J. C. GROENDYKE COMPANY
West Sycamore Street, Miamisburg
Modern and fully equipped in every detail, this large manufacturing establishment easily takes rank among the leading industrial enterprises of the Miami Valley, noted for the variety and prominence of its factories. High-grade cordage and binder twine is manufactured in large quantities at the works of the factory at the above mentioned address. To take care of the large orders that are constantly being forwarded the factory, the wheels are continually kept turning, insuring steady employment to the many skilled workmen given employment at the plant. J. C. Groendyke, the president of the concern, is a business man from the word go. It is largely due to his progressiveness and enterprise that the factory has reached its present formidable dimensions. In addition, he has a pleasing personality, which has enabled him to make friends with every one with whom he comes in contact. In all his business dealings, he has maintained a reputation for strict integrity and honesty. The active management of the concern is left in the capable hands of A. M. Lowden, the superintendent. He has overlooked nothing that could be done to improve the equipment and efficiency of the factory. He is held in high esteem by all the employes and has always maintained a very fair attitude toward the cause of organized labor. Other officials of the company are equally popular with their business associates and workmen. Quality of the products of the Groendyke Company has long been established and the main effort of the concern is to maintain the high standard which has made the twine and cordage made in Miamisburg famous. Location of the factory has proven very advantageous as far as transportation facilities are concerned, the factory being on the main lines of the Baltimore & Ohio and Big Four Railroads. Water is furnished the plant in ample supply from the Great Miami River, which flows close to the plant. Electric power is furnished from the Ohio Electric Railway Company, on which outside employes also find it convenient to go to and from work. The main office of the J. C. Groendyke Company is located at 8 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. Situated in the great metropolis of the West, the company is in close contact with the twine and cordage situation, which enables it to get in touch with all large contracts and quote the lowest possible prices. Enough orders are now on the books of the firm to keep it running for many months ahead. More than 175 men are given employment at the works in Miamisburg, while a large office force is also kept steadily at work in the Chicago offices. As has been mentioned before, the plant has been noted for the absence of labor disputes and strikes. The consequent cooperation ensuing has been a large factor in upholding the high standard of the Groendyke products. Miamisburg, the “Star City,” is proud of this large industrial enterprise, which has done so much to promote the growth of the prosperous city, and will always give it the support necessary to its continued growth and expansion. Men, with the interests of organized labor at heart, can make no mistake in cooperating with this concern.
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GENERAL CIGAR COMPANY
233 South Second Street, Miamisburg
And Brookville
One of the largest leaf tobacco packing concerns in the state of Ohio is this well established Miamisburg firm. Situated in the center of the Southeastern Ohio tobacco district, the plant is kept busy at all times, packing the finest grade of tobacco that are furnished the retail market the world over. The General Cigar Company was established 17 years ago. From a modest beginning, the concern has now attained a prosperity that has even exceeded the expectations of the owners. At the present time more than 125 persons are given steady and profitable employment at the two large factories of the company. The branch factory at Brookville is doing a thriving business and may in time grow to the dimensions of the home plant at Miamisburg. A. S. Gans, the general manager, is deserving of much credit for the success of the firm. He is a wide awake business man, fair and just in his business dealings, and popular wherever he is known. His past record shows him to have always been a friend of the workingmen who are to a man free in giving him their support. Methods in use at the plant are thoroughly modern and up-to-date, insuring a uniform high quality in the tobacco packed by the General Cigar Company. Many of the largest cigar factories in the country depend exclusively upon the output of this Montgomery County concern for their tobacco supply. It is safe to say that this is one of the concerns to which Montgomery owes much of its present prominence in the industrial world.
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HOWARD L. SMITH
1 South Main Street, Miamisburg
The dry goods store owned and operated by Mr. Howard L. Smith is one of the finest, most complete and most popular in Miamisburg. It was established four years ago and his stock is always full and complete, offering bargains at all times for those who want the best at the least possible expense. Mr. Smith has always been regarded as friendly to the cause of organized labor and we have no hesitancy in urging our friends among the laboring men to drop in and give him a liberal share of their business. He will appreciate seeing you and render you good service for your money.
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JESS GILBERT
25 West Central Avenue, Miamisburg
It won’t be very long now until summer will be with us again in all its beauty and out-of-door life. Then you will envy the family with an automobile. Well, don’t envy them this summer; be one of them, and while we are talking about automobiles, take this tip from us and see Jess Gilbert, Miamisburg’s leading automobile dealer. He has been established in business for more than a year, and is the agent for the Studebaker and Buick automobiles. He also handles accessories and does repairing. There are no cars on the market today so well established in public confidence as the Buick and the Studebaker. Both are known far and wide for the general excellence of construction and the popularity they have attained among patrons of the automobile is sufficient testimony to warrant any prospective buyer looking these machines over. If you are in need at any time of substantial repair work for your automobile, we have no hesitancy in recommending Jess Gilbert’s place of business. He has experts to look after your wants in these lines, and you will always be sure to have your work done well and to handle your automobile purchases at the Gilbert place of business. Drop in and see him. You will always be sure to have your requirements taken care of in a prompt and efficient manner.
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JACKSON & APPLE
57 South Main Street, Miamisburg
No undertaking establishment in this section is more modern or efficient than this one. It was established three years ago and A. R. Jackson and H.C. Apple are the men who form the partnership. Their auto ambulance service is at your service day and night at lowest prices. Lady attendant by request. Both phones at office and residence. These men also operate a furniture business of considerable importance, dealing in floor coverings, window shades, lace curtains and talking machines. They make a specialty of picture framing. If these men can serve you, you may depend it will be a first class service at all times.
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THE MIAMI LAUNDRY
Miamisburg, Ohio
Here is a first class laundry owned by Charles Hall, and is one of the foremost institutions of its kind in this part of the county. It was established in 1884. Twelve persons are given employment at this plant, which is modernly equipped throughout. We have no hesitancy in suggesting to our friends in Miamisburg that they give this laundry a very liberal share of their business. It is prepared in every way to handle your wants along this line at prices that will prove attractive to you. Call up and ask them to send for your laundry and then compare the work with others. Their work is unexcelled.
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HOFFMAN CIGAR STORE
21 South Main Street, Miamisburg
This well-known Miamisburg concern manufactures and sells high grade cigars, tobaccos and cigarettes. Established for seven years, the firm is now enjoying the greatest prosperity of its career, which is a splendid tribute to the popularity and square business dealings of the proprietors. A modern and up-to-date billiard hall is run in connection with the cigar store. The fact that Brunswick-Balke-Collender tables are used exclusively is a guarantee of satisfaction to devotees of pool and billiard games, who frequent the store in increasingly large numbers. So complete is the line of cigars and cigarettes carried at the store that there is practically not a single one of the better known brands that can be purchased. Along with tobaccos, a choice line of confections is carried in stock. The policy of the proprietors in giving satisfaction instead of merely trying to make a sale has built up a large list of friends and customers of their store. Union men are always given a most cordial welcome and find the establishment a favorite gathering place.
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F. E. MILLS
60 South Main Street, Miamisburg
A modern and up-to-date clothing and men’s furnishings store is conducted by this well known business man at the above address. Stocks on display at the store are always fresh and represent the utmost in value to the customers. Mr. Mills became established at his present location one year ago when he succeeded Charles W. Bechtol in the same line of business. His store is run on metropolitan principles with everything displayed in a very attractive manner. Satisfaction is guaranteed on all purchases.
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JONES BROTHERS
9 North Main Street, Miamisburg
A strictly high-grade line of the latest in clothing and gents’ furnishings is carried by this well known Miamisburg firm. Established for seven years, the store is conducted to satisfy even the most particular dressers. Excellent values are always to be had at the establishment of this concern. The store is well equipped and presents an exceedingly attractive appearance. Prices quoted are invariably as low if not lower than those of competitors. Appointments may be made on the Bell phone.
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BEN SUTTMAN
48 South Main Street, Miamisburg
All that is new and up-to-date in the way of men’s clothing and furnishings is carried in stock at the establishment of this popular and well-known business man. In catering to the wants of the public in the clothing line, Mr. Suttman always keeps quality foremost and does not try to mislead patrons by displaying cheap, inferior goods. Prices at his store are always moderate and in many instances much lower than competitors. Since becoming established at his present location 20 years ago, Mr. Suttman has created for himself a large and prosperous business. Knowing that they always get satisfaction at this store, patrons turn to it first in making their regular spring, fall, and winter purchases. Mr. Suttman has always been on the side of the laboring people in every worthy move, willing to aid them in every way. He is thoroughly deserving of the support and cooperation of all union men in Miamisburg and surrounding territory. Clothing buyers should watch for the special bargains advertised at this store.
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A. C. MOORE
34 South Main Street, Miamisburg
As a manufacturer of union-made cigars and the genial proprietor of an up-to-date cigar store at the above address, this business man is well and favorably known in Miamisburg. Established three years, he is doing a heavy retail and wholesale cigar business, numbering his patrons by the hundreds. Mr. Moore has always been known as a friend of organized labor and is highly deserving of the support of union men, who are given a cordial welcome at his establishment. Give him a share of your patronage.
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FRANKLIN BOARD AND PAPER COMPANY
Franklin, Ohio
The above mentioned concern is one of the foremost concerns engaged in the paper box board manufacture in the country. It was established fourteen years ago and gives employment to eight-five men, being one of the largest paper making concerns in the Miami Valley. A. F. Hagar is president; George Little, vice president; Fred B. Zartman, treasurer and general manager; and Karth Bull, secretary. Here is a manufacturing enterprise that has for many years been a leader in the particular kind of output which it makes. Its products, as a matter of fact, are known everywhere in America, and an ever increasing demand for its products speaks more eloquently than these few lines we might record of the high standing it has in the business world. The Franklin Board and Paper Company is a modern, up-to-date enterprise, fully and completely equipped for handling a considerable business and we are glad to have this opportunity to commend the above mentioned concern to our friends everywhere. If it is something you want in the line of box board we know of no company in Ohio better able to look after your requirements.
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J. KLAIBER
5 South Main Street, Miamisburg
In looking over the business establishments of Miamisburg, we find the grocery owned and operated by Mr. Klaiber to be one of the best known in this section of the community. It was established 27 years ago and has during this time earned and held the respect of our citizens in a most remarkable manner. His grocery is completely filled with good things, fresh stock and the prices which obtained here are always right. This gentleman gives his business his personal and undivided attention, and his customers always know he will treat them right. Bell phone 1101; Home 32-L.
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ZECHMAN & HEISTERMAN
City Building
Miamisburg, Ohio
This jewelry concern was started nine years ago and these gentlemen are not only jewelers, but opticians as well. You will always find at this store the finest lot of bargains that are obtainable anywhere. Their stock in trade is complete and they guarantee to satisfy their customers. Both men are known to be friendly to the cause of labor and are prominent in the life and activities of the city. Drop in and see them when you are in need of anything in their line. We know you will be perfectly satisfied with whatever purchases you make here.
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GEORGE KOEHLER
South Main Street, Miamisburg
Mr. Koehler owns and operates the Washington House, one of the most popular cafes in this city. He established his business 17 years ago and also manufactures the “Old Joe” union-made cigar, a delightful smoke and much enjoyed by those who have tried it. This gentleman has always been found with the boys when it came to a matter of development of the cause of the union workmen, and he is deserving of the patronage and good wishes of our friends. Drop in and see him the next time you are in his neighborhood. He will appreciate seeing you and assure you of a most cordial welcome. Bell phone 1102.
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ANDREWS & HEINFELD
Odd Fellows’ Block, Miamisburg
Here is a concern dealing in wall paper, stationery, confectionery, cigars, etc., that is one of the best known in this city. It was established 20 years ago and numbers among its patrons some of the best known citizens of Miamisburg. You may always depend upon it that anything you purchase from this store will be first class in every respect, and guaranteed to give you the utmost satisfaction. The next time you are in need of anything in these lines drop in and give Andrews & Heinfeld a share of your business. They will appreciate it and give you fine treatment. Bell phone 1421.
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THE BOOKWALTER WHEEL COMPANY
Miamisburg, Ohio
Here is one of the representative concerns of Southern Ohio, established in 1861, and still a leader in its particular industrial line. Forty persons are given employment at this establishment and the concern has always been considered friendly to the laboring public and willing in every way to aid in the advancement of the cause. W. S. Bookwalter is president of the concern; W. H. Gamble is vice president, and Charles L. Bookwalter is secretary and treasurer. The company manufactures vehicle wheels of all kinds and is one of the best equipped concerns of its kind in the state. It is modernly equipped in every respect and the character of its products speaks more eloquently of the good will it has secured from the trade than any words we might use here. The men who officer the Bookwalter Wheel Company are men of recognized ability in the business world. They are men who have attained a splendid degree of perfection in their product and have given the business their personal and special interest. You may always depend upon it that any product that is turned out by the Bookwalter Wheel Company is sure to be satisfactory in every respect, and we take a great deal of pleasure in recommending to that part of the trade unfamiliar with Bookwalter wheels, the output of the concern. The plant is located at Miamisburg and is operated by a number of skilled men, who are much devoted to their employers.
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MIAMISBURG ICE AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY
602 North Fourth Street, Miamisburg
This concern was established 16 years ago and gives employment to eight persons. It manufactures high grade ice and conducts a first class storage plant. Officers are: president, Carl Stine; vice president, W. J. Kauffman; secretary and treasurer and also manager, Bert Keim. Mr. Keim is a friend of the laboring men and is held in the highest possible respect by the boys. His attitude toward the organized labor movement has at all times been friendly. This concern is one of the most firmly established of its kind in this section of the state. Its facilities for handling the affairs of its patrons is first class in every respect and we not only have no hesitancy in recommending the concern to our friends but we take a great deal of pleasure in doing so. It is a modern, up-to-date industry, equipped in every way for high grade service and aims at all times to give utmost satisfaction to those who have dealings with it. Call up the Miamisburg Ice and Cold Storage Company and give it a share of your patronage. We feel quite sure you will never regret any move you make among this line and will get value received for what you spend.
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H. TIETIG & SON
214 South Third Street, Miamisburg
This concern deals in leaf tobacco of high grades and is one of the best known in the Miami Valley. High grade Zimmer is a specialty with this concern, which is one of the oldest in this section of the state, being established twenty-five years ago. The company gives employment to fifty people. It is a matter of much interest to our friends in this section of the county to know that we have in our midst so high class a concern as H. Tietig & Son. A quarter of a century of superior service along this line, speaks more eloquently than words we might write of the unusual development the concern has enjoyed. Honest dealings and a strict attention to business have made the company one of the best known in this section, and we have no hesitancy in recommending it to our friends who may be in the tobacco business. We know you will be in every way satisfied with your dealings here. These gentlemen are reliable and trustworthy in every respect and are entitled to your patronage. Its business has been founded on strict business lines and the concern is a credit not only to Miamisburg, but to the county as well.
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W. A. JANSEN
12 North Main Street, Miamisburg
Established 15 years ago, the variety store owned and conducted by the above mentioned person is one of the best known in this city. You will always find what you want here at prices that are especially attractive, and the character of the goods sold is above reproach.
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THE GROVE & WEBER COMPANY
Miamisburg, Ohio
Here is a concern that is over 60 years old, and therefore one of the pioneer business houses in this section of the state. W. C. Weber is president and treasurer and W. H. Stupp is vice president and secretary. The concern deals in lumber, mill work, coal, cement, and builders’ supplies, and in these lines they are generally recognized as leaders. Their stock is complete in every particular and the prices which obtained here are always sure to be satisfactory. In fact there is one principle of business which obtains at this establishment and that is, “the best on the market for the lowest possible price to the consumer.” This principle as will be readily understood, involves a personal interest in patrons and as a result of a careful and studied exercise of this principle the concern has added hundreds of customers in its already great list. We want to commend the Grove & Weber Company to our friends who may be in need of something in their particular line. We know your wants will be carefully and considerately looked after. Give this concern a trial and be convinced that all the good things we have said about it are true.
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C. O. SHUPERT
W. Linden Avenue, Miamisburg
This gentleman is engaged in the packing of Ohio leaf tobacco, and has been established in business for 23 years. He gives employment to forty persons and has always been regarded as friendly to the cause of organized labor and willing to aid in promoting any movement which has to do with the development of the cause. We want to call special attention to unequalled facilities offered by this gentleman for conducting his business. He handles Zimmer’s Spanish, Gebhart’s Seed and Little Dutch leaf tobacco, generally recognized as being among the most famous tobaccos on the market today and being greatly in demand. Personally, Mr. Shupert is a most popular business man. He carries on his affairs in a strictly business way and makes friends everywhere he buys. His reputation for square dealing is splendid and wherever he goes through the Miami Valley he is accorded a fine welcome. We want to recommend to those citizens of the valley who are in the business that they will do well to make the acquaintance of Mr. Shupert. He is a fine citizen to meet and numbers his friends by the score. Bell phone, 711. Home phone 60.
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THE ARCADE CAFE
32 South Main Street, Miamisburg
There is no more popular café in Miamisburg than the one operated by C. L. Young, who has a billiard and pool room feature to his establishment which has drawn a good-sized patronage. This café is complete in every particular and you will understand what this means. Cigars of Mr. Young’s own manufacture are sold over the counter and the establishment is deservedly one of the most popular in this city. Drop in and see Mr. Young and enjoy an hour or two with your friends here. The place was established 20 years ago and Mr. Young has invariably been known as a friend to the union boys.
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C. E. WARE
Miamisburg, Ohio
This gentleman has a well established hardware and seed store in Miamisburg, one of the best known of its kind in the city. It was started 18 years ago, and when it comes to having a full and complete stock there is no store here that is better equipped or more capable of handling your business.
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A. L. FISHER
64 South Main Street, Miamisburg
This gentleman owns and operates a first-class ice cream and confectionery store, one of the best known and most popular in Miamisburg. Everything sold here is guaranteed. Besides doing a fine retail business Mr. Fisher is a manufacturing confectioner and also makes his own ice cream.
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D. A. STUMP
Miamisburg, Ohio
This gentleman established his place of business nine years ago and has met with unlimited success. He handles the famous Ford automobiles, which are the most popular cars on the market. His sales room is on East Central Avenue and his garage on First Street. He has both telephones at both places Mr. Stump furnishes a high class automobile livery and handles all manner of automobile accessories. Storage and repairs are also a part of this gentleman’s equipment, and he operates a day and night service. Personally D. A. Stump is one of the best known men in Miamisburg, and his many years of experience here has enabled him to meet every demand made upon his concern for efficient, effective service in the automobile line. You will find the prices obtained here are right in every respect, and this gentleman guarantees all his work to be satisfactory. We have no hesitancy in recommending him to our friends in Miamisburg or those who may be passing through and need automobile repair work of any kind done. If you drop in at this garage and have anything done for your machine we know you will have no trouble. Give him a trial.
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MIAMISBURG PAPER COMPANY
711 North Main Street, Miamisburg
We want to call especial attention to a concern that has for over thirty years catered to the trade in this country, completely meeting every requirement made upon it by the business of the nation and fulfilling at all times every expectation for high class products. The Miamisburg Paper Company stands alone in the public esteem so far as the character of its service is concerned. Seventy persons are given employment here and the establishment is engaged in the manufacture of writing paper. It is the proud boast of the Miamisburg Paper Company that it has never had any labor trouble and this is easily explained because the concern has never by any act ever antagonized its employes, preferring rather, to deal with its men as they desire to be dealt with, in an honest, conscientious manner. The character of the product of the Miamisburg Paper Company speaks for itself in more eloquent terms than anything we might write here. It is officered by as fine a lot of gentlemen as you will find in business anywhere, and the ever-increasing demand for its products testifies to the good will it has gained among the trade. We have no hesitancy and, in fact, we take a great deal of pleasure in suggesting to our friends that they always have a good word for the company. We know that its long and honorable history is filled with successes in a business way, and from time to time tangible evidence of the high standing it has maintained in the field of business is to be had. The plant is modern in every respect and fully equipped to handle the ever-increasing demand for its products. In fact, the Miamisburg Paper Company is one of the really large and thriving paper making concerns in the Miami Valley and has assured its place in the state and nation. When you have a chance to say a good word for this company we want our friends to avail themselves of the opportunity.
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JAMES HASSETT
78 South Main Street, Miamisburg
Prominent among the business houses of Miamisburg is the one owned and operated by James Hassett, up-to-date billiard parlors. This business was opened four years ago and now has the full and complete confidence of our citizens, affording as it does a splendid place for high class entertainment. Mr. Hassett has a cigar store in connection with his pool room and is a sub-jobber of cigars. His place is extremely popular with the boys of the union organizations, who know Mr. Hassett has been one of the friends of the organized labor unions. In fact, he has always stood for square dealing to every movement having for its purpose the development and advancement of the cause of labor. His billiard and pool rooms are the finest in Miamisburg. He gives his business his personal and undivided attention and strives at all times to give his patrons the finest possible service. His place is a popular meeting hall for the boys who want to spend a social hour or so, and if you have never made this gentleman’s personal acquaintance we want you to drop in and see him at your first opportunity. He will receive you in a most cordial manner, and you will always be made at home here. His place is one of the interesting places in Miamisburg. Home phone 44 and Bell 297.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Miamisburg, Ohio
Established more than 52 years ago in 1866, immediately following the close of the Civil War, this well-known banking institution is one of the most solid and trusted in Montgomery County. T. V. Lyons, the president, is a leader in the financial circles of the district, and in addition is very popular among a large circle of friends. Associated with him in the conduct of the bank’s business, which has grown be leaps and bounds since it was founded, is a corps of business men, all noted for their strict business integrity and pleasing personalities. W. H. Albrecht is a vice president, as is S. H. Mays, both wide awake, progressive business men. Charles F. Eck holds the responsible position of cashier and is ably assisted by C. A. Schuster. The capital and surplus of the “First National” is now $150,000, while the total assets exceed $1,000,000. Only the latest and most approved methods are used at the bank. Highest rate interest is paid up deposits, with special attention gives to savings accounts. Loans are made at moderate rates of interest to all responsible persons upon presentation of good security. Union men will find that their money is always safe at this institution.
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EDWARD LEISENHOFF
18 South Main Street, Miamisburg
This concern was established 53 years ago and its long and honorable history is complete with satisfied customers. You will find everything you want in the way of gentlemen’s clothing and furnishings here, and at prices that cannot fail to attract your attention and command your trade.
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THE SIMMONS COMPANY
41 South Main Street, Miamisburg
This store was established two years ago and is a five- and ten-cent variety store, carrying stock everything that you might be called upon to buy. The prices charged, however, do not fully indicate the splendid values which the goods carry, because the Simmons Company aims at all times to give the patrons the finest possible service at the lowest possible cost, a feature that very naturally appeals to its patrons. Notions, hosiery, laces, embroideries, curtain goods, china, enamel ware and home goods, constitute some of the things they handle.
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MIAMI PAPER COMPANY
West Carrollton, Ohio
The Miami Valley is generally conceded to be one of the greatest and most influential paper making districts in the country. Up and down the great section paper manufacturing plants are to be found today, great industries that reflect on a very positive way the development of the paper trade in this part of the nation. In looking over the list of concerns engaged in this particular line of business we do not find any of them superior in any respect to the Miami Paper Company of West Carrollton, an industry that claims the entire nation for its field, and the excellence of whose products are known far and wide, not only in the United States, but in many foreign countries as well. It is, withal, a well ordered concern, modernly equipped in every respect and officered by as competent a lot of men as you will find in the world. That it has been eminently successful in its chosen field, speaks more eloquently than any words we might write, of the high standing it enjoys in the marts of trade of the country.
Established six years ago the Miami Paper Company has developed in a rather remarkable manner. It gives employment to 250 persons, all skilled in a very important branch of the paper industry. As a concern engaged in the manufacture of paper, we question very much whether you will find, anywhere, a concern that is superior to this one. Its capacity is 80 tons of paper per day, and W. W. Sunderland is the president. Mr. Sunderland, it might be well to remark at this particular time, is a gentleman thoroughly schooled in the paper making business. For many years he has followed this business, mastering every detail of the enterprise and giving the Miami Paper Company, since his identification with the company, his personal attention and interest.
The same concern is in control of the Miami Tablet Company, an industry that, in this particular line, is also an industrial leader. This concern gives employment to 100 persons, and the character of its products has made its name identical with superiority in these lines. The paper making business in the Miami Valley has always been an important one, commanding a great deal of attention and attracting skilled men from many sections of the country. The paper business is a fascinating one. During the many years of its development, new and labor-saving devices have been evolved to enhance both the character of the product and make more certain the high class product that the trade requires. So far as keeping abreast of the times, there is no concern following any line of endeavor that has so ably met every requirement as the Miami Paper Company. This has contributed in a very decided way to the success of this enterprise. Square dealings with all its customers and a desire to service to the utmost of its ability have been deciding factors in the development of the Miami Paper Company.
Concerns that buy paper, very naturally want the best product they can obtain for the money. The kind of paper you use not infrequently reflects the character of your own business, and so it is with whatever grade of paper you purchase, it is most essential that you get the best the market affords. You want to know how your paper is made and how much skill is put into the manufacturing thereof. We have no hesitancy, in fact we take a great deal of pleasure in recommending the Miami Paper Company. We know that any purchase you make from this concern is going to be satisfactory, because the concern aims above all things to give SERVICE.
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AMERICAN ENVELOPE COMPANY
West Carrollton, Ohio
Situated in the heart of the great Miami Valley, the American Envelope Company is one of the largest plants in the country devoted exclusively to the manufacture of envelopes. Years of experience have perfected the product of the concern until it is now the proud and substantiated boast of the company that its envelopes have no superior any place in the world. The foundations of the huge plant were laid just 23 years ago. In close proximity to many of the best paper mills of the company, the firm has had easy access to raw products, abundant water from the Miami River and excellent shipping facilities to inspire it in its phenomenal growth. At the present time, approximately 200 persons are kept on the payroll at steady and profitable employment, the company paying the highest possible wages, consistent with sound business principles. The most hearty cooperation exists between employes and officials, who are recognized as friends of the union cause. H. L. Newell is president of the concern, J. H. Friend vice president, R. D. Bertschy treasurer and D. P. Hoffman secretary. None of these men need an introduction in business circles of West Carrollton and the Miami Valley. All are noted for their progressive methods and fair dealing with their customers. In regard to the working man, they have always shown a readiness to aid any cause that will better labor conditions. With right prices quoted on high quality, prompt delivery made on all orders by the American Envelope Company is all that is necessary to insure complete satisfaction to all patrons – and it is done.
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W. E. BENDER
45 South Main Street, Miamisburg
This popular business man is the proprietor of a modern and attractive billiard hall, where a complete line of cigars, cigarettes, and tobaccos are sold. His hall is equipped with several of the latest type billiard and pool tables, upon which a sociable game may be enjoyed by union men in the evening in perfect comfort. A sanitary lunch counter is run in connection with the billiard parlor. Since becoming established one year ago, Mr. Bender has built up a large business. Telephone, Home 115-L.
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WEST CARROLLTON PARCHMENT COMPANY
West Carrollton, Ohio
In looking over the list of Miami Valley concerns that have by the very progress and success achieved, added to the fame and luster of this section of Ohio, we note the West Carrollton Parchment Company listed as among the greatest. This is by no means a newly organized concern, but was established 30 years ago. It gives employment to 100 people and the character of its manufactured products speaks more eloquently of the worth of this business establishment than any word we might write concerning it here. J. H. Friend is president of the company; H. W. Friend is vice president, and R. B. Harbison is secretary. The concern manufactures the famous “Puritan” brand vegetable parchment papers and its mills at West Carrollton are generally regarded as one of the most complete in every respect in this section of the state. It would not be inappropriate at this point to mention that this concern conducts its business with the “pep” and “dash” customary to the carrying on of first class business enterprises. It aims at all times to give its customers the finest possible attention to their orders. If you are in need of parchment of any kind we want to recommend that you first of all get in touch with the West Carrollton Parchment Company. They will be glad to give you estimates on any job you may present to them and you will always be assured of the best prices on the market. The plant is kept running at full capacity to handle an ever-increasing demand for its products, and it is little wonder that the company is enjoying the unusual prosperity it is. The men who are officers and have to the running of the plant in hand are men well known in the paper industry in the Miami Valley. With them this has been a lifetime study and they are therefore, able to give their customers personal experience in the conduct of the business.
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J. H. ROHRER
Germantown, Ohio
This gentleman is a packer and dealer in Gebhardt Seed, Little Dutch, and Zimmer’s Spanish tobacco, and has been established in business for the last thirty years. He is, in fact, one of the best known men in the tobacco business in this section of the state and he is known to practically every tobacco grower and dealer in the Miami Valley. The tobacco business is one of the foremost in this section of the state. In Germantown especially you will find the tobacco growing business centered and among those who are engaged in the industry here, none stands higher in the public estimation or regard than J. H. Rohrer. His long and active service along this line has brought this gentleman into close contact with many of our growers and dealers. Everyone has found Mr. Rohrer to be trustworthy and reliable in every respect and we have no hesitancy, and in fact, we take a great deal of pleasure in recommending this gentleman to our friends who may be in the market for tobacco. During his thirty-five years of service, Mr. Rohrer has constantly maintained the same dignified methods which have stood him so well in stead.
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IRVIN HOWARD
Germantown, Ohio
Established four years ago, this gentleman is the proprietor of the White Star Garage, one of the finest of its kind in this section of the state. Mr. Howard makes it a point to see that his patrons get the best possible service at all times with the most reasonable of prices. He handles accessories and does automobile repair work, neatly and promptly. He is the agent for the famous Lexington and Oakland automobiles. We want to urge our friends living in this neighborhood to give Mr. Howard a very liberal share of their business. He will appreciate your patronage and serve you right.
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A. C. KERCHER
Germantown, Ohio
This gentleman has been established in the leaf tobacco business for 38 years, and his name is a familiar one to hundreds of the citizens of the Miami Valley. As a packer of leaf tobacco, A. C. Kercher has no equal in this section of the state. His long years of experience have admirably fitted him for handling an ever-increasing business. He is courteous and accommodating and is the kind of citizen who justly deserves to succeed in his chosen line of work. We urge our friends and those who desire anything in this man’s line to give him a call, and you will find him most agreeable.
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SCHAEFFER & RETTICH
Germantown, Ohio
This concern buys and packs Ohio leaf tobacco, and it is one of the best known in the Miami Valley. Established nine years ago, in the midst of one of the richest tobacco growing districts in Ohio, it is little wonder that a concern whose business is conducted in such a high class fashion, should achieve the success this concern has. W. M. Schaeffer and Albert Rettich compose the firm and their huge warehouse at Germantown speaks more strongly than these few words as to the fine reputation this concern holds in the minds and affections of tobacco growers in this district. Both men are well and favorably known both in Germantown and in neighboring communities. They have lived in this section for many years and have during that time established themselves strongly in the esteem of the business public. We have no hesitancy, and in fact we take a great deal of pleasure in recommending to our friends that they figure with Schaeffer and Rettich when they sell their leaf tobacco crop. This concern will give you the best market prices for your product and you will be sure of being courteously treated by reliable gentlemen.
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PIONEER LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY
Germantown, Ohio
Tobacco growers of the fertile southern Ohio district dispose of a large share of their crop annually to the above mentioned packing company, which is one of the largest concerns of its kind in the entire state. The Pioneer Company was established 25 years ago and has enjoyed an almost unbroken run of success and prosperity in the quarter century which covers its existence. Progressiveness of the officials in charge of the concern coupled with their honesty and fairness in all business dealings, has built up a reputation for the company that is surpassed by none and has enabled it to secure its share of the raw products and turn it out in a high grade finished form for the cigar manufacturers all over the country. Equipment of the plant is of the latest and most approved type that money is able to buy. Packers employed by the concern are men and women of experience, most of whom are old and satisfied employes of the company. Highest purchase prices paid for the raw products of the fields surrounding the plant has enabled the company to secure an adequate supply of the choicest grades, due to which fact it has been able to keep up with the large demand for its packed tobacco. Officials of the firm have always maintained a thorough feeling of sympathy and cooperation for the cause of organized labor, and have been willing to do all in their power to promote the welfare of the movement. Union men will get just treatment at their hands.
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S. W. BRITTON
22 South Main Street, Miamisburg
This gentleman operates one of the best known drug stores in Miamisburg, an establishment that stands second to none in the community and a store in every respect trustworthy and reliable. Everything usually carried in a first class store is carried here, and we have no hesitancy in recommending it to our friends among the workingmen. Victrolas and Victor records are also carried in stock by Mr. Britton and he caters to a great number of satisfied customers. Drop in and give him a share of your business the next time you need anything in his line.
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THE GERMANTOWN LUMBER COMPANY
Germantown, Ohio
While we are recounting some of the leading business activities of this section of the state it is but natural that we should reflect for a moment at least upon the development nine years ago and still going strong. Ten persons are given employment at this place, and you will always find a fine line of coal and lumber on hand here. This concern’s stock is full and complete in every respect and we want to commend it to our friends not only in the immediate neighborhood, but to those who live at a distance, but who still appreciate the value of buying at a high class concern that can give you excellent service at a low cost. The concern is owned and operated by men of unquestioned reputation and men who are held in the highest regard by all who have any dealings with them. Call up this company and become one of its patrons. It will be a step you will never regret. It is generally known throughout this section as a most substantial business concern and friendly to the cause of organized labor. It is a company that deserves to enjoy the splendid success it has achieved. Bell telephone.
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SAN TELMO LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY
Germantown, Ohio
Ed Rettich, manager of the above mentioned tobacco company, is one of the best known and most popular business men in his community. Since establishing the San Telmo Company a year ago, he has built up a large business for the concern, adding to his laurels already won in the industrial world. Mr. Rettich has been prominently connected with the tobacco packing business at Germantown for 25 years. During that time he has always maintained the highest reputation for strict integrity and honesty in all his dealings. Union men have found in him a firm supporter of the cause of organized labor and take pleasure in giving him their utmost cooperation. Long experience in the tobacco business has enabled Mr. Rettich to reduce the packing of high-grade leaf tobacco to a fine point with the result that the finished products of Sam Telmo Company possess a quality and distinction all their own. Equipment of the plant consists of the latest and most approved machinery. It is ideally located in the center of a fine tobacco district.
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SLIFER’S GARAGE
Germantown, Ohio
R. M. Slifer is the proprietor of the above mentioned concern, generally conceded to be one of the foremost enterprises of its kind in the community. Mr. Slifer is agent for the famous “Saxon” automobile and he operates an automobile livery and repair shop that is second to none in this section of the country. Mr. Slifer gives his business his careful, personal and undivided attention. If you are passing through Germantown, or live there, we want you to give this concern your business. Phone, No. 70.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Germantown, Ohio
Among the many strong financial institutions of the Miami Valley, the First National Bank of Germantown is given a high rating. Established in 1863, the bank is considered as strong literally, as the rock of Gibraltar. Capital stock of the institution is now $50,000, while the surplus is conservatively estimated at $85,000. Officials of the institution are: John A. Shank, president; Charles F. Huber, vice president; E. C. Oblinger, cashier; and D. L. Oblinger, assistant cashier. The directorate is composed of those four men together with J. A. Hildabolt, Henry Ampt, Robert I. Grubbs, and George W. Huber. These men are all recognized as leaders in their community and are popular and held in high esteem by all with whom they come in contact. Only the latest approved methods are used at the bank. Deposits have rapidly increased in the bank, giving testimony of the great confidence that the people have in the institution. Savings accounts are especially solicited.
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THE FARMERS AND CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK
Germantown, Ohio
Established in 1904, the above mentioned bank has enjoyed a growth almost unparalleled in financial circles of southwestern Ohio. Founded with a capital of $25,000, the institution has doubled its deposits and resources time after time and is now considered one of the safest depositories in the Miami Valley. Methods in use at the bank are the latest and most approved. Courteous attention is given to every deposit no matter how large or small. Savings accounts, as the name of the bank implies, are especially welcome, and the institution has been one of the leaders in the district in encouraging the habit of thrift. Officials of the bank are: Adam Gilbert, president; Ed Rettich, vice president; and T. K. Zehring, cashier. In their community, these men are widely known and recognized as leaders in the Germantown business and financial world. Their friendliness to the cause of labor has made many union men depositors in the bank.
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THE FRANKLIN COATED PAPER COMPANY
Franklin, Ohio
In looking over the list of important industries in this section of the state it is of interest to note the growth and development of the Franklin Coated Paper Company, one of the best known and most complete paper making industries in the nation. The company was organized seven years ago and gives employment to 35 persons. Its output consists of coated book and lithograph paper, and in these two fields it is absolutely supreme. Officers of the company are: president, John J. Maloney; vice president, Maurice J. Freiberg; and treasurer, Walker S. Browne. These men are all familiar in every respect with the details of high class paper making. They have spent years in developing their art, and this is now always at the service of the careful, considerate buyer. You will go a long way before you find a mill so completely and modernly equipped as the Franklin Coated Paper Company plant. As a manufacturing concern engaged in the making of paper, it has a nation-wide reputation which has been established for a number of years. Those who are in direct charge of the operation of the plant are men known far and wide in the business world for their several talents and capabilities, and we take a great deal of pleasure in recommending this concern to our friends who may at some time or other be in the market for the high class stock of such a character the kind turned out by this mill. The art of making high class coated book or lithograph paper has developed considerably during recent years. New ideas have displaced the ideas of former days and in the way of keeping in touch with all modern devices and accomplishments, the Franklin Coated Paper Company is without any equal in America. Its products are constantly in demand and are constantly increasing so much so, in fact, that the mills are being driven to their capacity to furnish the output at the rate of demand. All work is carefully and scientifically done and the one principle which stands out preeminently in the conduct of this establishment is the disposition to please customers.
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THE SRERE PULP & PAPER COMPANY
Oxford Road, Franklin
This growing paper manufacturing plant is considered one of the important factors in the industrial life of the great Miami Valley. The company was established under its present management three years ago and in that space of time has attained a wonderful growth and prosperity. Much credit for the rapid expansion of the plant is being given to the popular officials who are: Alfred A. Srere, president; Harry Srere, vice president; Abraham Srere, secretary; and Howard L. Cheney, treasurer. All four men are widely and favorably known for their square and just business dealings and pleasing personalities. Methods in use at the plant are the most modern and up-to-date, which insures the products of the company being of the highest quality. The output of the factory is being steadily increased to take care of the large orders that are constantly pouring into the offices. The plant is ideally situated for the manufacture of paper on the banks of the Great Miami River, which insures the company of sufficient water supply. Rail transportation facilities are excellent for shipments to all parts of the country. More than 75 men are given steady employment at the plant, with bright prospects for a large increase in the payroll in the near future. Out of the high realty districts of the larger cities, the Srere Paper Company is able to quote prices on its products that cannot be equaled by many competitors. Officials of the company have always been very friendly in their dealings with organized labor, and number some of their best friends among union men. Franklin is proud of this important industry, for which such bright hopes for future success are held.
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HARDING PAPER COMPANY
North Front Street, Franklin
In looking over the list of business enterprises at Franklin, we notice that a majority of them are devoted to the manufacture of paper. And among these, the Harding Paper Company is deserving of the title of pioneer. It was established in the year 1865 and now gives employment to 126 persons. This concern has kept fully abreast of the times, has installed new and modern machinery in its plants, and its capacity is so great that it turns out a tremendous amount of high class product every day. Its business is known throughout the nation and is constantly on the increase. We have no hesitancy in recommending to our friends everywhere that they give the Harding Paper Company a very generous share of their patronage. We know any dealings you have with this company will be satisfactory in every respect. Here is a high class business establishment that commands the interest and attention of concerns everywhere. Its products speak eloquently of the genius which is used in its making. The men who are officers of the concern are representative of the highest class of citizenship. Mr. Jones is the manager and he is known throughout the valley for his great abilities.
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THE W. T. ESTES COMPANY
East Sixth Street, Franklin
A concern with a reputation extending all over the Middle West, is this prosperous leaf tobacco company. Established two years ago, the firm has steadily forged ahead, meeting all competition and steadily enlarging its plant and increasing its facilities. Officials of the company are all progressive business men. It addition, they are well liked in the community and possess the very highest reputation for honesty and integrity in all their dealings. Cigar leaf tobacco of the highest grade is packed and shipped to all parts of the country from the Franklin (Ohio) plant. Situated on the banks of the Miami River, the factory is given excellent advantages in the way of water power. Organized labor has always found officials of the company very friendly in their treatment of the cause, and we feel justified in giving the concern their heartiest support at every opportunity. Thirty-five skilled workmen are given steady employment at the factory.
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THE AMERICAN ROLLING MILL COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
There is no greater industry in the Miami Valley than the American Rolling Mill Company of Middletown, generally conceded by business men the nation over to be one of the largest, most enterprising and most modernly equipped industrial plants in the United States. The history of this industry reads like a chapter out of the book of business romance in America. It is a monument to the faith men had in this city and this valley, and its 18 years of honorable advancement speak more eloquently than these mere words could possibly speak of the success of this gigantic enterprise. George M. Verity is the president of the American Rolling Mill Company. He is a man of broad experience, wide sympathy and a tender regard for the thousands of employes who are working at the huge plant. The American Rolling Mill Company is more than simply an industry – it is a Miami Valley institution, organized and conducted along broad, humanitarian lines, and it devotes a considerable amount of its profits and energy to looking after those who are numbered among its employes. Eighteen years ago the company was organized along modest lines with about 300 employes. Today it has extended its area of activity in every direction, enlarged its plant from year to year, and increased its number of workmen to 5300. These few words tell something of the popular success and progress the institution has enjoyed. Mr. Verity has been closely identified with business and other interests in this section. As president of the Butler County food conservation committee he devoted a great deal of his valuable time to promoting the government propaganda relating to food saving. He went around the county personally and helped make the campaign the success it is, and was amply rewarded when the state administration took official cognizance of the work in Butler County by saying it was the best county work in behalf of food conservation done in Ohio.
In the life and development of the city of Middletown, George M. Verity has taken a leading part, and many of the improvements that have come to this community have resulted from his personal influence and direction. He has been a recognized leader in all war movements, such as campaigns for Red Cross, Liberty Loan, and kindred subjects now of more than ordinary interest not only to this particular community, but to the nation at large. As a man of strong convictions, intensely patriotic and deeply interested in all worthy undertakings, Mr. Verity has spared neither his own personal time, nor his personal expenses in helping to do good when he was able to.
His plant is one of the modernly equipped plants of its kind in this country. In fact, the American Rolling Mill Company is conceded among leaders in the manufacturing world to be second to none in importance, and the reputation of its products is nation-wide.
It is both a privilege and a pleasure to record in these few lines some of the things the American Rolling Mill Company has done for the Miami Valley. It has given employment to thousands of skilled workmen, enabled many of them to build their own homes, and provided a living wage that might be used for the support of the workingman’s family. Its employes work under ideal working conditions and everything in the way of machinery and equipment for guarding the lives of the workmen is provided here. It is one of those concerns that stand head and shoulders above a community, a beacon light as it were, drawing the attention of the business world to Middletown.
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THE ADVANCE BAG COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
This concern is one of the leading industries of the prosperous and growing city of Middletown, Ohio, situated near the lower extremity of the great Miami Valley. Paper bags of superior quality are manufactured in huge quantities at the plant, the capacity of which is now figured at 5,000,000 bags daily. To turn out that immense amount, the services of approximately 160 skilled workmen are required. The company has been established for more than 18 years, and possesses a high reputation in financial circles of the Middle West. Officials of the concern are: H. W. Renick, president; E. Leibee McCallay, secretary; C. S. Jackson, treasurer; and C. T. Elliott, vice president. These men are widely and favorably known in the industrial life of Middletown, both for their progressive business principles and personal popularity. Bags manufactured by the company include the famous “Panama,” “Wa-Ha,” “White Rock” brands, and the “Ohio Kraft” sugar bag. The company has played a prominent part in promoting the industrial growth of Middletown and is always willing to aid in any civic movement for the betterment of the community. The cause of labor has not been forgotten by officials of the concern, who have always been known as friends of the workingman. Shipping facilities of the company for delivering various orders to all parts of the country are excellent, and have been one of the causes of the rapid growth of the concern, which now possesses a nation-wide reputation. Middletown is proud of this large industrial plant, and will see that it never has cause to leave the city.
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THE PETER WEBER COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
We desire to call attention to the above concern established in 1868, which is in every way worthy and deserving of the earnest support and unrestricted patronage and hearty good will of every member and loyal cities.
This enterprise is heartily in sympathy with the labor movement when properly conducted and has never opposed the broad underlying principles of organized labor, but has shown itself to be manifestly fair minded and public spirited, and deserves the proper recognition in this review of honorably conducted enterprises in our midst worthy of our endorsement and continued support.
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THE MIAMI CYCLE AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
We want to call especial attention to the above mentioned concern, one of the best known in this section of the state, and a company that has stood the test of a quarter of century experience in the manufacturing world. Three hundred persons are given employment at this plant, and the concern manufactures high grade bicycles, Mussellman Positive Drive Coaster Brakes. The class of bicycles turned out by this company is so well known to the trade that it scarcely seems necessary to say much concerning the high reputation and splendid services this concern has always rendered. A. H. Walburg is president of the concern and the executive committee consists of C. R. Miller, vice president and chairman; H. S. Wise, treasurer; and J. W. Ash, secretary. Directors are: S. J. Sorg, A. H. Walburg, H. M. Geiger, Thomas Duncan, C. R. Miller, J. W. Ash and H. S. Wise. This concern is well and favorably known to the trade, not only of the Miami Valley, but all over the state, and in neighboring states as well. The character of its products attests in every remarkable way to the high standing the Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Company has in the business world. In speaking of this concern, it would be wrong to omit saying a word in behalf of the men who own and operate the business. They are citizens who have the high regard and good wishes of everyone in the business world. Thoroughly schooled in the work in which they are engaged, reliable and trustworthy in every respect, the directors and officers of the Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Company present to the patrons of the company a splendid reason why you should continue to do business with them.
This is one of the high class concerns which have added lustre to the business life in southern Ohio. Founded on the principle of fair dealings at all times, and a strict business development, the Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Company has lived true to the traditions of its founders and its business life has been an exemplary one. We have no hesitance, and, in fact, we take a great deal of pleasure in recommending to our friends that they give this concern a very liberal share of their patronage. We know any dealings you have with the concern will be satisfactory in every respect.
There are some things that enter into the manufacture of first class bicycles that must not be overlooked by the trade. In the first place, and chiefly, the machine must stand up under the most severe test in order to meet every requirement of the public. In such a way have the products of this well-known concern met the demands of the buyer, and we consider it a privilege for the city of Middletown to have within its corporate limits a concern so ably and conscientiously managed. When you think of the manufactured products of the Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Company you are bound to think first of quality, then of satisfaction.
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THE PAUL A. SORG PAPER COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
We want to call particular attention to the Paul A. Sorg Company, one of the largest and most progressive industrial plants in the entire valley, and among the foremost mills in the state. It was established 19 years ago and now gives employment to 150 persons. The concern manufactures rope and jute papers and specialties. The manufacture of paper is an important one for the entire Miami Valley, from Cincinnati north to Dayton, and in looking over the list of concerns that are engaged in this particular line of work we find the Paul A. Sorg Paper Company stands in the front rank. The paper manufacturing business has been subjected to many changes during the long period between the organization of this concern and the present day. Demands have changed and the up-to-date mills have met them. This concern has been in no way reticent in making improvements in its plants. New and modern machinery has supplanted the old-fashioned machinery and new methods have taken the place of the old methods. The Paul A. Sorg Paper Company has kept fully abreast of the times in the operation of its business. It is officered by men who are well and favorably known in the business world, not only of the Miami Valley, but in various sections of the country as well. We have no hesitancy in recommending to those who are in need of any particular kind of product of the kind manufactured by this concern that they secure estimates first from the Paul A. Sorg Paper Company. We know you will be fully satisfied with the strict business methods employed here, and find that it has been extremely profitable to have given their business to this concern. This is one of the real big industrial plants in this section and is deserving of special commendation. For that reason we take pleasure in commending the concern to our friends.
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THE AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
120 East Third Street, Middletown
This financial institution, one of the best known in the city of Middletown, was established in 1911. Officers are: president, John W. Boyd; vice president, A. H. Wahlburg; cashier, C. B. Niederlander; and assistant cashier, Carleton Eldridge. The capital stock is $100,000 and the surplus is $20,000. In presenting the claims of the American Trust and Savings Bank to the citizens of Middletown and neighborhood, we do so with a full reliance on the good faith of our citizens who do business with a financial institution of recognized merit. The institution, since its establishment, has aimed to give the very best service in a financial way, consistent with sound banking principles. Let this institution look after your financial affairs at all times. It is reliable and trustworthy in every respect and is deserving of the good will and high regard of all our citizens. It is founded upon principles of good business methods and care at all times, and it is a concern of which any community might well feel proud.
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A. B. SHETTER
220 South Broadway, Middletown
Established twenty-five years, the above named gentleman has for many years been one of the foremost business men of this city. He is agent for the Buick automobiles and carries in stock a full and complete line of accessories. We want our friends to bear A. B. Shetter in mind when in need of anything in his line. He carries a line of farming implements of recognized merit and his store appeals strongly to all classes, because fair dealings and honest prices prevail here. Drop in and talk things over with him. We know you will find him a most cordial and pleasant gentleman.
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THE W. B. OGLESBY PAPER COMPANY
114 West First Street, Middletown
Possessing a nation-wide reputation as a manufacturer of high-grade paper, this concern is a leader among the many paper mills of the Miami Valley. Since becoming established 50 years ago, the company has built up a large and prosperous business and provided itself a completely modern and well-equipped plant. Paper making machinery in use now at the factory is of the latest design, which, coupled with the exclusive, scientific processes used, insures a uniformly high quality to the Oglesby products. Paper made by the company includes offset papers, writings, bonds, and ledgers. To meet the large demand for its products, the company now gives employment to 150 skilled workmen in light, airy buildings. Officials of the company have not forgotten the welfare of their employes in their successful efforts to put their paper in a class by itself, and the men respond by giving their utmost cooperation. Situated on the banks of the Miami River, the plant is given adequate water supply, so necessary to the paper industry. Railroad facilities insure the making of prompt shipments on all orders sent to the Oglesby mills. The fairness displayed toward the cause of organized labor by the company has made it a favorite among workingmen, with the result that the class of men employed at the factory is far above the average, another thing which is responsible for the high quality of the product. Progressiveness is the keynote of the policy of the company officials, all of whom are widely known Middletown business men, many of them being affiliated with other industrial and financial interests. A brilliant future is predicted for this growing Miami Valley concern.
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THE WRENN PAPER COMPANY
Fourth and Water Streets, Middletown
This is one of the oldest of the many paper manufacturing concerns in the great Miami Valley. Established in 1858, the company is now in its sixtieth year, and equipped with better facilities than ever to supply the ever-increasing demand for its high-grade products, backed by the approval of thousands of satisfied patrons of the past and present. Officials of the company, all popular and well-known business men, are: J. R. Allen, president; Austin Smith, vice president, and John Gibson Jr., treasurer. In business circles of the Miami Valley, these men are held in high esteem and universally admired for their progressiveness and business ability. Grades of paper which have made the Wrenn mill famous are: “Royal Colors,” “Wrenn’s Best,” “Wrenn’s Record,” “Miami,” “Mosaic,” “Basket Weave,” “Porcelain,” and “Antlers.” Quality and moderate prices go hand in hand, according to the motto of this concern. At the present time the plant furnishes steady and lucrative employment to more than 75 persons, all of whom speak very highly of the courtesy and liberal treatment of their employers. The concern has always been friendly to the cause of organized labor.
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THE C. C. FOUTZ COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
Established four years ago, this concern manufactures metal silos, grain bins, corn cribs, stock tanks, K. D. tanks, furrowing houses, colony houses, welded ice cans, garages, and steel shelving. Its product “Duro” pure iron is a guarantee of perfection and we haven’t the slightest hesitancy in recommending to those who may be in need of anything in this particular line that they give this concern a liberal share of their patronage. The company is known far and wide as a most responsible, reliable establishment that commends itself to the trade everywhere.
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THE GARDNER-HARVEY PAPER COMPANY
201 North Charles Street, Middletown
This is one of the concerns to which Middletown owes its present high standing in the industrial world. Established nine years ago, the company, with its affiliated companies, the Colin Gardner Paper Company and the Gardner Paper Board Company is now turning out 500,000 pounds of the finest quality paper daily. The above mentioned concern is known far and wide as being the producer of superior grades of patent coated boards, paper box boards, blanks and other paper specialties. To handle the immense output, the mill now requires the services of 125 skilled workmen, all of whom labor under sanitary and healthy conditions at a most lucrative rate of pay. Officials of the company are progressive business men, who believe in treating their employes with all the consideration and fairness that is in their power. They have also taken an active part in the civic affairs of Middletown and are looked upon as being among its leading citizens. Products of the company are made under the latest processes, exclusive to the concern, which insures a uniformly high quality to Gardner-Harvey paper. Situated near ample water supply and on several railroad trunk lines, the company is able to meet all competition on the matter of price and delivery and is consequently doing a large and prosperous business. A nation-wide reputation is possessed by this growing Middletown paper manufacturing establishment. Long distance phones, Main 2047, 2048, and 2049.
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THE ENTERPRISE MACHINE COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
We want to call especial attention to the fact that the above mentioned concern is one of the best known in this section of the city. G. H. Harvey is president; C. Gardner, Jr. is secretary; M. S. Johnston is treasurer. G. R. Zecher is manager. The concern was established six months ago and now gives employment to twenty-five persons. It is one of the high class business concerns in Middletown and its ever-increasing business is a fine testimonial to the efficient manner in which it is operated and the friendly spirit which exists between the employer and employes. The concern engages in machine work of all kinds, contract work and jobbing work in each line it is especially well equipped for handling any demands that may be made upon it. Here is a bustling young establishment that commends itself to the business of this neighborhood. It is operated by men who are thoroughly familiar with every feature of the business and we want our friends to give the concern a liberal share of their business when they are in need of such services. Its plant is modernly equipped in every respect and efficiently operated.
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THE COLIN-GARDNER PAPER COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
We want to call especial attention just now to the Colin-Gardner Paper Company, generally recognized in business circles of the Miami Valley as one of the most trustworthy and reliable concerns of its kind in this section. They manufacture superior grades of patent coated boards, paper box boards, blanks and specialties. The combined capacity of the three mills of this concern is half a million pounds daily. The associated companies are the Gardner-Harvey Paper Company and the Gardner Paper Board Company. This concern was established seventeen years ago and now gives employment to 170 skilled workmen. It is one of the foremost paper manufacturing plants in Southern Ohio, and the fame of its product is nation-wide. The men who own and operate this plant are men of unquestioned standing in the community, and are well and favorably known throughout the paper-making industry of the country. Skilled in their several lines these men have given their full and complete attention to the development of this business, with the result that it has worked its way to the very forefront of the paper manufacturing business in the valley. The making of paper, together with other manufacturing lines, has undergone considerable changes in recent years, and the Colin-Gardner Paper Company has always kept fully abreast of the times, until it is now the most efficiently handled and most modern of plants. We have no hesitancy in recommending this concern to our friends, because we know your dealings here will be satisfactory in every respect. This concern aims to satisfy its customers completely, and it does this in a remarkable way. It is one of the big manufacturing industries of this section.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Middletown, Ohio
Confidence in the officials and the use of the latest and most approved banking methods have made this bank a leader in the financial circles of the Miami Valley. Maintaining a steady and pronounced growth since it was established in 1865, the bank now shows a statement on which the words “capital and surplus $170,000” immediately attract the attention of wise investors and depositors. Officials of the institution are: M. W. Renick, president; D. McCallay, vice-president; Charles J. Brooks, cashier. The honesty and business integrity of these men is widely known and calls for favorable comment in the business circles of the city, in which they have always been considered leaders in civic activities. Savings accounts from union men are especially solicited at the First National Bank. The utmost consideration and courtesy is shown to every depositor, many of whom have been placing their money in the trust of this institution for years.
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THE KINSEY MOTOR CAR COMPANY
Monument and Stratford Avenues, Dayton
Recently moved into its new home at the corner of Monument and Stratford Avenues, this old and widely-known motor car company is now better than ever ready to take care of the increasing demand being made by the particular auto public for its services. Formerly located at 303 West Third Street, the firm needs no introductions to motorists, who have been getting absolute satisfaction in the matter of repairs and accessories at the garage for more than four years. Equipment of the new establishment is of the highest type found in all the better garages and insures patrons of first-class work. The company is the agency for the famous Oakland cars, the popularity of which is nation-wide and the reliability of which is a slogan in the motor world. The service station maintained by the Kinsey Motor Car Company is one of the best in the state. Expert mechanics are employed to look after your car in the proper manner, and not leave it in a worse shape than they found it. Officials of the company are: R. W. Kinsey, president; and H. M. Mandalay, manager. Both men have wide experience in the business and are noted for the honesty and squareness of their business dealings. They fully appreciate the support of organized labor and in return have always shown a large spirit of friendliness to the cause. They are leaders in the Gem City motor world and can always be found at the front in all matters pertaining to the improvement of automobile and road conditions. A successful future is predicted for this progressive and wide-awake company, which is setting the pace for scores of other dealers.
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THE GARDNER PAPER BOARD COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
In calling attention of our people to this well-known concern we take a great deal of pleasure in saying that in no part of the country will you find a company so well established and so firmly entrenched in the good wishes of the buying public as this one is. The concern manufactures superior grades of patent coated boards, paper box boards, blanks and specialties. The company is associated with the Colin Gardner Paper Company and the Gardner Harvey Paper Company and the combined capacity of the three mills is 500,000 pounds of paper daily. The company was established one and one-half years ago and gives employment to 75 persons. It is a modern, up-to-date establishment, operated on a strictly business principle, and caters to a rapidly growing list of patrons. If you are in the market for anything in this company’s line we want you to do business with the Gardner Paper Board Company, because we know any dealings you have with this company will be satisfactory. It guarantees to please its patrons at all times, and for this reason it holds a high place in the business affairs of the community.
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THE O. K. PAPER PAIL COMPANY
Campbell, opposite Seventh Street, Middletown
Since becoming established more than 15 years ago this well-known manufacturing concern has thoroughly demonstrated the possibilities of growth and expansion under the policy of progressive and honest business dealings. At the present time, the concern possesses a nation-wide reputation as the manufacturer of paper pails, paper folding boxes and cartons of all kinds. A specialty is made of the manufacture of oyster and ice cream pails, for which a large demand is met with all over the country by this company. Starting on a small scale, the company is now furnishing steady employment to 30 skilled workmen, and has long ago taken its place in the ranks of the larger Middletown industrial plants. Charles B. Oglesby is president of the concern and W. D. Oglesby is secretary. Both are popular and well-known business men and thorough believers in progressiveness. They are liked by employes and friends alike. Union men have always been given a square deal at their hands.
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THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
Middletown, Ohio
This is one of the oldest and best known financial institutions in Butler County. It was established nearly 50 years ago, or more precisely, 46 years ago, and since that time it has made numerous friends by the strict business principles which have marked its development. John W. Boyd is the president; C. B. Niederlander is vice president; C. J. Stahl is cashier; and F. E. Troutwine is assistant cashier; and these men are all well and favorably known in the business affairs of this section of the state. In fact, the Merchants’ National Bank of Middletown is one of the pioneer financial institutions in this section, and we have no hesitancy in recommending to our friends both in Middletown and in neighboring communities that they give the concern a liberal share of their patronage. The bank solicits the confidence and good will of people everywhere, guaranteeing at all times to give the best possible service, consistent with strict business methods. The men who are officers of the institution are men who are known far and wide for their abilities and are trustworthy in every respect.
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THE OGELSBY AND BARNITZ COMPANY
BANKERS
302 South Main Street, Middletown
Founded in 1847, this well-known Middletown and Miami Valley banking firm is now better able than ever before in its long and successful history to look after the best interests of the thousands of depositors. Years of faithful service in guarding the monies of its clients have given the institution an unusually high rating in financial circles. The bank is old in name and reputation only, for the latest and most approved methods are used in the transaction of all its business. Officers of the company are: C. B. Ogelsby, president; W. O. Barnitz, vice president; J. W. Shafor, cashier; and C. E. Sebald, assistant cashier. The reputation and standard of these men in their community is guarantee absolute of the strength and solidness of the bank at which they are the heads. Not only are they honest and progressive business men, but they have also been active in civic and labor welfare. Accounts of union men are solicited and given the most careful attention at this bank, which is distinguished by the courtesy shown its depositors.
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SABIN ROBBINS PAPER COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
Established 25 years ago the above mentioned concern gives employment to thirty persons, and is generally regarded as one of the best known of its kind in this city and valley. They are the largest exclusive dealers in jobs in papers and boxboard in the United States, and have sales offices in Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Cleveland and Detroit. In fact, the concern is an up-to-date and modern institution engaged in making high class paper, and its reputation extends to all sections of the country. It is doubtful whether you will find a higher class plant in the country than the Sabin Robbins Company.
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THE RAYMOND BAG COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
This concern was established in 1868 and is one of the oldest establishments in its line in the entire country. Sixty persons are given employment and the character of the product of the Raymond Bag Company is such that it needs no full-some praise from us in these few lines. The manufacture of high grade bags of all kinds consists of the manufactured product of this concern. Flour and cement bags are a specialty with them. Officers of the company are: James Lawrence, president; A. H. Walburg, vice president; and W. F. Lawrence is secretary and treasurer. This is one of the pioneer manufacturing plants in southern Ohio, and we have no hesitancy in recommending it to our friends who may be in need of products of this kind. The Raymond Bag Company has enjoyed a success that few concerns of its kind have enjoyed. Beginning as it did amid modest surroundings the company has continued to extend its activities and enlarge its facilities until it has now a large, modern and up-to-date plant. You will find its products include practically everything that is needed in the bag line and the character of its products is high class in every respect. When you or your friends are in need of anything of this kind we suggest that you remember the Raymond Bag Company and recommend it to others who might need something in their line.
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THE F. O. DIVER MILLING COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
Established twenty two years ago, this concern ranks among the leaders in its particular line of work in the Miami Valley. Eight persons are given employment. They deal in grain, flour, feed, coal, and salt, and their elevator is one of the most modernly equipped and up-to-date in the city. We have no hesitancy in recommending this milling concern to our friends, because we know it is a first class institution and worthy the patronage of those who are particular about their purchases and dealings in milling products. The concern is a member of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.
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J. S. TRANSFER COMPANY
226 South Canal Street, Middletown
This concern was established about two years ago and has one of the most up-to-date transfer business establishments in this thriving city. Four persons are given employment. Charles E. Swink is the manager of the concern. The company does all kinds of transfer work, baggage, express, heavy and light hauling, and you may depend upon it any work they do for you will be satisfactorily done. If there is something in their line that you want done we would earnestly urge our friends to give the J. S. Transfer Company a liberal share of their patronage. Phones: office 209, residence 2668.
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WARDLOW-THOMAS PAPER COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
There are some concerns that, by the very nature of their product, have forged to the very front in a business way, commanding the respect and attention of the trade everywhere. Such a concern in truth is the Wardlow-Thomas Paper Company, established in 1885 and now giving employment to seventy-five expert papermakers. Officers of the company are: president, M. A. Thomas; vice president, James Lawrence; secretary and treasurer, E. C. Woodward. Here is one of the most up-to-date, modern and enterprising paper manufacturing concerns in the state, and they make Rope and Manila papers of the finest possible quality. In fact, you will find the products in this well known business plant in use all over the country and an ever increasing demand for the products of the Wardlow-Thomas Paper Company attests in more eloquent words than these few lines we might write here of the high standing which the concern enjoys in a business world as we know it in America. This is a modern paper making plant in every particular. It has during the many years of its history enjoyed the respect and good feeling of all lines of trade. Its officers are business men, well and favorably known not only in this particular community but all over Ohio and many neighboring states as well. The making of paper with the Wardlow-Thomas Paper Company is a science which the concern has mastered in an exceptional way and we take a great deal of pleasure in recommending it to our friends everywhere and those who may be in need of something in its particular line. Rope paper of all grades is made here and the material going into the manufacture is of the finest possible quality. In fact it would be difficult to find a concern better equipped for handling the ever increasing trade in a more satisfactory manner than this one is. It is one of the big industrial leaders in the Miami Valley and a company in which the trade has the utmost confidence.
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THE MIDDLETOWN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
This concern was established three years ago and gives employment to ten persons. It is one of the best concerns of its kind in this city and we have no hesitancy in recommending it to our friends and those who may be in need of its services. The company is conducted in a business-like manner and the men who are in charge of its affairs are all men well known to this community. The company is equipped in every possible way for handling of your transportation problems and doing so in an effective, efficient manner. Call up and give them a share of your business when in need of their services.
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THE CALDWELL AND ISEMINGER COMPANY
Middletown, Ohio
In view of the fact that it was established in 1858, this concern is now one of the oldest manufacturing establishments in the Miami Valley. The company is widely known as manufacturers of high grade interior finish, veneered doors, hardwood interiors, bank and office counters, and stair work. The firm also does a general contracting and building business in addition to turning out hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber and mill work annually. J. M. Iseminger is president of the company; C. E. Daley, vice president; Henry Erb, treasurer; and Fred J. Erb, secretary. Through their long affiliation with the industry these men are considered leaders in their line. They are all popular and progressive business men and leaders in the civic welfare of their city. They are also well liked by their employes, of whom 70 are now kept on the payroll at steady and profitable work. The plant is modern and up-to-date in every particular and the company is well equipped to turn out the large orders for its products with great promptness and speed. In the building and contracting line, the company has erected some of the largest and finest business structures and residences in the state and can show many references as to the quality and satisfaction of the work done. Among the more notable buildings constructed by the company are the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, the Chittenden Hotel in Columbus, the Toledo Central High School, Orton Hall of Ohio State University, and the Continental National Bank Building in Memphis Tennessee.
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THE INTERSTATE FOLDING BOX COMPANY
Park, Seventh, and Canal, Middletown
Paper boxes and cartons for all requirements are manufactured in large quantities by this prosperous and growing Middletown concern. Established in 1912, the company is now located in a modern, up-to-date plant, equipped with the best facilities for rendering prompt service. At the present time more than 35 men are given steady employment by the concern. Officials of the company are all well known business men, popular in business and labor circles. Their financial standing has placed the factory on a firm foundation and given guarantee of future success and expansion. Quality of the paper boxes and cartons made by the concern is well recognized, and has caused a demand for its products which is equaled only with difficulty. Shipping facilities of the plant are excellent, however, and have been a material aid in the development of the enterprise. Union men have found the company very square in its dealings toward the cause of organized labor. Quality and efficient service is the slogan of the company.
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THE BLACK-CLAWSON COMPANY
North Second Street, Hamilton
Hamilton is distinctly a manufacturing center, having within its borders some of the largest concerns in their particular line of business in the world. Among these industries which have added immeasurably to the reputation of the city and the state by the output of their plants may well be mentioned the Black-Clawson Company, generally recognized as a leader in industrial activities of Ohio and particularly the Miami Valley. The concern was established forty years ago and now gives employment to two hundred and fifty persons. Its particular field of business is the manufacture of paper and pulp mill machinery, cylinder, evaporating, and dry machines for all purposes. Frank C. Trowbridge is the president of the Black-Clawson Company. A. L. Shinkle is vice president; H. L. Kutter is secretary; and H. R. Dilg treasurer. In a rapidly growing business such as this one, very naturally the management has to be composed of a wide-awake, live lot of business men. Every man holding an official capacity with the Black-Clawson Company is a recognized authority on the kind of work being turned out by the company. In fact, most of these men have grown up with the company and have seen its progress and development from the beginning. The concern has gained a nation wide reputation through the character of its products. In the manufacture of paper mill machinery, there are several important things to be considered. The machinery, in the first place, must meet every possible requirement. It must be made to meet the maximum demand made upon it. We are glad to say the Black-Clawson Company has been able to develop a machine to come fully up to the expectations of the trade. A machine used in the manufacture of paper must be a substantial piece of product. If you should make a visit of the paper manufacturing plants in the Miami Valley, throughout Ohio, and many other states of the union you would find the name Black-Clawson on the majority of the machines. They stand the strain, measure up fully to every requirement, and are so substantially built and so ably designed that they are recognized everywhere as the standard machines. The concern is friendly to the cause of organized labor and the relations between the company and the employes are such as to promote a harmonious working program. We commend the Black-Clawson Company to our friends and urge them to patronize the concern whenever in need of machines of their manufacture.
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H. P. DEUSCHER COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
The H. P. Deuscher Company is one of the oldest industrial concerns in Hamilton and ranks among the best known and busiest in the Miami Valley. It was established 34 years ago and now gives employment to 100 persons. The outstanding feature of the operation of the company is the fact that it is always willing to promote any movement that has as its object the development of the cause of the laboring man. As manufacturers of fine gray iron castings, we venture the suggestion that there are few if any industrial concerns in the country that present to the trade a finer lot of castings than those made by the H. P. Deuscher Company. The plant is located at the corner of Seventh and Hanover Streets and has for many years taken a leading part in the progress and development of Hamilton. It is a modern and up-to-date concern, keeping fully abreast of the times always and offering to its patrons the very best possible service at all times. In looking over the list of industrial activities in this busy community we find that the above mentioned concern ranks with the best. Its many years of practical experience in the making of fine gray iron castings speaks eloquently of the confidence and trust which the public has imposed in the enterprise. Its fame and reputation has gone into many neighboring states, with the result that an ever increasing demand for the concern’s products in being noted. We call attention to the fact that perfect harmony exists between the officials of the company, who, by the way, are all men well known in our city’s affairs, and the employes. As a result of this harmonious cooperation the H. P. Deuscher Company has been able to put on the market products that have no equal.
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THE LOUIS NEWBURGH COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
This concern is engaged in the packing of leaf tobacco and it is one of the best known and largest of its kind in Ohio. A branch plant is owned and operated at Springfield, Ohio. The company was established in the year 1860 and now gives employment to three hundred persons. Officers are: Louis Newburgh, president; S. M. Newburgh, vice president; Alex Pappenheimer, secretary; and Henry Newburgh, treasurer. In looking over the list of concerns in the Miami Valley that have during their existence added immeasurably to the fame and reputation of this section, we do not find any one that has accomplished more in this regard than the Louis Newburgh Company. Its name is synonymous with service of a high order. The plant located in Hamilton is up-to-date and modern in every respect and we know from experience and through the reputation which the company has gained throughout this entire section that there is no leaf tobacco packing company that has a larger business, or that is more active in its development than the one mentioned above. The men who are officers of the company are men who have had years of experience in the leaf tobacco packing business - men of whom the tobacco men of the Miami Valley have no hesitancy in trusting, and we want to commend the Louis Newburgh Company for its splendid success and development during all these years. The fine spirit of cooperation between employer and employes is manifest throughout the plant and as a result the buyer gets a product that many are interested in. We want our friends among the members of organized labor to cooperate with the Louis Newburgh Company and say a good word for the company as opportunity affords. There is no concern in the Miami Valley better able to handle your wants and fill your requirements than this one. It is a high class business establishment that has enjoyed a healthy and continued growth during all these years.
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THE AMERICAN FOUNDRY AND MACHINE COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
We want to call particular attention to the above mentioned concern, one of the best known, most progressive and busiest in the Miami Valley. The American Foundry and Machine Company, located on Fairview Avenue in Hamilton, was established in 1900. Employment is now given to two hundred and fifty persons. The concern manufactures light and heavy gray iron castings, gas hot plates, and gas ranges. Fine sand grated work is a specialty with the concern, as well as light machine work and electroplating. A. Ballinger is president and treasurer of the company and A. Jacobs is secretary and general manager. In calling attention to the American Foundry and Machine Company, we want to emphasize this one point – the products of this plant are guaranteed by the manufacturing concern which turns them out. The plant is modern and up-to-date in every particular and the type of work turned out marks the concern as a leader in this particular line of activity. The fine spirit of cooperation between employer and employes has resulted in the development of an unusually high type of product. There is one thing the concern aims to do at all times and that is to produce high class material. The making of high class castings is in itself a fine art and one that the American Foundry and Machine Company has completely mastered. Its many years of experience are back of its products. The men who own and operate the plant are men who have identified with municipal affairs in Hamilton and have unselfishly devoted their time and their money to the development of the municipality. We have no hesitancy in commending the concern to our friends among members of organized labor and others, because we know you will be satisfied with your dealings here. If you know any company in need of products of this caliber, we want you to refer them to the above mentioned concern.
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THE HOOVEN-OWENS-RENTSCHLER COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
There are some concerns that by the very nature of their product, appeal to the community in which they operate and to the nation at large, in a very particular and a very gratifying way. Such a concern is the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company of Hamilton, a company that stands second to none in the world when it comes to the making of engines. This company is, as a matter of fact, one of the oldest and most substantial, engaged in this line of business, in the United States. It was started in the year 1845 and now gives employment to five hundred skilled men. It is worthy of note to mention at just this time that the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company has a reputation for honesty and square dealings with the workingmen, that many concerns might well envy. They have always met their employes more than half way and as a result of such courteous and gratifying treatment, they have a bond of fellowship existing between employer and employes that is strong and enduring.
The Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company has its main offices and works at Hamilton, a city famed for its skilled mechanics and its great industrial growth and development. It is said of Hamilton that it is the “largest and most progressive city of its size in the world.” The above mentioned company unquestionably is the largest manufacturer of engines in the world. Its products are known to many countries. They make the celebrated Hamilton-Corliss and Medium Speed engines, high duty pumping engines, marine engines, compressors, sugar machinery, and special heavy castings. The concern is capitalized at $2,000,000. Its plant is one of the largest in Ohio and covers a considerable lot of territory. G. A. Rentschler is president of the company; W. B. Mayo is vice president and general manager; Don Hooven is secretary; Gordon S. Rentschler, treasurer; J. G. Schmidlapp, G. H. Helvey, Peter G. Thomson, C. E. Hooven, and C. H. Helvey are directors. These men are all well and favorably known in the industrial world. They have built up here a wonderful establishment that has won the admiration and the confidence of the entire business world.
This concern has, during its many years of actual business dealings with the public, shown itself capable and trustworthy in every respect. It has always adhered to one principle – that is playing honest with the customer and because it has done this, the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company has made many friends and added considerable new business from year to year.
The making of engines is, we might say, one of the most delicate lines of industrial activity in the world. It requires skill and a keen business insight and we are glad to say that in these respects the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company has passed all competition.
We question very much whether you will find in the entire country an industrial concern that has decidedly forged to the front in the way of leadership as this one. Its many years of actual experience have been marked by a series of successes. The business was begun in a humble sort of way and step by step it has grown until today it occupies a conspicuous place in our national industrial life. Some of the men who were with the concern at its very beginning are still identified with it, notably Mr. Adam Rentschler, a public-spirited citizen and a manufacturer of note in the state. The personnel of the management are well known all over America.
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SHULER & BENNINGHOFEN
Hamilton, Ohio
The woolen mills owned and operated by Shuler and Benninghofen in Hamilton, are generally regarded as being among the most established and best known in Ohio. The concern was first opened sixty years ago. Employment is given to three hundred persons. The concern makes papermakers’ felts and jackets, blankets, Indian robes, and shawls. The Shuler and Benninghofen concern is a live, wide-awake enterprise that has ingratiated itself into the public confidence in a manner most noteworthy. Its more than half a century of history is replete with a business triumph and development not exceeded by any other concern engaged in a similar line in the nation. The men who are identified with the concern are men who have for many years made their homes in Hamilton, have grown up, so to speak, with the city and have given generously of their time and money in making Hamilton the progressive, bustling industrial center that it now is. The name Shuler and Benninghofen stands first of all for first class production. In the development of their business, Messrs. Shuler and Benninghofen have operated along the line of giving to the public the very best products that money and time can produce. They have placed on the market a high class product that is accepted everywhere in the business world as the last word in felts and blankets. The plant is modern and up-to-date in every particular and has kept fully abreast of the times at all times and under all conditions. We haven’t the slightest hesitancy in saying to our friends among the union workmen and others that when you are in the market for anything in the line produced by the Shuler and Benninghofen concern that they will do well to give this company a very liberal share of their patronage. We know you will be satisfied with your dealings with this concern. It is a high-grade industrial establishment, and a credit to the Miami Valley.
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THE HAMILTON-OTTO COKE COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
In looking over the list of industrial concerns that have by the very nature of their business and the progress which has marked their advancement added immeasurably to the development of Hamilton, we find the Hamilton-Otto Coke Company mentioned among the acknowledged leaders. This concern was established twenty years ago and now has one hundred and twenty-five employes. The concern deals in foundry and domestic coke and is one of the best companies engaging in this line of endeavor in the state. E. M. Peters is the president; J. C. Thoms, vice president; and E. C. Siemer, secretary and treasurer. These men are all well and favorably known for the splendid business experience which they have had along these lines and we take a great deal of pleasure in recommending to our friends everywhere that they give this company a liberal share of their business when they are in the market for products of this kind. The plant is located at a point north of the city of Hamilton, called Coke Otto, a thriving village. It is one of the most modern and up-to-date enterprises of its kind in the state and the fame and reputation of its products have gone into all parts of the country. The coke manufactured at this establishment is generally recognized as being in every way suited to the demands of a high class trade and the twenty years of experience of the Hamilton-Otto Coke Company has served but to increase the efficiency of the company as a manufacturing agent. The product is made by men who thoroughly understand every detail of the business and as a result the reputation of the Hamilton-Otto Coke Company has become nation wide. A cordial harmony exists between the employes and the company and the employer. Foundry and domestic coke users will do well to bear this concern in mind at all times when they are in need of a high class article.
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THE IRON CITY FOUNDRY COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
The city of Hamilton in Butler County is generally recognized as the busiest manufacturing city of its size in the entire world. The industrial activities are varied and diversified and they have brought fame and honor to the communities of the world. The Iron City Foundry Company is one of the foremost concerns engaged in this line of business in Hamilton. It makes high grade soft gray iron castings, semi-steel castings. We question whether you would be able to find a more up-to-date modern foundry than the one mentioned above, and we call your attention to the fact that the management of the Iron City Foundry Company sustains the most cordial relationship with its employes and always gives them a square deal. It is a matter of interest to know that here in Hamilton, a recognized center for the iron and steel industry in Ohio that we have a concern so admirably equipped as the one mentioned above. The men who own the plant, Messrs A. D. Stuckey and C. E. Freeman are known to our citizens as patriotic business men, who have always taken a leading part in the progress and development of this city and we take a great deal of pleasure in suggesting to those who may be in the market for castings of this kind that they will do well to get in touch with the Iron City Foundry Company. They guarantee their work to be first class in every particular and their patrons have learned to expect much from whatever they buy from this company. The plant has kept fully abreast of the times and in its equipment and methods employed stands second to none in the country. Give it a share of your patronage.
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HAMILTON AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER COMPANY
802 Symmes Avenue, Hamilton
This concern was established thirty-five years ago and now gives employment to fifty persons. It was the first concern in the Miami Valley to manufacture autographic registers and it put upon the market the first successful register of this kind. They make the multigraph for writing bills of lading, shop orders, city delivery tickets, invoices, etc. in duplicate, triplicate, and quadruplicate made in four widths. The concern’s “R” style multigraph will issue all bills in perfect alignment. The autographic register is a labor-saving system, enforcing honesty and accuracy, made in various widths and styles to suit all lines of business. The Hamilton Autographic Register Company manufactures labor-saving systems for office, store, and factory purposes. They make order blanks in loose sheet or pad form counter sales books. This company is one of the well established concerns of Hamilton and its continued successful business career speaks more eloquently than any mere words we might write of the confidence in which the company is held by its patrons and the business world in general. It is one of the concerns that have added much to the reputation of Hamilton as an industrial center.
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THE BECKETT PAPER COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
The Miami Valley is essentially a section devoted to manufacture and no one line of endeavor is so closely, consistently, or successfully followed. When we look about in Hamilton and see the splendid industrial activity we begin to realize that this is really one of the important cities of Ohio in every respect. The Beckett Paper Company is one of the oldest paper manufacturing industries in the country and has been a part of this city’s development since the year 1848 when it first came into being. It has, since that year, been actively identified with the upbuilding of the city and has assumed an important and leading role in the city’s development. At the present time the Beckett Paper Company employs two hundred and thirty-five persons. The famous “Buckeye” covers made by this concern are nationally famous and have created an ever-increasing demand for the product. The Beckett Paper Company makes good paper, covers, writings, and bonds and the character of its output speaks in more eloquent language than any words we might write of the grip which its product has on the buying public. The history of the company is one of continued progress and development. Mr. Thomas Beckett, who is head of the concern is a member of one of the oldest and most respected families. Incidentally it might be mentioned he is a member of the Hamilton Board of Education and has been actively identified in many ways with the development and progress of Hamilton for many years.
The company has grown considerably since its origin, as might have been supposed. Built upon the foundation of honest dealings with the trade, the Beckett Paper Company has never changed its policy in this regard. It has kept fully abreast of the times and has one of the largest most modern up-to-date plants in Ohio. The management has always been committed to the policy of making the best paper possible of manufacture at a reasonable cost and because this has always been its aim, the Beckett Paper Company has held all of its old friends and patrons and made many new ones in the many years of its organization.
The making of paper is a business which demands above all things skill and consistency. The Beckett Paper Company has at all times and under all conditions met every demand and requirement of the trade and it is a pleasure for us to be able to recommend the concern to the trade. It is friendly to the cause of labor and a harmonious working organization has developed at the big plant. The management has been honest and square in its dealings with the workingmen and the latter, in turn have taken pleasure in rendering the highest possible degree of service.
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THE COLUMBIA MACHINE TOOL COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
One of the newest concerns in the busy industrial city of Hamilton, the Columbia Machine Tool Company is at the same time one of the fastest growing and is taxed to the limit of its capacity at all times to meet the enormous demand for its products, which consists of a special line of high grade shapers. Although established for only one year, the company is now giving steady and profitable employment to more than 50 skilled workmen. At the present time the plant, which is modern and completely equipped in every detail, is engaged in turning out a large government order, authorities at Washington having recognized the superior quality of the Hamilton concern’s shapers. Officials of the company, who are progressive and popular business men, have always been very friendly toward the cause of organized labor and have in turn its appreciated support and cooperation. Business experts are predicting large expansions and a prosperous future for this well organized industrial concern.
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THE HAMILTON FOUNDRY AND MACHINE COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
In reviewing the industrial life of Hamilton, too much credit cannot be given the Hamilton Foundry and Machine Company for the part it has played in the development of the prosperous Miami Valley city, and the placing it in the position of prominence which it now occupies in the manufacturing world. Organized 28 years ago, in 1891, this company has rapidly forged to the front and is now one of the largest foundries in the Middle West. An idea of its magnitude and completeness can be gained from the statement that 500 men are regularly employed at the foundry, which is one of the most modern and completely equipped of any of its kind in the country. The big Hamilton plant covers many acres of ground and is a small city in itself. Officials of the company are “big” men in every sense of the word. Progressive in their business dealings, they are held in high regard by all who know them. Their honesty has made them popular with their business associates and customers, and their absolute fairness has made them well liked by their hundreds of employes, who know that they will invariably be given a square deal at the hands of this concern. Gray iron castings of a superior quality, are produced in large quantities by the company and shipped to all the leading industrial centers of the country. The superiority of the Hamilton gray iron castings has created a demand for the products of this company, which is met with only the greatest difficulty, and which may mean further large expansions to the monster foundry. Other work done by the company includes sand-blasting and japanning, which is contracted for with the guarantee that nobody but the most skilled experts will turn out the order. The company is daily taking every precaution to maintain its extraordinary high reputation and wants all its products to possess the same quality which has built up its record-breaking business. Equipment of the foundry is of the most modern type, designed for the rapid production of castings under the most favorable working conditions. Methods employed at the office of the concern, where the hundreds of orders are handled, are of the most approved type to guarantee exact business transactions. Shipping facilities of the foundry are excellent in view of its location on a trunk line railway and its nearness to Cincinnati, the gateway of the South and terminal point of scores of rail lines, East, North, South, and West. Officers of the concern are: G. A. Rentschler, president; Gordon S. Rentschler vice president; H. A. Rentschler, secretary and treasurer; J. W. Young, superintendent; and F. B. Rentschler. These men, it can be said, have made a thorough study of the castings business and will leave nothing undone to have their foundry the most modern in the country. They have also devoted considerable time to a survey of working conditions, with a view to giving their employes special conveniences and comforts. Much has already been done for the welfare of employes, with a promise that still more will be done in the future. Union men should give this concern their support and cooperation.
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THE MIAMI VALLEY KNITTING MILLS COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
The Hamilton Knitting Mills Company occupies a place second to none in the industrial world of the busy city of Hamilton and the Miami Valley. Established at its present location approximately 25 years ago, the business of the concern has virtually grown by leaps and bounds. Latest figures show that 235 skilled workmen are being given pleasant and profitable employment by the company. In this connection it should be said that officials of the concern have always been very friendly toward the cause of organized labor and have invariably used every means at their disposal to better working conditions at their plant. In the latter respect, the Miami Valley Knitting Company is in the lead of middle western industrial concerns. Owing to the fair treatment they have received, employes of the company have always exhibited the greatest spirit of cooperation and there has never been the slightest indication of labor trouble at the factory. Products of this concern form a complete line of high-grade knit underwear, which cannot be duplicated by any other firm in regard to quality and price. “Miami Valley” underwear enjoys a country wide sale and is manufactured in increasingly large quantities to meet the demands of the trade everywhere. The underwear is made under special patented weaving processes, which gives it durability, strength, and comfort. The plant, in which it is manufactured is as nearly ideal as possible for the successful production of knit products. Machinery of the latest kind is installed and in every respect, the plant is completely up-to-date. Working conditions are declared to be excellent by the hundreds of workmen engaged in the building. Lighting and sanitation is unexcelled by any factory building in the country, experts declare. Officials of this company are among the most progressive manufacturers in the middle west and are in every way deserving of the great success which has come to their industry. They are popular alike in business and social circles and have always played an active part in the civic and welfare activities of Hamilton. In fact, it can be said that to them and their model industrial establishment, a large share of the credit for the upbuilding of the city can be placed. Long experience in the manufacture of underwear has put them in a position to know and meet the demands of all classes of people. Union men will find that they can purchase underwear with the company’s trademark on it, which will come more nearly to satisfying their likes than any other brand. A hasty glance over the past record of this prosperous and growing company tends to make the observer optimistic in his predictions for its future, with the result that it may be taken as a foregone conclusion that the concern will continue to expand and play a prominent part in the industrial activities of the great Miami Valley.
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THE ESTATE STOVE COMPANY
Hamilton, Ohio
Who is there in the business world today who has not heard of the famous Estate stoves and ranges. We question very much whether you will find any concern’s products so universally known and regarded as the output of the Estate Stove Company of Hamilton, Ohio. The concern first came into being in 1843 and now gives employment to six hundred and fifty skilled men. The output of the company consists of stoves, ranges, heaters, and furnaces for coals, gas, and electricity and in their particular line the company has unexcelled facilities for turning out products that cannot fail to be of interest to the public. The company is generally regarded far and wide as being in every way an efficient capable concern which is built on a strong and substantial business basis. The character of its products stands the test under all conditions and we haven’t the slightest hesitancy in saying to our friends everywhere to look up the “Estate” representatives in the communities and make their purchases of “Estate” products. This concern stands back of its products at all times and its guarantee covers with it the assurance that when you buy an “Estate” stove or range you are getting the best thing in these particular lines that money can buy. You couldn’t pay twice as much money and get a better article than the one this company turns out and when it comes to efficiency there isn’t a concern in Ohio that has anything on the Estate Stove Company. Years of experience in stove and range building have equipped the Estate Stove Company for doing effective service for the buying public. We have no hesitancy in recommending to our friends among the union men that they buy these stoves. The concern is friendly to the workmen’s cause.
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