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Wegemann & Strauss
Schiffler & Wegemann
Wegemann & Weber
Wegemann-Faber-Kaercher
114 Main Street
217 E Main
1894
10 24 STORE
REMODELED
Wegemann &
Strauss remodeled their store WR
1895
12 11 CHILDREN'S DAY
Children's day at Wegemann & Strauss' store last Saturday was a huge
success. Hordes of little ones, between
the hours of 8 and 11 a.m., frequented the establishment and were made
happy. They were shown into the presence
of Santa Claus, aptly personated by one of the clerks, Theodore Hagedorn,
attired in the proverbial white wig and whiskers and fur coat, who, seated
under a canopy of gaudy fabrics, cheerfully greeted his callers and presented
each with gifts. Handkerchiefs, picture books, pencils, candy, nuts, etc., were
freely dispensed, over 1,500 packages being disposed of. An inspection of the toy department followed
the gift-making, and many a pair of covetous eyes feasted upon the tremendous
assortment of goods for the Yuletide. It
was an enterprising idea of the firm. WR
c.1895 INTERIOR VIEW OF STORE
1898
05 25 UPPER STORY ADDED, BUILDING ENLARGER
Extensive improvements will soon
be commenced on the store building belonging to the Sweeney estate, 114 Main
Street, occupied by Wegemann & Strauss.
Another story is to be added and the building otherwise enlarged, while
a complete new front on stylish up-to-date lines is to be put in. WR
1899
02 22 Watertown has been justly celebrated for its fine stores, and
each succeeding year increases the number.
Schiffler & Wegemann are enterprising, go-ahead merchants, and
propose to leave nothing undone to make their store one of the most inviting of
its kind in the state. For the past few
weeks they have employed a force of workmen in remodeling and renovating. A new hard-wood floor and ceiling adds much
to the attractiveness of the place, and the removal of the tailoring department
from the main floor gives increased room for their large and really superb
stock of everything in the clothing and gents' furnishing line. In the evening their store is brilliantly
illuminated and a visit to this establishment will convince anyone that
Schiffler & Wegeman thoroughly understand their business and the wants of
their customers. WR
05 16 J. E. Grell, of Johnson Creek, and W. J. Kyle, of Fort Atkinson,
exclusive agents for Jefferson and Walworth counties of the Eagle Acetylene
generator, has just placed a plant in the store of Wegemann & Strauss. Acetylene gas is a comparatively new
invention and people who have used it speak in high terms of its economical and
lighting properties. The Wegemann &
Strauss plant is the first institution in this city to use it. It provides their store with a nice white
light which was much admired last evening by passers-by. WR
Wegemann & Strauss, 1902, 114 E Main, Picturesque
Watertown booklet
1901
Schiffler & Wegemann, 1901, Tailors,
Clothiers & Furnishers, 1901 encased cent
1902
02 07 Wegemann & Strauss' great mill-ends sale
closed last Saturday. It was a great
success, very large crowds attending daily, and all bought largely of the great
bargains offered, and went on their way rejoicing. It is a great pleasure to this enterprising
firm to see these popular sales so well patronized, and a greater pleasure to
know that every purchaser is well satisfied, and has a good word to say of
them. WG
Schiffler & Wegemann 217 E Main
1906
03 03 Wegemann & Weber have installed in
their store a National Cash Register, manufactured at Dayton, Ohio. It is so constructed that it registers the
amount of each purchase by check and the total sales by each salesman, each of
whom has a separate drawer and key and the total of the day - a very ingenious
contrivance. WDT
1906
03 22 Wegeman
& Weber, the clothing merchants and tailors, continue to make
improvements in their store at the corner of Main and Third streets. They are having a new steel ceiling put in to
replace the old one which has become somewhat unsightly and having it nicely
painted which makes the store room more pleasant and inviting. They have also had a nice electric light
placed at the corner of the streets taking the place of the old gas light, upon
the sides of which is the name of the firm and their trade which is a great
improvement over the old dilapidated light removed. WDT
1906
1906
07 17 WEGEMANN & WEBER BECOMES
WEGEMANN-FABER-KAERCHER
A commercial transaction of
considerable local importance was the result of a meeting here Wednesday
evening. It follows the recent dissolution of partnership of the clothing firm
of Wegemann & Weber. This latest
development is the organization of a stock company under the laws of the state
of Wisconsin . . . The newly incorporated firm will be known as Wegemann-Faber-Kaercher
Company.
Mr. Wegemann is too well known to
the citizens of Watertown to need any introduction on the part of the Leader. He has been engaged in the mercantile
business here several years and has assumed high rank in the commercial
activity of the city . . .
Mr. W. H. Faber, who has entered
the new firm, has been engaged with the old concerns for the past five years as
cutter in the tailoring department. He
is a young gentleman of good business head and will prove of value in the
conduct of the business.
William Kaercher, the third
member of the firm, is another gentleman well known to the citizens of
Watertown. In the past twelve years he
has been associated with the firm of W. F. Brandt & Sons as salesman . . .
The store at present is a model for neatness and convenience for it was only
last year that the firm of Wegemann & Weber were forced to expand to meet
the demand of the trade by taking the space on the second floor. Here's to the newly incorporated firm. May they prosper and grow. WDT
Cross
Reference: Edwin Faber, Sr.’s
first employment in Watertown was with the firm of Schliffler and Wegemann
which was located at Third and Main streets, the location of Salick’s today
[1972].
c.1908
-- -- MERCHANT
ADVERTISING PANEL
1914
10 24 FARE-REFUNDING SALE, full
page Weltburger ad
1915
Advertisement,
1915 Watertown High School Orbit
08 19 WEGEMANN-FABER-KAERCHER
CO. STORE ROBBED
Between nine and ten o’clock last evening Chas. Albrecht, a
one-armed “hobo,” broke into the store of Wegemann-Faber-Kaercher Co. through a
rear window and stole eight suits of clothes, six tie pins, one tie, one pair
of suspenders and two suitcases, amounting to $136.50. About 10 o’clock Louis Tietz, a clerk in the
store, stopped in and saw a number of coat hangers on the floor and going out
met Officer Bolger and told him that the store was robbed. They investigated and found a man loitering
across the street and upon being questioned and searched a tie bearing the
label of the firm was found in his pocket.
The other articles stolen were found in the alley. When brought into Justice Rohr’s court this
morning he waived examination and was bound over for the next term of the
circuit court. WG
1937
09 22 MAX WEGEMAN TO CLOSE BUSINESS
Store Is Rented. Max Wegeman,
operator of the Wegeman store, known as
"Watertown’s Greatest Bargain Store," is going out of business.
1957
c.1957
Wegemann & Weber 1905c,
217 E Main, clothing
Wegemann & Weber 1907,
Clothing, 217 E Main, Children's Day (PC-069)
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