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1908 Grant Block Fire

On Valentines Day, 1900 Frank and Jenny Longley purchased lots 39 and 40 at the northwest corner of Main and Lake Streets. Longley’s Market opened there a short time later. In the building immediately adjacent to it Herb and Minnie Grant opened a soda fountain, confectionery, and pool hall. The families lived in the apartments above their stores.

 

circa 1904 – Floyd Clark erected the tall flagpole in front of his hardware store in honor Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 campaign for president. On the left is Longley’s Market. The Grant store and apartment are immediately adjacent to the Longelys.

Leon Lindsley was a meat cutter in Frank Longley‘s meat market. On October 8, 1904 Leon married Frank’s daughter, Maud.

Herbert Lindsley, Leon’s brother, was the manager of the Hotel Dietel, until he served two undercover excise agents whiskey Continue reading “1908 Grant Block Fire”