New York Dry Goods Company
History of Montana,by Joaquin Miller, 1894
USGENWEB Montana Archives,maintained by burns@asu.edu

The New York Dry Goods Company, one of Helena's leading 
mercantile firms, had its origin in Minneapolis in 1884, 
founded there by the same gentlemen that now compose it. 
After three years of successful businessin Minneapolis, 
believing that the city of Helena and the state of Montana 
offered a better field for their enterprise, they, in 
1887, came to this city and opened the business on the 
corner of Main and State Streets, where for six years 
they have been doing a successful and constantly 
increasing business. Their present accomodations 
proving insufficient for the increasing demands of 
their trade, they are now about to remove into their 
commodious new quarters, Nos. 48, 50 and 52 South 
Main Street, one of the best locations in the city, 
where they will have the largest wholesale and retail
establishment in Montana. In 1890 the firm incorporated 
under its present title, The New York Dry Goods Company, 
with the following officers: Henry Loble, president, 
Robert Heller, vice-president; H. Flegelman, secretary 
and treasurer and George Frankford, manager. All of 
these gentlemen are full of business enterprise and 
push, all having been reared from childhood in the 
dry-goods business.Henry Loble, the president of the 
company, was born in Hungary in 1860 and was reared 
and educated there. In 1882he came to the United 
States to live and do business under our free 
institutions, and has become thoroughly identified 
with the country of his adoption. For a year and a 
half he was in business in New York City, learning 
the values of goods from the manufacturers and 
large jobbing houses, and becoming acquainted with 
American methods of business. He then went to 
Minneapolis nad entered the firm with which he 
has since been connected. In 1891 he married Hattie 
Marks, a native of Diamond City, Montana. He is a 
member of the I.O.O.F, F & A.M., the A.O.U.W. and 
several benevolent societies.Robert Heller, vice 
president of the company dates his birth in Austria, 
in 1860. He came to American in 1881, and was in 
business in Milwaukee and St. Paul until he became 
a member of the present firm in Minneapolis. He was 
married in 1889 to Antonette Greenbery, a native of
 Roumania. Mr. Heller is very much devoted to his 
business and as yet has found little time for 
social affairs. He is, however, a member of the 
American Legion of Honor.Herman Flegelman, 
secretary and treasure of the firm, is a native 
of Roumania, his birth occurring in 1861. It 
was in 1883 that he severed home ties and came 
to America, believing this to be the best place 
in which to enter upon a business career. He has 
been with his firm since its organization in 
Minneapolis. Mr. Flegelman was married and has 
two children, his wife being deceased.George 
Frankford came west in 1864 and since that date 
has been engaged in merchandising most of the 
time in Colorado,Wyoming and Montana. In 1886 
he became connected with the firm of which he is 
now manager. He is a man of fine personal 
appearance, is thoroughly posted on what constitutes 
a successful businessman and thinks more of 
making and keeping a customer than he does of 
making a sale, and since he has been a resident 
of Helena, he has made many warm friends here.
All of the members of the firm are men of the 
highest probity, devoted to their business, 
pulling together for the success of the firm and 
are justly entitled to the large volume of 
business they have acquired. They have a mail 
order department, receive orders from Montana 
and adjoining states and in this line are doing 
an extensive business.

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