The St. Louis Brewing Company (predecessor to the Ellensburg Brewing Co.) was incorporated in March 1895 in Ellensburg by raising $15,000 worth of capital selling 150 shares to individuals Frank Groger, Frank Fiegle & Kasper Hoffmeier. The Brewing Company was granted a liquor license to sell spirits and liquors in August 1899 and remained at that location until a fire on July 5, 1907 destroyed the entire building. Kroger vowed to build a new brick building to house the brewing company at 3rd Ave. & Pearl St. When the new building was completed, they changed the name to the Ellensburg Brewing and Malting Co. which remained in business until prohibition in 1915. Both Groger and Fiegle eventually left the brewing business - Groger opening a saloon in Thorpe in 1908 and Fiegle being elected as a councilman-at-large in the 2nd ward in Roslyn in 1908.
Side note: Both Groger and Fiegle were arrested and eventually released from custody as being indicted along with 6 others in the lynching of the Vinson brothers in August 1895.
A dose glass from the Hirsch Pharmacy of Seattle in business between 1899-1908.
N. W. Phillips opened the Caledonian Liquor Co. at 1130 D St in 1913 and remained at that location until sometime in 1914. He then moved the business around the corner to 11th & Market St. where he combined the liquor business with a grocery operation. His company motto was "Where Ladies can Trade" is found both in newsprint and on the shot glass associated with his company. He remained in the liquor business until prohibition in 1915.
Thomas McCormack came from San Francisco to Tacoma in 1902 where he with his brothers, Robert and James, established the McCormack Brothers Department Store. At first it was a small clothing store but due to the energy of the brothers, they continually expanded the business. The location was changed from time to time to fine-tune itself in order to accommodate the ever increasing stock of products. At the time, the McCormack Bros.' store at 10th and Pacific was one of the leading department stores in Tacoma and the firm has another large store in Seattle until the early 1930's.
A dose glass from A. W. Preston's "Pioneer Pharmacist" located in the Ballard area of Seattle between 1894-1929.
Germano Bertoldi and Stefano Raggio opened a saloon in Seattle located at 221 Washington St. in 1899. They divested the business sometime in 1901 when Raggio opened his own saloon at 167 Washington St. Bertoldi opened a saloon in 1903 south of Seattle in Georgetown and subsequently opened another in 1904 at 1100 Western Ave. In 1903 Bertoldi had a building constructed in Georgetown (which still stands) that held a lodge and dance hall. His wife Angela died in Georgetown in 1903 and he continued operating the saloon on Western after her death until sometime in 1905. He was granted a liquor license to operate the Georgetown Liquor Co. in 1906 and he then ran as a Republican for the City Council representing Georgetown in 1907 and continued running the Georgetown saloon. He was arrested on 11/18/1909 for allowing a minor (his son Peter) to work in the Georgetown Liquor Co. which Bertoldi owned - he was still a city councilman at the time. By 1910 the Georgetown location (with various adresses listed due to Seattle re-mapping at the time) was operated by his brother Leo until prohibition came in 1915.
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