Illinois Ghost Seekers #illinoisghost Historical post of the day:
Peoria Historial Building: Day Brothers & Co. - Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions & Carpetings. 113 and 115 South Adams Street, Peoria, IL from the '1873 Atlas of Peoria County', (Peoria Historical Society Collection, Bradley University Library).
"Day Brothers & Co., one of the oldest houses in the city, was established in 1856, on Washington Street, and prosecuted the retail trade until 1860, when they embarked in t...he jobbing trade, and carry a stock from $200,000 to $300,000, and holds the trade in central Illinois. Also have an extensive business in Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. Employ forty-five clerks in the house besides about the same number of girls in making overalls, and live traveling salesmen constantly on the road. They have a resident buyer in New York, a member of the firm. Their annual receipts are $1,250,000." -- from 'The History of Peoria County, Illinois: Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources', 1880.-Source: Peoria Historical Society
"Day Brothers & Co., one of the oldest houses in the city, was established in 1856, on Washington Street, and prosecuted the retail trade until 1860, when they embarked in t...he jobbing trade, and carry a stock from $200,000 to $300,000, and holds the trade in central Illinois. Also have an extensive business in Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. Employ forty-five clerks in the house besides about the same number of girls in making overalls, and live traveling salesmen constantly on the road. They have a resident buyer in New York, a member of the firm. Their annual receipts are $1,250,000." -- from 'The History of Peoria County, Illinois: Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources', 1880.-Source: Peoria Historical Society
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