN MAYR. Bandmaster.
One of the finest bands in Southern Illinois, with an enormous repertoire, and talented musicians well drilled
under the able direction of Prof. Edwin Mayr. It has the most thoroughly equipped band room in the country.
where weekly rehearsals are held with twenty-five of the best musicians.
The Band Is open for any engagement. Parties wishing Musk will do well to call on, or
Ph0 " e ' EDWIN MAYR, Bandmaster, 522 East B St.
Bell Phone 840.
Kinloch Phone 655.
3/ie Wick
jewelry Company,
124 EAST MAIN STREET.
Watches, Gold and Silver Jewelry, Silverware, Etc.
Watch Repairing and Engraving
KANZLER'S
CHOICE GROCERIES.
CHAS. F. KANZLER, PROPRIETOR.
PHONES 86.
Rhein Feed Company.
Hay, Grain, aud Feed.
Distributors of PHlsbury's " Best " Flour.
212-214 EAST B STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
KINLOCH 727. BELL. 397
NATIONAL DENTAL PARLORS,
THE LEADING, MOST UP-TO-DATE, AND
LARGEST DENTAL ESTABLISHMENT IN THIS CITY.
21 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Bell Telephone 131.
J. M. HKK HI. Kit. J. P. BUCHHOLZ.
A. P. BKICHLER. W. G. BUCHHOLZ.
MICHAEL FREES,
SUCCESSOR TO PETER KNAPP,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in Harnes.es, Blanket.,
Robes, Collars, Saddles, Whips, Trunks, Valises, &c.
302 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
H. P. LIESE.
BRICHLER-BUCHHOLZ
POMP A NY
--vl/lur/Yn I --
UNDERTAKERS AND
....FUNERAL DIRECTORS....
LIVERY AND BOARDING.
109-117 North Illinois Street, Belleville.
BOTH PHONES.
Belleville Steam Laundry,
...INCORPORATED. .
CHAS. LINK, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer.
Northwest Corner Public Square.
Henry Reis & Sons Lumber Company
SUCCESSORS TO M. & H. REIS.
Everything in LUMBER and MILLWORK.
BEST QUALITY- LOW PRICES.
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
GEORGE
R^IUSCHKOLB,
Grocer,
Dealer in Staple and Fancy Groceries.
A and Walnut Streets, Belleville.
Phones : Bell 4O2 M. Kinloch 335.
WILL TAYLOR,
Candy and Fruit Store,
Belleville Pure Milk Ice Cream.
Corner of Main and Church Streets,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
larket.
. SEALSHIPT
....CHRISTINE HERRMANN....
...Latest Styles in Millinery...
Up-To-Date Headgear. Bridal Veils and Ornaments a Specialty. Mourning Orders Given Prompt Attention.
114 South Illinois Street, Belleville, Illinois.
C. P. BORN, I John L. Woelfle's
Bicycle Repairing.
Rubber Tires. Solid Cushion Bicycle Tires. Rubber Tire
Repairing. \> li.-.-U ( limiu.-il from St,-fl lircs to Rubber
Tires. All Work Guaranteed. Auto Tires Repaired.
Kinloch, 213 L. 6 North Church Street.
MODEL MARKET,
523 South Illinois Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Fresh and Smoked Meats. Home- Made Sausage a Specialty.
PHONES: Kinloch 122. Bell 122.
REEB BROS,
GENERAL
CONTRACTORS,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS,
Have Handled Some Heavy Contracts Recently.
Among Them :
Belleville, Illinois, . $1,OOO,OOO.OO
Du Quoin, " . . 3O,OOO.OO
Lebanon, " . 17,OOO.OO
Harrisburg, " . . 27,OOO.OO
Metropolis, " . 6O,OOO.OO
East St. Louis," . . 25,OOO.OO
Greenville, " . 5O,OOO.OO
Albion, " . . 85.OOO.OO
Dealers in Hard and Soft Coal Cof^e,
Wood, and Cement,
Office, - - - 341 CenterVille AVenue,
'Belleville, Illinois.
THE LEADING GERMAN PAPERS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
..Tageblatt and Arbeiter-Zeitung..
DAILY,
flnb g>t Clair DolteblatWiaeefcls.
PUBLISHED BY THE ST. CLAIRj PRINTING AND NEWS COMPANY.
The Best Advertising Mediums In the City. Job Printing Promptly and Neatly Done.
302 NORj/TH ILLINOIS STREET, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
...Mold's Pharmacy...
423 North Illinois Street. *
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints, Glass and Sundries. GEO. W. NOLD, Prescription Druggist.
Phone : Kinloch 500 L. Bell 790.
...Jos. Martin, JWoVer...
jlnd HeaVy Hauler.
Also Contracts Taken for All Kinds oj GRAVING.
Phones : Bell 106, Kinloch 203. Office, 100 Jouth Illinois Street.
MO NIC ^5 Man r of the Fines Photographs from which the
1T1 \J 1 1 1Y MO Engravings in " The Greater Belleville "
1 m f* |Jw are Reproduced were Productions of
Implement Company, &
213 East Main Street, fc ^HttlU^l QL
Belleville, Illinois, ^
FARM MACHINERY, VEHICLES,
Gasoline Engines, Gasoline Gas Lights,
Cream Separators, Sewing Machines, *g | ] |_ 2 SOUTH HIGH STREET,
Vulcanite Roofing, &c. Wt
d !^t BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Totsch & "Bub,
'Barber Shop and 'Bath *Rj3oms
N. E. Corner Public Square,
'Belleville, , . Illinois.
Distinctive
JeWelry:
In other words. Jewelry of character and quality, at prices usually asked for the common-
place kind. LA VALLIERES are much in vogue, and we are showing many patterns let
with precious stones. We hae BRACELETS. NECKLACES, LOCKETS. FOBS.
CUFF BUTTONS, SCARF PINS. HAT PINS, Etc. Everything up to date.
F. G. WEHRLE, 16 East Main Street.
The Best Goods for the Price, no Matter What the Price.
L. F. Dintelman,
Smithton Turnpike, "Belleville.
Kinloch Phone 614.
Albert G.Diller,
fainter and "Paper Hanger,
"Brackett Street, - . - Swansea, Illinois.
ROBERT HILL & SON,
2101 WEST MjilF STREET.
Ale and "Porter, Fine Whiskies, Wines, "Brandies, Liquors, and Cigars.
...THE BELLEVILLE BALER CO..
: with less labor than any other press on the market.
If you bale for profit this is the baler you want.
Patented June Mth. 1904; March 21,1. 1905 : June 5lh. 1906; February I2lh. 1907 ; March 8th. 1907 : April 7th,
The BELLEVILLE SELF-FEED HAY PRESS will bale
ing effected by our patented fork device will soon pay for the pre
BELLEVILLE BALER COMPANY, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
HARRISON MACHINE WORKS, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS,
Sole Licensees.
GEORGE BARNES,
Contractor and "Builder,
Grand Vue Avenue, .....-. "Belleville, Illinois.
TELEPHONE, SELL, EAST 1247.
Perfect Stove and
Manf g Company,
MANUFACTURERS OF
STOVES AND RANGES
HEATING AND LAUNDRY STOVES,
Office and Works, I. C. Tracks and South Lincoln
Street, Belleville, niinois.
Kinloch Phone 360. Send for Catalogue and Price List.
M. C. RODENBERGER
....& SON....
...Manufacturers and Dealers..
GRANITE AND MARBLE
....MONUMENTS....
Mausoleums and Heavy Monumental Work a Specialty.
Works and Office Opposite Mt. Carmel
Cemetery, Belleville, Illinois.
P.O. Address Edgemont Station. East St. Louis.
Telephone, Bell, East 1773.
MR. N. SHERWOOD D'WOLF,
5858 PLYMOUTH AVENUE,
ST. LOUIS, MO.,
-F. S. BURNS-
DEALER IN GROCERIES
AND NOTIONS,
201 SOUTH CHESTNUT STREET,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Phone. : Kinloch 297. Bell 619 M.
KIM'S
Hotel, Restaurant and Buffet...
A FIRST-CLASS PLACE.
NO. 27 WEST MAIN STREET, BELLEVILLE...
Everything In Season on Hand. Fine Fish. Lobsters. Poultry. Oysters on the Half Shell, and Delicacies of All Kinds.
Fine Ladies' Restaurant Up-Stairs. Your Trade Kindly Solicited. PHONES : Bell 214. Kinloch 183.
JOHN W. DENNIS,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
We Do All Kinds of Building and Repairing. Estimates Cheerfully Given. Jobbing Promptly Attended To.
Office and Residence Signal Hill Station, Belleville Electric Line '
Post Office Address R. R. No. 1, Edgemont Station, East St. Louis, Illinois.
TELEPHONE, BELL, EAST 2219.
Judging
The Performance
of a Car.
The test of performance is not a day, month or
year, but a number of years of constant service, reli-
ability, and freedom from repairs.
Simplicity of construction is the best guarantee
against repairs, skillful workmanship and excellent
material used, have unquestionably proven that the
IS BUILT TO LAST.
FRANK B. SMILEY, Representative, Belleville, HI.,
B and Jackson Streets.
Phones: Bell 25. Kinloch 777.
FINK & HOPPE
INSURANCE,
Financial and Bond Brokers,
PUBLIC SQUARE, . . . BELLEVILLE.
This Wagon Contains 1 2,068 Pounds of Our No. One Lump Coal.
Illini Ice (&> Fuel Company
Successors to Fischer Coal 8, Ice Company, and City Ice C& Fuel Company,
O. A. KRoUSE, President and General Manager.
Office and Yards West A Street, Between Richland and Race Streets, Belleville, Illinois.
PHONES: Bell 127, Kinloch 440.
KIRCHER
& SON,
HARDWARE
m
21 WEST MAIN STREET,
BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.
THEO. E. KIRCHER, President.
H. B. KIRCHER. Secretary and Treasurer.
ADAM KARR.
Praident of Th. Kan Supply Company
Who Ceneroush Financed
" The Greater Belleville "
and " Belleville Illustrated. "
She ^Progressive Sflen
Of the City of Belleville, with the publisher, are entitled to what of credit
may be due for the issue of this elegant production.
It gives a true picture of many interesting and picturesque phases of life in
a busy, growing, ambitious community.
It justifies a laudable pride in present accomplishments, and is an inspiring
incentive for further efforts.
It indicates a milestone on the road of progression, and shows what intelli-
gent, persistent strivings for betterment will do.
Every lover of " GREATER BELLEVILLE," after taking his bearings right now,
will be more than ever a believer in its destiny to be one of the favored cities of
this great Mississippi Valley an up-to-date modern city of the new times.
THE ST. CLAIR COUNTY COURT HOUSE AND THE CITY HALL, BELLEVILLE, FEBRUARY, 1911.
The Car
Their I
SrliMtfic Metbod. of Ex.min
* of Practical Expcriom
Absolute Suf*>
ftnftn
ftrtirt of tif
(Brrot Industrial
of tljf Ration.
It gtmt&s at ttf
IFoitfront
Offtr
IHtJnufdfturing (Spntr? s
of ttt
GR/
R.J.DAWSON
Invalid Supply Co.,
520 Pine Street, St. Louii, Mo.
ADAM KARR.
of The Ka.r Supply Company.
ffhe ^Progressive Sften
Of the City of Belleville, with the publisher, are entitled to what of credit
may be due for the issue of this elegant production.
It gives a true picture of many interesting and picturesque phases of life in
a busy, growing, ambitious community.
It justifies a laudable pride in present accomplishments, and is an inspiring
incentive for further efforts.
It indicates a milestone on the road of progression, and shows what intelli-
gent, persistent strivings for betterment will do.
Every lover of " GREATER BELLEVILLE," after taking his bearings right now,
will be more than ever a believer in its destiny to be one of the favored cities of
this great Mississippi Valley an up-to-date modern city of the new times.
THE ST. CLAIR COUNTY COURT HOUSE AND THE CITY HALL. BELLEVILLE, FEBRUARY, 1911.
201 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois.
Watches,
JEWELRY, SILVER WARE,
Repairing of Fine Watches a Specialty.
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The Careful Consideration That
Their Importance Demands ?
My Scientific Method* of Exmintion Will Renal the Slight ..t Defect in Your Eye*,
Man, Yen f Prtic.l Experience Enable. Me To Fit You Witb Proper Gluee*.
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CASIMIR ANDEL President.
PHIL, GASS. Cashier.
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ORGANIZED 1874.
CAPITAL, SURPLUS, AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS,
Over
$410,000.00.
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( ASIMIR ANDBL. CYRUS THOMPSON. WILLIAM FEICKERT,
VICTOB OAUSS, WILLIAM HLOKS, FRED. PRIESTER,
HENRY HEIS. AUG. THEBIIS, , I. J. WEINOARTNER.
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