ifE EMMY EW1511 101411UB PAGE SIXTEEN ■ r. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO OUR JEWISII FRIENDS FRIENDS AND PATRONS Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Season's Greetings R ock Garden Greenhouses Carl C. Eschenburg AUGUST VON BOESELAGER, Prop. N. Gratiot Avenue on Rapid Line Phone 668 MT. CLEMENS, MICH. Electrical Contractor and Dealer Since 1911 ■1 101010 ■■■■ • 1 al MNIMIN.11. ■ Ns ■ I ■ ‘.1 lal.\ ■■■■■■ • k7 0000tro00-600-000****00***0000000*0(1000000*00aotwo Rosh Hashonah Greetings MT. CLEMENS, MICHIGAN 0 IT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING to Spend a Vacation at Miller's Monroe and Plaza Hotels Mt. Clemens, Michigan +00000-000-000t 0-00011001100000000 Wiring, Fixtures, Fans, Motors, Radios and Supplies 63 MACOMB ST., MT. CLEMENS, MICH. Telephone 3. Miller's Plaza Mineral Baths ':**0 ■••■■■•■■ 11..\ ■■■•■■• • ■•■ 11■ 1011 ■11■1■1 Mt. Clemens, Mich. Clementine Mineral Baths 4Ra252S 252S7S7.5 SYD. T. THOME IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Goodrich Silvertown Cords and Accessories Mt. Clemens, Mich. Season's Greetings Ills an al Vulcanising Our Specialty Wholesale and Retail e.s 0 Murphy Hotels Member Florists' Telegraphic Delivery Association Park Hotel and Baths are World Renowned for the Treatment of Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia, Neuritis, Nervousness. Physicians and Chemises Pro- munce them Specially Beneficial in these Cases. Phone 808 20 N. Broadway (6rertinkui THOMAS G. LONGSTAFF, Mgr. Holiday Greetings for All MT. ('LEMENS, :1114'11. John N. Tucker Fuel — Builders' Supplies — Coal — Wood Concrete Block Manufacturer Phone 40 Foot of. Park Avenue Mt. Clemens, Mich. MT. CLEMENS HISTORY INTERESTING The Season's Greetings Marshall & Squier for Economical Transportation /CHEVROLET / cial avalanche that followed the before 187.... • a small bath house too-extensive efforts of the young located where the Park Hotel is -- territory to develop itself, it prob- now located was erected and the Growth of Bath City Places It Among World Leaders as a ably would have resulted in Mt. large houses standing on the cor- Clemens being put on the map at a net of East and Jones streets (li- Resort for Health and Rest; Christian Clemens very early date. The attempt to rectly opposite were turned into the Traditional Pioneer Settler. build this canal brought to Mt. boarding houses where those af- Clemens and its vicinity from the flicted with rheumatism and skin 81 CASS AVE PHONE 1156 Tradition has it that about 1796 present courthouse brought a East many families who played an diseases found lodging and board- Christian Clemens, then in busi- marked activity and prominence to active part in the development of ing. The wonderful cures effected the village. Its location in what the community later, among them by the baths caused the clearing Mt. Clemens, Mich. ness in Detroit, was attracted to the site of what is now Mt. Clem- was practically the extreme south- the Snook, Traver, Shook families away of all the houses on the ens, when on a surveying trip with east corner of the extensive tern- and others. Another of the short- block facing East street (now East General Cass, who later became tory then called the County of Ma- lived industries that started at this Broadway) between Jones and governor of Michigan and repre- comb endangered, of course, its time was the glass factory, which Park avenue, and the erection of sented this state in the United permanent hold upon the county brought the Hall and Grovier fami- a large frame hotel covering the 0000*0000000000000000000000000000000008000000000 0 seat, and it was undoubtedly due lies, who had been operating a larger part of that block by the 000004000000000-0000000000000000000000000000009000 States senate. influence of glass factory in New York state. Avery Brothers in the year 1880 The interesting story of Mt. quite largely to the Clemens among the powers that This was located at the extreme —a time which represented the 00 Clemens, here retold from Lester's were that in the settling of the end of the village, where later only period of Mt. Clemens that 0 0 Mt. Clemens Directory, opens at 0 new counties out of the territory stood the salt well and the original could be called a boom. At this the beginning of the nineteenth in the original Macomb County, pumping station for mineral wa- same time the precent courthouse t;, century. Clemens started a settle- tem. Also a small and undoubt- was built and pavements began to ment on thin site before the war of consideration was had for the in. tally very temporary enterprise be laid in the city, and a large in- 1812 and built the first house in teresta of Mt. Clemens. The little settlement grew in a was a pottery factory located crease in population was observed. CO the settlement on the westerly very slim and desultory fashion where now stands the Mt. Clemens About this same time also, the ef- side of what is now North Broad- forts of Romeo to secure the re- until the decade of the thirties, Savings Bank, way, between Market and New when the success of the Erie Canal About this time, or a little later, moral of the county seat from Mt. st recta. development of the Clemens received its quietus, and The war of 1812 stirred up no and the growth and enterprise of began the incorporated much activity among the Indians the country generally caused a stave industry, which proved to be Mt. Clemens became Soon thereafter the large influx of Eastern settlers a long-lived and very successful in- as a city. against the settlers who kept al- legiance to the United States that seeking new homes, who came west dustry for this part of the country. Medea company was organized it became necessary for all the largely by the waterways, the Erie The country about having been and erected a bath house on the English speaking residents of Mt. Canal and Lake Erie to Detroit, very heavily timbered, and as it corner of Cass and Gratiot, and a years later the Fountain Hotel Clemens to seek refuge in Detroit, and spread out into the then cons- grew in agricultural importance e few and Bath House were erected on and Clemens, staying in Detroit at paratively unknown territory of and was cleared for tillage, th Michigan. Clemens then interested material for staves was naturally North Gratiot. The bath industry that time, undoubtedly cemented his friendship for and influence in his village three Eastern men, plentiful and cheap. This stave has proved so successful and the Rodney 0, Cooley, Edward Brooks industry early developed by the benefits derived from the baths has with the men who were prominent and Hathaway families at been so thoroughly established us in the development of Michigan, and Enoch Jones, who entered Jenne), and therefrom probably resulted into an agreement for the pus- mills located at the extreme east permanent that there now exist in chase of the three private claims end of the village, was kept up by the city nine wells and bath houses much benefit to Mt. Clemens in then owned by Clemens, or such Snook, Groesbeck and Van Lande- era connected with its own hotels later years. 00 portions thereof as he had not chew, even until the early years and boarding houses. In 1518 the County of Macomb 00 The press of Mt. Clemens began ,j, 00 was set off by the territorial au• already sold out in lots. They un- of the twentieth century. On dertook to develop the little vii The site of the old glass factory with the establishment of a news- o thorities and included not only all nsa o r 00 00 0 ns *_Gionia-ct t,00* oont-cf 000 olmo c tr o t o xt o tr 00 0 0 0 r oG amt o o 0 0 t o l o o m loge and platted out a large addi- later in the fifties became the Paper called the Statesman in of thepresent county but about 20 times that territory, stretching tion thereto, covering the portion scene of an attempt to find oil, 1840, and the Macomb Counts. . to the east and north of the nrigi- which resulted in striking a vein of Herald in 1848. Mr. Clemens ha • north nearly to Saginaw and west nal plat, naming their addition water so strongly impregnated with rarely been without two newspa- to the principal meridian. largely through the influence, no doubt, of after their surveyor, Mullet. The salt that' instead of going further perm and for no small portion of death of Mr. Cooley, the only one in search of oil the enterprise was the time has had a third. At pres- Clemens, the Village of Mt. Clem- of the three who attempted a per- changed and salt was manufac- eat the field is filled with the Mt. ens was designated as the county seat, although it then included lit. manent residence at Mt. Clemens, tured there for a considerable pe- Clemens Monitor, operated in con- and the disastrous effects of the rind. However, the minerals in the nection with many of the weekly tle more than a few scattering big financial panic of 1837, resulted in water prevented the obtaining of papers about the country, by .1. E. residences and stores. This same a decided set-back to the village a first-class quality of salt and the Nellis A Son Company, and the year Clemens platted the village, and compelled Mr. Clemens to re- cheap fuel which the salt wells of Mt. Cletnens Leader, a daily news- which included the district between take the title to the lands whch the Saginaw district were able to paper with the Mt. Clemens Pres , Market street, Cherry street, the pioneer promoters had obtain in the refuse of the lumber as a weekly adjunct, operated by river and a line joining the river the three mills caused too sharp a competi- the Leader-Press Company. • . end of Ilerry street with the south- purchased tion and prevented the profitable The flank of Macomb, which Enterprises Started. erly end of Cherry street, in the manufacture of salt here to any maintained a precarious existence In the meantime, however, vari- rear of where now stands the large extent. This discovery of for two decades or more through Olympia hotel—this line being the ous enterprises had started in and the medicinal quality of the •a- the panic of 1837, and finally sue- which about the village, some of Two Yards — One Service southwesterly line of the private proved long lived and a great ters, in the early seventies, led to cumbed during the financial crisis claim owned by Clemens. North Avenue at G. T. Railroad Phone 1682 benefit to the community. and the abandonment of the salt enter- of 1857, represented the first and Clemens' Influence. prise and the development of what only banking venture of Mt. Clem- At the time Mt. Clemens was some of which met the usual finan- has proved to be Mt. Clemens' most_ ens until the formation of the pri- Mt. Clemens—Halfway thus founded and platted, un- cial disasters and failures of busi- characteristic industry, health- vote bank of Tilden A Co. in the doubtedly the roads existing con- ness enterprises. Among the lat- early 70's. This organization Wan '- giving baths. sisted of wandering trails which ter may be mentoned the attempt One unique and remarkable in- succeeded by the Mt. Clemens Say- - to dig a canal from the Clinton led to the Tucker and Connor set- dustry of Mt. Clemens, started sirs Bank, organized June 1, 1877. tlements and along the river and river to the Kalamazoo river, and bark in its early history, has been which now for a period of 50 yearo lake to Detroit and the other vari- thus open a waterway front the that of the Donaldson Brothers, has had a most steady and remark- ous settlements of French pioneers southerly end of Lake Michigan to which started with a small black- able growth, its present footings Lake St. Clair — an enterprise who had spread out from Detroit smith shop on the corner of ala- amounting to upwards of $4,500,- along the water courses. This which it was hoped would equal in next banking enterprise comb and Walnut streets, and has 000. importance and success the Erie platting of the village and the es- developed by steady progression to of Mt. Clemens was that of Ulrich tablishment of it as the judicial Canal in New York state. lint a large factory located at the junc- A Crocker, a private hank, which this not met disaster by the ex- center of the new county, and the tion of Broadway and Clinton a few years later was incorporated erection of a log courthouse and travagance and corruption attend- streets. Founded by the three as the Illrich Savings Bank. It jail in 1819 on the site of the ing is construction and the finan- brothers, William S., Andrew T., has always kept its office at the COMPLETE EQUIPMENT and Thomas Donaldson, it has of corner of Broadway and Macomb LATHES, DRILLS, SHAPER, MILLER, PRESSES late years beet- conducted under streets and has well merited the the corporation and been engaged success and (• osperity which has Jobbing and Repair Work in the manufacture of sleighs and marked its career. In 1960 was agricultural implements of all organized the Citizens' Savings Day and Night Service kinds. The successful operation Bank, with Andrew T. Donaldson of this individual plant in these as president and Milo N. Davis as 308 North Avenue Phone Your Order 959-R days of trusts and combinations cashier. This, the third bank of Mt. Clemens, Mich. speaks volumes for the ability with Mt. Clemens, has maintained its which it has been managed. banking office on Macomb street In 1901 and 1902 there was where now located, and carried on DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE erected the sugar factory, now, a successful and progressive hank- operated by the corporation known ing business with profit to its We go anywhere at any time. as the Mt. Clemens Sugar COM. stockholders and satisfaction to its pony, established just at the east- patrons. The First National Bank Prompt, Courteous, Careful. ern outskirts of the city, and is of Mt. Clemens, located at the car- Lowest Rates in the City. one of the outstanding industries net of Gratiot and New streets, of the place. Similarly, at the has been organized and opened its western side of the city, are lo- banking office during the year of Mt. Clemens N. Gratiot Ave. mated the factories of the National 1920. The Jewish population of Mt. Candy Company and the Mt. Clem- ens Pottery Company, each with Clemens, chiefly of comparatively large factories in which are con- recent origin, has erected a fine ducted progressive, profitable and synagogue on South avenue. successful enterprises. For inveterate faults a new pun- I Baths. The Uni REAL PIONEERS BUILT MT. CLEMENS 11 NEW AND USED CARS SS The Season's Greetings The BATHS of Arethusa Mt. Clemens, Mich. ELEGANT ROOMS — EUROPEAN PLAN Sanitary — Luxurious — Convenient "Write for Circular" A Happy and Prosperous New Year to All The Modern Press Macomb Theater , Mt. Clemens, Michigan The Season's Greetings MT. CLEMENS LEADING PRINTERS Stephens Lumber Company PHONE 147 25252566t5t9 Greetings to All My Friends HARRY GOULETTE Plumbing and Heating Contractors Electric Pumps, Automatic Water Softeners Septic Tanks Phone 1860 135 Smith St. We Wish You All a Happy Neu, Year MT. CLEMENS, MICH. Lumber, Lath, Posts, Interior Finish and All Building Material Modern Equipment for Special Work Rosh Hashonah Greetings HERBERT RONDO 'she MACHINE SHOP Season's Greetings We Wish All Our Jewish Friends and Patrons a Happy and Pros- perous New Year eAt 76 TAXI Season's Greetings J. F. GATZ & CO. Office, 108 Michigan Federated Utilities of Mt. Clemens "Your GAS Company" Ice—Wholesale and Retail Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year Service Laundy Quality Launderers for Particular People C. W. WALTON, Frou. 137 Hubbard Ave. Phone 1271 Mt. Clemens, Mich. If It Is Done With Heat You Better With Gas Can Do 36 N. Broadway - - • MT. CLEMENS, MICH. Phone 247 Wet Wash — Flat Work — Rough Dry Finished Work, 24 Hours Service Rug Cleaning SANITARY—TRY US ONCE However, the one industry ishment. which has made the name of Mt. he who Clemens known from one end of hoards squanders the country to the other is its through others. baths. In the early 70's the me- Who threatens most is he who dicinal qualities of the waters at Lake Shore Road and Cherry MT. CLEMENS • Phone 944 Phone 162 the salt well were discovered and most loth fear. Our Best Wishes to You for a Happy and Prosperous New Year Poultry Troubles Are largely eliminated by the right feeds. Properly fed flocks are protected from disease. Feed "Common Sense" and watch your pullets grow strong and lusty. SEIBERT & KEIL Mt. Clemens, Minh. Phones 900 and 901 Greetings and Best Wishes Harry J. Miller REALTOR — INSURANCE "I Sell the Earth and Insure its Contents" Opposite Western Union Telegraph Company Phone 751-W Mt. Clemens J l