Culver Business Snippets 1909
1909 Jan 21 - L. B. Simcox last week purchased the hardware stock of J . S. Gast and has instituted
a shelf hardware department in his store. He has sold his stock of queensware, stationery, and such other
goods to W. E . Hand and hereafter the Culver Department Store will carry only furniture,
house furnishings and hardware.
1909 - feb 4 - Jesse Crabb has boguth Ray's Restaurant, owned by H. M. Speyer and Ray Poor.
Crabb's new house and lot went in on the deal, and the consideration named in the transfere $900.
1909 Mar 11 - A man named Butler from Starke county has rented the room recently vacated by Gast and will
conut a shoe repair shop and refreshment parlor
1909 - April 15 - J . H. Koontz has now in successfull operation a vacuum cleaner which apparently
possesses all the elements of a fortune maker. The demonstrating machine was made in Young's
machine shop under Mr. Koontz's personal supervision and is perfected in every detail.
J. H. Koontz has now in successful operation a vacuum cleaner which apparently possesses all the
elements of a fortune maker. The demonstrating machine was made in Young's machine shop
under Mr. Koontz's personal supervision and is perfected in every detail. - - Rochester Sentinel,
Friday, April 16, 1909
1909 - Apr. 22 - Koontz & Walter have made the first sale of their vacuum cleaner to Frank Baker.
They have five machines now being constructed.
1909 - 10 July - Culver CItizen Mont Foss last week sold his restaurant to his father who trade it to Milo
Pryor...
1909 - 15 May Opening night of Link Theater
1909 - Jun 10 - Mont Foss last week sold his restaurant to his father who traded to Milo Pryor for t he
selling right in Marshall County of a patent window screen
1909 - Sep 23 - October 1 st. I will move my tin shop two doors east of
Porter & Sons' restaurant. John S. Gast NOTE somewher on East Jefferson str.
1909 Sep 30 - Jesse Crabb has sold his dray line to A. L. Warner.
1909 Sep 30 - William Foss moved his stock of harness from Argos to Culver yesterday and has formed a
partnership with his son