Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 14

FOR 67 YEARS A DRUG STORE HAS BEEN 18V6 1912 CONDUCTED AT WEST'S STAND ON SQUARE always the other way. A highly prosperous season Is predicted by dealers, whc argue that such a general production of good songs is getting the public more interested and causing more buyers to enter the store, creating a larger demand. Charles K. Harris music company Is putting out eight numbers for this fall. Being recogiz-ed as a ballad house It is no surprise to see that none of the lot are in the class of coon songs.

Harry Van Tilzer, J. W. Stern Company, Ieo Feist, the New York -Music company, Ted Snyder, Jerome Schwartz, F. A. Mills, Shapiro company.

Kendis Paley, J. Fred rii rccc Mver. Theodore Morse I rows nouse with ine I I National bank of Decatur, uiuugiu iu a. cjust; tta it tKrpeti -ate institution, the oldest business house in Decatur. At company, all are announcing long lists which tney Deiieve oic proportions.

We are selling the Packard Piano to the children and grandchildren of musicians who bought the PACKARD, years and years ago. And they get the Packard today in modern form, the same grand old-fashioned quality that their parents got in the, Packard of yesterday. Why not investigate? All we ask is that you compare. THE OLD RELIABLE Prescott Music House 104 E. PRAIRIE ST.

the same "time there is painted on the door of the West drug store the statement that for ST years there has been a drug store on that corner. There are few men now living in Decatur who know the history of that place. Perhaps N. L. Krone is the only one who knows from personal experience that history.

He served 34 years as a pharamacist on that Commenting upon the long there had been a drug store llr. Krone said: "The first drug store there was established by Crissv Deffenbach in 1S44. Prior to that the firm had a drug store where the Decatur hotel now stands. At that time the building at the --corner of East Main and Lincoln Square was a. small frame, one and a half Later that firm was succeeded by w.

S. Crissey and he removed the stock to the corner where the Quinn Seeforth cigar store now stands. "That was. perhaps in 1846 or 1847. When the drug store moved from the corner there was first a tailor shop there for a tew montr.s.

and then Herbert Potter physicians established their office in the drug store corner. They were succeeded there by Dr. Baldwin and then in 1S52 Dr. James K. Roberts opened a drug store and grocery store combined.

At Work For Robert. It's a "Cinch" If you are not an Illinois patron it's because you have never tried Illinois Tn TSii wenr to work tor eanmg WEST'S DRUG STORE CORNER. Auto Phone Old Phone at 1467 East William street, was all I street, was then a highway of travel, farm land, but what is now William known as the Spangler Mill road." Let us CLEAN your CLOTHES so well that you will be GLAD to hurry back with your future work to has undergone softening, it might be termed a culturing influence through association, or perhaps more correctly, comparison, with the refined ballards and semi-classical tales. Even the singers, for several years back making hits with the old rough style of song, depending almost entirely on the personal expression and lung power of the perfomer more than anything else to get "over," are realizing that so long as they depend on this, to continue in popularity is almost impossible. USUAL BATCH OF NEW SONGS IN INCUBATOR USE THE ABOVE PHONES FOR YOUR Some are produced HERE do all of the songs go?" i week's offerln aggage is as much of an "How-iS' little before or after the timely op ggs Old-is Ann" problem as the question "Where does the wind come from?" Hundreds of songs are Manv ot tnem nad warnings last sea- son that the public has tired of the shouted song and are demanding a little more than just noise and dis- ortion of the features.

Along this; time the producer has become wary.and he has carefully wateced the lyrics ac- cepted to guard against this class of music. Rag time is still good, per- haps better than ever this year, say local music dealers. "Remiee." said is getting ready I a big campaign of advertisting on four songs, and only one of them is a coon song. In years past it was Dr. Roberts.

For three years prior to that' date I had worked for King Reed, druggists. In 1861 Dr. Roberts erected the. brick building which still occupies that site and at that time It was a building of some pretentions in this section. "In those days a drug store carried a stock of paints, oils and glass and the sale of those supplies was no small fiart of the business.

The grocery bus-ness was continued only a short time. Dr. Roberts had been a general pra-cticiioneer but his health had failed and he did little outside of an office firactice. He was a jolly, social fel-ow and made friends readily and they stuck to him. His store became quite a headquarters for farmers visiting Decatur.

"In the late sixties W. C. Armstrong came to learn the business. In those davs in this section there were no schools of pharmacy and boys studied In the store. Afterward, following the death of Dr.

Roberts. Mr. Armstrong bought the store and remained there until 1S92, when he sold out to E. A. West for a year and when I quit I had been there 34 years.

"That iron stairway on the west side of the building was one of the places from which despatches were read in war times, giving news of the events at the front. Burrow Kend Tinatche. "Lowber Burrows frequently read the despatches. He had a spendid voice and could be heard a long distance. When he was not present John Moore-land read the despatches.

Mooreland had a voice that could be heard at a greater distance, but I doubt if he could be undersrood by more persons than when Mr. Burrows read the news. "Mooreland was for a long time court crier, and many times I have seen him put his head out of the window of the court house which then etood in the square, and make court announcements. He could be heard all over the town, as It was at that time. "About 1875 the city council decreed that horses should not be permitted to stand in Lincoln Square.

Up to that time Lincoln Square had been little more than a feed lot. Farmers unhitched their teams, tied the hprses to the rear end of the wagon and fed there. "There were water troughs for the accommodation of the rural visitors and there was a well to supply the water. Up to that time there had been a hitching rack on the south and the west sides of the Central -park. The racks were ordered removed at that time.

AHtoniNhment. ''The conservatives were astounded. portunity. Even now the publishers are planning the" of advertising to follow up the offering of songs for fall and during this summer. Among a list of songs the publishers are producing with a belief they will prove popular there are few coon songs.

The rough coon song, the glory of the old time "sltouter" is passing and few of them are written, much less produced. The coon song in the past few years Cleaners and Dyers, 241 N. Main St. Either 'Phone. ground out each year and hundreds of them never more than get the first trial until ihey are thrown into the dicard by those same per, sons who paid for having them printed on beautifully lithographed paper.

Others there are that producers pick for winners, and will die on the first and Trunk Calls Deliveries Made to All Parts of the City. Rate3 Reasonable. WE USE FRANKLIN MOTOR TRUCKS Taxi- NIGHT AND We are operating the only exclusive Auto Livery in the city and with our seven machines we are now able to make all calls promptly and give the most excellent service. Dawson Auto Livery Co. 242 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET.

fi 1 -r All Odors Carried Outside IN SANITARY NORTH STAR The North Star Refrigerators are tlie only refrigerators made that have patent appliances that carry the odors from the provisions outside of the refrigerator as fast as they are formed. .1 v- All other refrigerators have no contrivance of any kind to carry away the foul odors from the provisions and the result is that microbes are formed that many a sickness is directly traceable to. Don't you let any slick tongued salesman tell 3rou his refrigerator is odorless because it has such good circulation that's all bosh. If the air in his refrigera- ator circulated at the rate of a Kansas cyclone, it is obvious that the odors from the provisions will still remain in the refrigerator to con- TEC They made dire predictions, the farmers woujd go elsewhere to trad and the business of the city would be ruined. Some of the farmers declared they would never again come to but they did.

"The front of the drug store building is not now exactly as it was originally. In the seventies a plate glass front was put in. That was among the first if not the first plate glass fronts in Decatur. "1 remember that it was imported direct from France for that was the only place at that time such material could be had. I am certain that the rlass now in that front is the imported material.

"I do know that the changes in the drug business have been many, and the changes in the city of Decatur lave been more wonderful. "Dr. W. T. Crissey.

one of the men 1 mentioned in connection with the first drug store, prophesied great things for Decatur. He was then a man perhaps 75 years old. It was before the days of the railroads and he had never Been the cars nor did he live to see them enter Decatur, but he was confident that the results would be marvelous. Sport for Them. "Some of me younger men had sport with the doctor by getting him started ton his hobby.

He had a building near Edward and Main streets, then the outskirts of the city. When enthused on his favorite subject he would predict that there would come a time when the business houses of Decatur would extend west on Main etreet to the residence of Hartwell Robinson. That was approximately where the Wabash now crosses West Wain street, and that on Water street taminate all the other foods unless the odors are completely carried outside the Refrigerator. A Refrigerator to be odorless must have a device for carrying the odors outside of the box as fast as they are formed like the North Star Refrigerator's patented appliance. Ask your doctor about the sanitary North Star, one case of typhoid fever, even if not fatal, costs more than a half dozen Xorth Stars.

Then, too, the North Star, because of the cork insulation, will use one-third less ice. With a guaranteed saving of one-third in your yearly ice bill and the fact that it is the only absolutely odorless, perfectly dry air Refrigerator made, is it practical to buy any other than a cork insulated, sanitary North Star Refrigerator? LESS TIME REQUIRED FOR IRONING! MORE SAVED FOR REST! Ironing is quite different work when you use an Electric Iron. This iron is always at the right temperaturerequires no changing no waiting for iron to heat no fire to keep up. It saves your strength anl time both You get through an hour or so earlier. Why not have that ime for rest? the business houses would extend north to the Mound farm (north ot Stevens Creek.) "He fancied the Wabash passenger station would he In Central Park, and that the site of the chief hotel would lie his lot.

at Main and Edward streets. "Getting him started on that outlook was a joke enjoyed by many men. If Dr. Crissey could see Decatur today, perhaps he would be surprised to observe how much of his prophecy had been fulfilled. "When I came to Decatur in 1S39.

the new court house in the southeast corner of Lincoln Square had just been completed. The old log cabin court liouse stood on the west side of the square and was used as a wagon shop. "Thpro is no ouestion about the cab- July Furniture Clearance Here and there, all over the Furniture floors, will be found pieces marked for July Clearance. Brass Bed, polished finish, full size, worth $35, now $28. Brass Bed, polished finish, full size, worth $41, now $32.75.

Brass Bed, polished finish, full size, worth $28, now $22.50. Brass Bed, satin finish, full size, worth $42, now $33.50. Brass Bed, satin finish, full size, worth $41, now $32.75. Early English Davenport, upholstered in imitation leather, worth $42, now $28 Early English Bed Davenport, upholstered in imitation leather, worth $38, now $19- Golden Oak Davenport, upholstered in tapestry $44, now $32. 3-piece Parlor Suit, upholstered in panne plush, worth $53, now $42.50.

3-piece Parlor Suit, upholstered in velour, worth $58, now $47. 3-piece Parlor Suit, upholstered in panne plush, worth $55, now $44. Fumed Oak Library Table, worth $30, now $22.50. Fumed Oak Library Table, worth $32, now $24.50. Fumed Oak Library Bookcase, worth $42, now $31.

Genuine leather Rocker, No. 1 black leather, worth $40, now $26.50. Closing out all odds and ends of Parlor Stands at half price. The lot includes all finishes. The Electric In in Fairview Park being the old court house.

I know that It was not used as a court house in my time, but when I first saw it, had only recently been abandoned. Knew Lincoln. "In the early days I knew Abraham Lincoln quite well. My father had the hotel and Mr. Lincoln was a frequent visitor there.

More than once I have heard him speak in the court iiouse. which stood in the southeast corner of the square. He was an eloquent man and my recollection of him is that he never paused for a word, but epoke fluently. "When I first knew him. he was in shaven and mv recollection is Basement Economies fjO EOc four sewed high TBjlt grade house brooms, JL solid re bound, neck MM stapled IB fPTXla Monday for 1 3d Bll sold to children, Mtta delivered other jPPl soods onIy- Sale com- liyilllll mences at 8 o'clock.

$1.00 2 qt. Acme Ice Cream AQt Freezer, special for Monday twC 35c adjustable extension window screens, guaranteed perfect sliding adjustable size 24x33 inches, Special Monday 50 Ideal garden or CA QQ lawn hose, Monday iSiWO 50c hose nozzle, solid brass solid stream with shut off, special Monday duC $4.00 four ball croquet set, varnished balls and stakes, Monday dSC 50c galvanized wash QO' tubs, Monday w9C i gallon glass water 1 pitcher, Monday I UC 51.00 galvanized wash Cft boilers, Monday OUC Water glasses, colonial pattern Monday each wC 75c boys' red wagons, Monday OSC $1.00 hanging earthen fern dish with removable clay. CQ pot, Monday Q9C 25c 10-inch rubber window i cleaners, Monday IOC 10c Japanned dust pans, Monday 5 dozen clothes pins, Monday E-Z go rubber tired pC sulkeys Monday -T- Iron is a scientific iron made to last years has maximum heat storage capacity takes very litle current. that he did not begin to wear a beard until after he began to become prominent in a political way. I remember that he not onlv illustrated his arguments with stories, but that he was lond or cnnaren.

"When my father came to Decatur with his family in 1839. we journeyed hv wagon from Beardstown to Decatur. We traveled by boat to Beardstown. "I remember distinctly that we camped near the present site of the Decatur Ice factory, at the foot of Prairie street, and ate our dinner. There was not a vacant house in Decatur, at that time, and we went on to Long Creek.

That was in May "We lived in Long Creek until when another house having been built, we returned to Decatur. The village at that time numbered about 200 people. Eautern Limit. "The eastern limit ot the city was There was nothing ex Phone and have our representative-call. Decatur Railway Light Co.

GO cept an occasional farm house west of Church street, and the last house on North Main street was about where the public library now stands. "Here where my store now stands ri 5.