ky-footstep August 25 2001 Volume 01 : Issue 94 Today's Topics: #1 [KYF] NEWSPAPERS: Carlisle Mercury Centennial Edition 1900 Nicholas Co ______________________________X-Message: #1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 11:19:57 -0700 From: "Jeannie Dalrymple" Subject: NEWSPAPERS: Carlisle Mercury Centennial Edition 1900 Nicholas Co -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlisle Mercury Centennial Edition 1900 31 May 1900, Nicholas Co., KY This newspaper is so old and torn that it is hard to read and many sentences are long gone.. my grandmother passed this and a few more on to me folded tightly in a very small candy box. So will do what I can read... jeannie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W. H. HOWE -o- One of the Leading Merchants of Nicholas Located at Moorefield, Ky. Moorefield, one of the oldest towns in the county and second in prominence to the county seat, is represented with commercial interests of long established credit. Chief among the business enterprises of this stable village is the interests of Harvey Howe, who conducts a large hardware and grocery store, and is an extensive buyer of tobacco, grain, wool and country produce. Mr. Howe has been in business in Moorefield all his life, for in his father's store he began selling goods before he was large enough to look over the counter. His father, Dunlap Howe, with a Mr. Jerry Hall established the business in 1825. Mr. Howe, S., later acquired full control of the establishment, continuing in merchandising until his death in 1852, when it became the pro0erty of his wife, A--thy L. Howe who looked after its interests until 1865 when the son Harvy became the proprietor. In the year 1870, the old policy of a general store was abolished, classified stocks and special lines being adopted, cutting out dry goods, boots, shoes, notions, etc., and placing in their stead a full and complete line of groceries and hardware, not including farm machinery. In 1875 the new store building was erected, a structure 60 by 36 feet in dimensions, two stories high, with a basement. Across the street from the store is located the large warehouse, where is stored heavy goods for the main store, and severs as storage quarters for grain, wool and country produce. Mr. Howe is a member of the firm of Crowe & Howe, leaf tobacco buyers and packers. The firm during the past season marketed over 200 hogsheads of the Nicholas County weed. The town of Moorefield was named by his great-grandmother. His father was the first postmaster of the place, and singular to relate, that from the time of his appointment in 1825 until about ten years ago, the postoffice was cared for by some member of the Howe family. In this store some of the best business men in Eastern Kentucky received their business schooling,--J. G. Powell, the enterprising hardware man of Carlisle, began clerking with Mr. Howe. Mr. Chas. Howard, of Millersburg, also found in this house the nucleus of business. In the store now is J. M. Hawkins, a young man , well trained _______ ________ _______ and a valuable adjunct. Louis Curtis, colored is neither clerk nor porter, but a general utility man who has for 25 years been a store fixture. Mr. Howe, could not keep store with out Louis. In a fine old home near the store Mr. Howe resides, and in s luxurious appointments and environments of happy home life we find him content. A man of means and large business affairs, a courteous, straight forward, business gentleman, Harvey Howe stands as one of the leading men of the county. He belongs to the masons, K. of P.'s, A.O.U.W. and is a member of the Christian Church. ~~~~~~~ MISS LEE'S MILLINARY STORE The ladies of Carlisle are among the most notable exponents of refinement and culture in the Blue Grass State. They have an innate love of the beautiful and they dress with exquisite taste. In all their efforts to attain pleasing effects in dress they are ably seconded by Miss Amelia Lee, whose reputation as a milliner is second to none in this section of the State. A visit to Miss Lee's store is a revelation. The stock is new, bright and perfect in style. The diction of the approved fashion for the season, and as rich in beauty as the dexterity of skilled artists can devise her establishment places the ladies of this section in local touch with the best and finest millinery offered the trade anywhere in the country. This season her head trimmer is Miss Minnett Woolenham, of Urbanna, O., assisted by Miss Jennie Tilton and Miss Meldred Secrest in the sale rooms. In fancy novelties Miss Lee figures that none are to good for her trade. For this reason she enjoys the most fashionable trade this city and surrounding county affords. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of ky-footsteps-digest V01 #094 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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