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     FIEGENBAUM'S PHARMACY, Corner Fourteenth and O streets.--The store is 25x65 and contains a $6,000 line of drugs, medicines, paints, oils, dye-stuffs. perfumes, toilet articles, stationery, etc., and an elegant soda fountain. Mr. Fiegenbaum is a native of Minnesota, but came here upon the opening of the store from Hamilton County, Neb., where he was in the business six years and is stilt interested in one of the best stores in the county. He is a registered pharmacist. and gives special attention to prescriptions. He employs one assistant, who is a graduate of the Ann Arbor College of Pharmacy, The house makes a specialty of "Eli Headache Cure," of which they manufacture and sell many gross a year.

     F. L. RISER. M. D., Homœopath, 1208 O Street.--Homœopathy is being recognized by the intelligence of the world as among the soundest things advanced. Dr. Riser, who has been located in this city since August. 1888, is a native of Iowa, graduate of the Homœopathic Medical College, of St. Louis, in 1884. The doctor may be found in his pleasant office from 8 to l0 a.m.--2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m.--and those who enjoy his acquaintance know him to be a pleasant. cultured gentleman. He belongs to the A. O. U. W., Masonic and Knights of the Golden Eagle orders.

     N. P. CURTICE & CO., Importers, Wholesale and Retail Music Dealers, 207 South Eleventh Street.--Among the successful commercial institutions of our city we wish to mention the house of N. P. Curtice & Co., music dealers. The business was established five years ago as Curtice & Thiers, but later Mr. Thiers retired, and the firm name assumed its present form. The large room occupied, 25xl42 is filled with a $15,000 stock of musical instruments and supplies. They handle the Weber, Haines Brothers, Wheelock and Schaff Brothers Co. pianos, and the Packard organs. Four men are given employment at the store, attending to their retail trade, while their wholesale patronage, which extends over central and western Nebraska northern Kansas and South Dakota, requires three experienced traveling salesmen, and shows a very satisfactory increase. Mr. Curtice came to Lincoln ten years ago, his native state being New York. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and Red Men lodges.

     W. T. DUDGEON. Druggist, 2225 O Street.--Dr. Dudgeon and his clerk are both experienced pharmacists. He established his store here in January, 1890 and in a well-lighted room 25x60, has a $2,000 stock of drugs, stationery, and drug sundries. Mr. Dudgeon is a native of Ohio and came to Friend, Nebraska, in 1870 where he was located all the time previous to beginning operations here. He is a pleasant gentleman to deal with and is gathering in a large amount of trade.

     C. S. McKENNEY. Druggist. 2712 O Street.--Three years ago Mr. McKenney erected this handsome two-story building, 25x70 feet, arranging it with every convenience, and is now enjoying the fruits of his labor in a prosperous east side patronage. The interior finish and decorations, together with the elegant display made of a $5,500 stock, forms a scene of rare beauty. Mr. McKenney was born in Illinois, coming here with his father twelve years ago. He is a registered pharmacist, and takes a leading place among the capitol city's young business men.

     KENNY, Pharmacist, 1430 O Street.--If it were the desire to single out a gentleman who would represent the "successful" business man. we would point to Mr. B. G. Kenny. His pharmacy was established nine years ago, by a brother of his, he taking possession of the store in 1888. The room. 25x100 feet, is neatly arranged, with a superior $4,000 stock of drugs, paints, oils, chemicals, perfumes, etc. Mr. K. is a native of Ohio and has been in this city for the past six years. In the spring of 1891 he graduated from the Illinois College of Pharmacy. He is a Mason and deserves his gratifying success.

     THE HUNTER PRINTING HOUSE. Corner P and Eleventh Streets.--This establishment has from beginning met with very flattering success, possibly owing to the fact that all work is promptly executed in the best of style, and at most reasonable prices. All kinds of book edition work and job printing are done, and from six to ten skilled workmen are employed. Book work is made a specialty, and a number of the state publications have recently been issued by this firm. W. L. Hunter is an experienced printer, and knows what is neccessary (sic) in the make-up of a neat and attractive job.

     ADAMS & SCOTT, Attorneys and Counsellors Room 34. Latta Block.--The gentlemen composing this firm are among the most enterprising of Nebraska men, and their clientage is a diversified, lucrative, and increasing one, their offices being popular headquarters for legal consultations. The present firm was established in November, 1889. G. A. Adams is a Hoosier, and graduated from the law department of the Indiana State University in 1872. He practiced law at Martinsvile, and was elected to the State legislature in 1883-85-89, and in 1885 was the Republican nominee for speaker. Among the local attorneys Mr. Adams' name carries weight and influence. He is a member of the Lancaster County Bar Association. A. W. Scott is also a native of Indiana, and a graduate of the Indiana State University in 881. He read law in Indianapolis and was admitted to the bar at Martinsville in 1882. He was a member of the Indiana legislature in 1887 and came to this city the same year. His standing here is of the very best, and in 1891 he was appointed city attorney for Lincoln.

     R. L. SMITH MACHINE WORKS, Corner M and Ninth Streets.--The works established in 1875 have ever occupied a prominent place among the institutions of the city. Mr. Smith is a native of New York and came to this State in 1868. He has had thirty years' experience in this business and is capable of supplying


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everything desired in his line. Five machinists are employed, and engines, boilers, steam-pumps shafting hangers, pulleys and general machinery and supplies are manufactured and repaired. They occupy two floors of a building 25x100 feet, with a pattern shop 18x36 feet, and carry a $15,000 stock. Six years of careful and consistent labor in his business has successfully established him in the confidence of the people.

     W. S. HAMILTON, Attorney, Room 29, 1025 O Street.--A pleasant office and a congenial gentleman to talk to. is what greets a visitor at the rooms of W. S. Hamilton, attorney at law, at 1025 O Street. Since 1882 this gentleman has been practicing at the Lincoln bar, with no small measure of success. Mr. Hamilton was born at Fort Madison, Iowa, and received his education at Knox and Amherst colleges, besides which he studied for three years in Europe. Since coming here, nine years ago. he has accumulated a large legal practice, and become well known in the State, where, though a young man, hard work and study has placed himself on an equal footing with attorneys much his senior. In 1889 he was elected to the city council from the fourth ward, and was elected the following year chairman of the Republican County Central Committee. In 1891 he was honored by being made grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Nebraska.

     A. J. RIGBY & CO., Real Estate, Law. Loan and Collection Agents. J. L. Mack, Manager, Rooms 10 and 11, Newman Block.--The name of A. J. Rigby & Co., is synonymous with integrity and careful methods in their dealings. They opened their agency here in November, 1891. and have from the first conducted a successful business. Mr. Rigby is a former resi- (sic) of New York. and came to Lincoln six years ago. He is prominently connected with the Farmers' Alliance, the State organ of the third party, and most of his time is occupied in connection with that enterprise. J. L. Mack, the other member of the firm, is from Kansas, and has resided in this State the past three years. He is an attorney at law. He graduated at the Kansas Law School and gives special attention to law and collections. and at present has entire charge and management of the agency. They do a general real estate, loan, law and collection business, and can show you some of the best property in the city. They also have a large amount of eastern capital to loan. Also make chattel loans.

      J. L. HODGMAN, D. D. S., Opera House Block.--This gentleman is a native of New York and in 1877 received the degree of D. D. S. from the University of Michigan. He was located at Orleans, Nebraska, three and a half years but realizing the advantages of a more extensive field. he came to this city in January 1888, and with energy and pluck has pushed his way to the front. He does all kinds of dental work in the most approved manner, and makes a specialty of removable bridge work, being the only one in the city who does this. He is a member of the A. O. U. W.
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     C. J. ROMAN, Carriage Manufacturer, South Fifteenth Street.--The name of C. J. Roman has been prominently connected with the manufacturing industry in Lincoln for some time, and the carriage factory is one of the prominent institutions of our city. A native of Sweden, he came to America twenty-three years ago and located in Lincoln about 1877. In 1883 he established his present business. He occupied a four story building 50x72, and gives employment to twenty skilled workmen, turning out annually some two hundred vehicles. He also carries a complete stock of spring wagons, carriages, buggies. carts. etc., and manufactures hose carts, patrol wagons, busses and hacks, and anything in that line of work that may be desired.

     W. B. CROMBIE, Printer, 107 South Eleventh Street.--In April, 1891, this office began operations, and from that day to the present it has met with a well deserved success. Mr. Crombie has been in Lincoln seven years, six of which he has spent at the trade. Connecticut is his native State. Everything in the way of artistic commercial printing is executed by him in the most originally artistic manner. He publishes a small folio called "The Imp," which is an excellent sample of his abilities.

     J. S. EATON, Physician and Surgeon, 561 McMurtry Block.--A gentleman who has gained considerable prominence in his battles with the destroyer, is Dr. J. S. Eaton, The doctor is native of New York, and located in Lincoln about eleven years ago. In 1887 he graduated from the medical department of the Nebraska State University. and the following year from the Chicago Medical College. He is a member of the Electric and Homeopathic State Societies. Four years ago he began to practice. and has steadily gained ground by hard labor and conscientious work. He lec-


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tures on nervous diseases in the Electric Department of Cotner University.

     PictureJ. S. LEONHARDT, M. Sc. M. D., 1427 O Street. Office Hours, 9 to 12 and 2 to 4--A native of Missouri, Doctor Leonhart, early in life, evinced considerable ability in the medical line, and in 1879 graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Keokuk, Iowa. Desiring a still further knowledge. he crossed the Atlantic and spent considerable time among the scientists of Europe. He is a member of the Psychisch, Gesellsch, F. T. S.. Berlin; a Med. hicent., Heidelberg; a member of the Society for Psychical Research, of England, and also a member of the New York Academy of Anthropology. The doctor located in this city in April, 1890. and is now enjoying a lucrative practice, extending over this and adjoining States. He limits his practice to nervous diseases and diseases of the heart and blood, in which special lines he stands at the top. He is also a Royal Arch Mason. a member of the A. O. U. W., and Past C. C. Woodmen of the World, and of the Knights of Maccabees, etc., Chancellor of K. of P.

     ALEX. ALTSCHULER. Attorney at Law, 1034 O Street.--This gentleman is one of the most conscientious among the lawyers whose names grace the bar of this city. Mr. Alex. Altschuler was born in Kentucky and has lived in Ainsworth. Neb., eight years, being admitted to the bar there in March. 1889. He affiliates with the I. O. O. F's and M. W. A. Collections receive prompt attention. He is well-read and of a thoroughly practical turn. He came to Lincoln this spring and will prove a just addition to the talent of the Lincoln bar.

     J. W. WINGER & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods and Notions, 1109 and 1111 O Street.--Fifteen years ago this business was established by J. W. Winger. and continued as such until 1890. when the present firm was formed. They do an extensive wholesale and retail business and occupy a building 25x142. three floors, in which is carried a $65,000 stock of dry goods and notions. while twenty gentlemen and lady clerks cater to the wants of customers in the different departments. Mr. Winger is a native of the Keystone State, and over thirty years has been actively engaged in the dry goods business. He located in Lincoln fifteen years ago, and the present mammoth establishment is the outgrowth of his efforts. B. H. King and I. Winger are the junior members of the firm. The first named gentleman was born in Canada, and has been engaged in business in this city for the past five years. He is a young man of rare business ability. The latter gentleman is the son of J. W. Winger, and in him we find the same elements which made his father successful. The existing conditions and future prospects of this firm are surely flattering, and Lincoln should be proud of them.

Photographer, (Noble Studio); 1029 O Street.--In every line there are some men who conduct their establishments in a masterly manner. Such an institution is the photographic parlors of I. F. Kennedy. He occupies the whole front of the building excepting the ground floor, eleven rooms in all. His operating room has a large north light, and his print room has a capacity of 100 cases. The whole is heated by steam and connected throughout by speaking tubes. Four assistants are employed, and the trade extends over all the surrounding country, while in the possession of the gallery are over 21.000 registered negatives. The studio was established about eleven years ago by Mr. H. E. Noble, and assumed its present proprietorship in 1891. Mr. I. F. Kennedy was born in Michigan and has been engaged in this line twelve years. He was located at York, Neb., for nine years, and came to this city from Plattsmouth two years ago, working in this gallery some time before assuming proprietorship.

     DR. J. O. DAWSON, Office 1121 O Street.--Dr. Dawson's early life was spent at Columbus, Ohio, after which he studied at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, graduating in 1879, since which time he has been engaged inactive practice. He had one term of experience in the Cook county hospital, and came to this city from Columbus, Ohio, six years ago. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical and Ohio Central Medical Societies and American Medical Association. Also the Lincoln Medical Society. He is surgeon for the St. Elizabeth's Hospital, of this city, and president of the Board of Pension Examiners. A specialty is made of surgery and diseases of women.

     JOHN GILLESPIE Pension Agent, Office 1231 O Street.--Mr. Gillespie was born in the State of Ohio and came to this city in 1867. He was appointed one of the commissioners who located the capital here and was auditor of state from October 10, 1865, under the territorial government, and continued in that office until January 1, 1873. During the war he enlisted in Co. C. 1st Nebraska Regiment, of which Governor Thayer was colonel, June 15, 1861, and in 1863 he was promoted to first lieutenant and regimental commissary under Col. Livingstone. He served three years in the


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South and one and one-half years in this State, fighting Indians. and was mustered out at Ft. Kearney. Neb., July 10, 1865. He is commander of Appomattox Post. No. 214, G. A. R. He was secretary of the Nebraska Stock Yards Co., from 1884 till 1890, when he opened his present office.

     C. W. LYMAN, Wholesale Lumber and Coal, Rooms 17-18 Montgomery Block.--The wholesale lumber and coal business has no better representative in the city then C. W. Lyman. Since coming to this state from Chicago in 1870, his time has been continually occupied in this industry, and in Chicago he was engaged in the wholesale lumber business. After coming west he was for some time a retail dealer at Plattsmouth and Beatrice, being this first man to bring lumber to those cities by rail. Eleven years ago he opened offices here, and now does a business extending over western Nebraska and northern Kansas, keeping one traveling man constantly on the road. His native state is Massachusetts, and during the late war he served his country faithfully for four years in Battery C, 1st Ohio artillery. He is a enthuiastic (sic) supporter of Lincoln and owns one of the finest residence blocks in that city known as "Lyman's terrace." It is three stories, constructed of stone, supplied with electric lights and modern improvements, and cost $50,000.


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     F. B. HARRIS, Manager, Watchmaker and Jeweler 1123 O Street.--"A thing of beauty is a joy forever." providing it lasts, and we know of no beautiful and useful articles that will retain these qualities longer than the thousand pleasing things to be found in a jewelry store such as the one conducted by F. B. Harris. Some six years ago this house was established as Perry & Harris, continuing until September, 1891, when Mr. Harris succeeded the older firm. He occupies one side of a room 35x112 1/2, and carries a $5,000 stock. Two assistants are employed. Mr. Harris is a native of the old Hoosier State, but has made his home in Lincoln since 1879. Ten years experience as a jeweler has made him thoroughly competent.

     J. G. CORDNER, Architect, 1034 O Street.--The standing of any community as to culture and refinement is plainly announced by the character of its dwellings and public buildings. Much of the architectural beauty of Lincoln is due to Mr. Cordner. A native of Ohio, he came here from Iowa two years ago and has secured a patronage extending over this and adjoining States. Mr. C. has made a careful study of design, and in 1877 graduated from Oskaloosa College. Mr. C. is the only one in this city belonging to the American Institute of Architects, having been a member of that body since 1885 He is also a member of the Improved Order I. O. W.

     H. M. LEAVITT, Coal. Coke and Wood, and a full line of Building Material, 1133 O Street.--It is very necessary that the fuel supplying of a city should be in the hands of upright end reliable men, such as H. M. Leavitt. Mr. Leavitt established this business four years ago and by hard work and energy has built up a lucrative patronage. His yards are located on the C. & N. W. tracks, where he has 350 feet of sheds with a storage capacity of 2500 tons of coal. These, together with his building material, ocupies (sic) two blocks of ground. He does a large wholesale business all over the State and keeps two men on the road, while the services of four are required in the

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