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Directory of the City of Chicago
Illinois for 1843
HAIR-DRESSERS.
OLIVER C. HENSON, barber and fashionable hair-dresser, 183 Lake St.,
Chicago, Ill.; perfumery for sale.
A. J. MILLER, barber and fashionable hair-dresser, Market Street, near the
Sauganash, Chicago, Ill. ; French pomatum, an article superior to every other kind of hair-oil, for beautifying and preserving the hair; cigars of
the best quality constantly on hand.
HARDWARE, ETC.
BOTSFORD & BEERS, wholesale and retail dealers in stoves,
Junietta, Swedes, and English iron, tin plate, sheet iron and copper, hollow and
hard ware, cutlery, nails, spikes, sash, glass, blacksmiths', carpenters',
joiners', and coopers' tools; 109 Lake Street, Chicago, Ill. Jabez Kent
Botsford, Cyrenius Beers.
L. W. CLARK, 128 Lake, corner of Clark Street, Chicago, wholesale and
retail dealer in hardware, saddlery, and cutlery, iron, steel, nails, spikes,
and glass, stoves, tin, sheet iron, and copper ware.
J. B. DOGGETT, agent for the Brownsville Juniata iron works, warehouse
corner of Lake and State streets, Chicago, Ill.
GURNEE & MATTESON, wholesale and retail dealers in hardware,
saddlery, and cutlery, iron, steel, nails, spikes, glass, stoves, tin, sheet-iron,
and copper ware, leather, shoe findings, etc.; 116 Lake Street, Chicago,
Ill.; cash and the highest market price paid for hides.
DAVID HATCH, dealer in hardware, 98 Lake Street, Chicago, Ill. (store
with Sylvester Marsh).
RYERSON & BLAIKIE, 9o Lake Street, opposite the Tremont House,
Pittsburg iron-store (Hecla works), flat bar, tire, round, square, hoop,
band, saddle tree, horseshoe, boiler, sheet-iron, etc., plough, spring,
blister, English and German steel, buggy springs, axles, wagon and dearborn
boxes, also nails, brads, cut and wrought spikes, white lead, glass, etc.;
Chicago, Ill., 1844. Joseph Turner Ryerson, Andrew Blaikie.
H. M. STOW, the Chicago Steam Iron-works; the subscriber would most
respectfully inform the public that he is carrying on the iron and brass
casting business at his new establishment, on the corner of Randolph and
Canal streets, opposite the Western Hotel, where he can make work in the above line, both great and small, and of the best workmanship and
cheaper than the cheapest. N.B.-Orders taken at the furnace store on Clark Street, between Lake and Water streets, and promptly attended to.
HATS, CAPS, ETC.
CHARLES BUHL, manufacturer of hats and caps, and dealer in furs,
buffalo robes, hatters' stock, trimmings, etc.; 129 Lake Street, Chicago.
A. GETZLER, cap and umbrella manufacturer, and general dealer in hats,
caps, and furs, 151 Lake Street, Chicago, Ill.
HOTELS, ETC.
JOHN ANDERSON, Washington Hall, temperance house, North-Water
Street, near the Clark-St. bridge; this well-known hotel has recently undergone extensive additions and improvements, and is now capable of
accommodating a large number of boarders and travelers; its location, at
the Clark-St. bridge, gives to this house advantages equal to any other;
country people will find this the most comfortable and the cheapest house in the city.
J. RUSSELL, City Hotel, Chicago, Ill.; this establishment is located on the
corner of Clark and Randolph streets, in the centre of the most business
part of the city,. convenient to all the principal steamboat warehouses and within a few rods of the northern, southern, eastern, and western
stage offices, the post-office and reading room; the sitting and lodging
rooms are large and airy, furnished with bells, and well arranged for the
accommodation of families and single gentlemen; the prices of board are such as can not fail to be satisfactory; a convenient hair-dressing room
adjoining; warm, cold, and shower baths always in readiness.
JOHN BATES, Jr., Illinois Exchange, corner Lake and Wells sts., Chicago.
P. A. BARKER, Farmers' Exchange, corner of Lake St. and Wabash Ave.;
the Farmers' Exchange has been removed to the corner of Lake Street and Wabash Ave., opposite the American Temperance House, where the
proprietor hopes to have the pleasure of seeing his old friends and
customers; excellent accommodations for the traveling public; good stabling;
dry yards, etc. ; boarders accommodated at prices to suit the times.
C. W. COOK, American Temperance House, corner of Lake Street and
Wabash Ave., near the steamboat landing, Chicago, Ill. N. B.-Passengers and baggage carried to and from the steamboats free of charge.
DENNIS S. CADY, Lake-Street House (late Farmers' Exchange), 135-7
Lake Street; this establishment; having undergone extensive repairs and additions, is now opened for the reception of the public; being located
in the centre of business, the Lake-Street House affords peculiar facilities
for the accommodation of boarders and travelers especially, and of persons from the country having business to transact in the city; excellent
stabling, sheds, and yard, etc., in the rear of the house, for the accommodation of teams, etc.
JOHN MURPHY, United States Hotel; the subscriber would respectfully
announce to his old friends and the public generally, that he has returned
to his old and popular stand, where he hopes, by unremitted attention to
the comfort and welfare of his guests, to receive that share of their patronage that his exertions may merit. The house has been thoroughly
renovated, cleansed, and painted, with a good yard and barn attached, the rooms are airy, pleasant, and agreeable; his bar will be supplied with
the choicest wines and liquors, his table with all the substantials and delicacies of the season, his servants attentive and obedient, and he
pledges himself that nothing shall be wanting to render their stay pleasant
and comfortable. Chicago, Jan. 1, 1844.
L. M. OSTERHOUDT, Sauganash Hotel, corner of Lake and Market
sts., Chicago, Ill.; farmers will find the best accommodation for their teams.
D. L. ROBERTS, Chicago Temperance House, LaSalle Street, nearly
opposite the [State] bank building, Chicago, Ill.
SKINNER & SMITH, Mansion House, 84 and 86 Lake Street, Chicago,
Ill.; baggage taken to and from steamboats free of charge.
THOMAS & WHEELOCK, the Washington Coffee-House, Lake Street,
third door east of the Tremont House; this entirely new and splendid house has been fitted up by the proprietors in the most modern and
approved style; the bill of fare will embrace every variety to be procured
in this and eastern markets; hot meals can be had at all hours; fresh
oysters kept constantly on hand. The proprietors pledge themselves that nothing shall be wanting on their part to give their customers entire
satisfaction.
Source: Directory of the
City of Chicago Illinois for 1843, Compiled By Robert Fergus, Printer, A
Resident of Chicago since July 1, 1839. Chicago: Fergus
Printing Company, N. W. Cor. Illinois St. and Dearborn Ave. 1896.
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