Euwer's department store

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Note to folks trying to access the webshots site:

The site no longer exists becaise of the changes made by Webshots.

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Try this:

When you find something

1. At Google News go to full screen
2. On your keyboard click Print Screen
3. Go to the Paint program and at the Edit, click Paste.
4. What photo edit program do you have? I use PhotoScape. Its a free program and really works fine and I use it daily when working with pictures.

As for articles GoogleNews doesn't allow saves of articles so what I've done is create a special folder to save links.

Also do you have a library card? If so, you can eMail them with the name of the article you want and the date and they will eMail you a copy of the article a $1.00 per page. I use this mehod for special articles I want hard copies of, but for 98% of the articles the link method works fine.

The Library has a complete Microfilm collection of all the newspapers that were published in Mahoning and Trumbull counties -- some 31 different publications in all, and if you use the in library service the price per copy is cheaper, and they have a collection that beats Google hands down.

[jackovee]

 :)Thanks for all the help. there is a lot of useful information on the newspaper archives. Do you have to subscribe in order to copy any of the newspaper articles? I tried to copy some but was unsuccessful.  It is time consuming to hand-write all the info. I have a number of Youngstown city directories which have interesting info . My oldest is 1921.
Thanks again

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Located a March 1, 1908 Euwer's ad announcing a major clearance sale before moving to the Stambaugh Building. According to the ad, the move would be made by the end of March that year.

Link to article announcing the opening in the Stambaugh Building

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tLZjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UIEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1580%2C2997973

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They are PDF files and so long as you have an Adobe Reader you can download the ebooks using the download button that Google provides.

1.   Bring up the book you want to download
2.   Click on the PDF button
3.   Save to a folder


Another site.

http://www.archive.org/details/texts

This link is for Sanderson's book

http://www.archive.org/details/20thcenturyhisto00sand

[jackovee]

how do you save google ebooks to computer. is there a program to download as pdf?

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If you would like to further read about early Youngstown, Google Books has several very good history works that you can download free, I personally built a library of 56 books from that site on Youngstown history.  The work I cited was:

20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County – By Gen. Thomas Sanderson – Published 1907.

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According to Sanderson, while located in the Stambaugh Building, Euwers occupied the first three floors and basement.

Here is the Sanderson biographical sketch of Euwers at page 724 of his book about Youngstown:

JOHN N. EUWER'S SONS. This is a
well known business name throughout
Mahoning and other counties, representing
as it does a large and important
business enterprise of Youngstown,
which was founded by the father of the
present proprietors as far back as 1834, at
New Castle, Pennsylvania, and was established
by his sons at Youngstown, in 1881.
John N. Euwer, father of the present proprietors,
was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
His first work was with the Erie
Canal during its period of construction between
Rochester and Erie, and both he and
brother Daniel kept working in this connection
until the canal reached Conneaut, Ohio.
In 1834 he returned to New Castle, where,
with his brother Daniel, he established 'the
store of D. & J. N. Euwer, of which the present
business is a continuance. Daniel soon retired
retired, removing to Pittsburgh, and Samuel C,
a younger brother came into the business and
the firm became J. N. & S. C. Euwer. On the
death of the latter, J. N. Euwer became the
sole owner and continued proprietor until
1867, when his sons, J. C. and W. D., became
partners, and the firm' then became J. N.
Euwer & Sons. The business was continued
under this style until 1878, when J. N. Euwer
died and the firm style was changed to J. N.
Euwer's Sons.
In 1881, the four sons of the late J. N.
Euwer came to Youngstown, as stated, buying
out the business of A. W. Brownlee & Company,
and they opened up in the store-room
now occupied by the Williams Shoe Company.
In 1866, while occupying a building on the
north side the business was enlarged, but in
1900 fire devastated the whole stock. The present
proprietors immediately rebuilt at Nos.
220-226 W. Federal street, erecting a structure
almost double the size of the former one, two
floors 67 by 200 feet in dimensions and three
floors of 67 by 100 feet, this giving them over
20,000 square feet of floor space. This building
was again destroyed January 20, 1907.
the stock and building being a total loss. They
then took up temporary occupancy of the building
at No. 217 West Federal street awaiting
the completion of the Stambaugh building on
the Square, where they will occupy three floors
and basement. They carry an immense stock
of seasonable goods, employ at all times 100
people and occassionally 150, and conduct the
largest department store in this section of the
state.
Walter D. Euwer. who with his son John
N. Euwer (2) and Walter C, has sole management
of the business, was born at New
Castle, Pennsylvania, was there reared and
educated, and has been identified with the dry
goods business since he was 15 years of age.
In connection with his large interest mentioned,
Mr. Euwer is one of the directors of
the Mahoning National Bank.
In 1873, Walter D. Euwer was married
to Anna M. Courtney, who is a daughter of
David M. Courtney, a prominent farmer in
the vicinity of New Castle. They have four
children, viz. : Arabella J. ; John N., his father's
assistant, who is a graduate of Princeton
College; Walter C, who is a graduate of
Princeton College, in the class of 1907; and
Marian L. Mr. Euwer and family are all
members of the First Presbyterian Church.
]\Ir. Euwer belongs to the Chamber of Commerce
and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Politically he is a Republican, his father
having been one of the old-time Abolitionists.

[AllanY2525]

You may also want to go to the McMillan library and look through some of the old
Burch's City Directories for Youngstown (on microfilm reels).  These old city
directories nave TONS of ads for Euwer's Department Store in them.

I remember reading somewere that the Stambaugh building was built in 1906, but
can't pin down exactly what year they moved to West Federal Street.

Here are a couple of photos of the building when Euwer's was still in it, taken
from TownTalk's webshots album and a local Youngstown blog..

Albert Kahn, the original architect, was brought in around 1913 to design
a four-story addition atop the original building, hence the second row
of decorative trim around the building, four floors down from the top.
The first row of trim was originally the top of the building.

The photo of Walter Euwer was taken from a book of prominent
men of Ohio in 1900 - 6 years before the building was constructed.

Walter Daniel Euwer 1843 - 1917 b: 20 December 1843 in New Castle,
Lawrence County, PA. d: 22 January 1917 in Youngstown, Ohio .

His residence was at No. 787 Wick Ave.

"In 1881, the four sons of the late J. N. Euwer came to Youngstown, as stated, buying
out the business of A. W. Brownlee & Company, and they opened up in the store-room
now occupied by the Williams Shoe Company.

In 1866, while occupying a building on the north side the business was enlarged, but in
1900 fire devastated the whole stock. The present proprietors immediately rebuilt at Nos,
220-226 W. Federal street, erecting a structure almost double the size of the former one, two
floors 67 by 200 feet in dimensions and three floors of 67 by 100 feet, this giving them over
20,000 square feet of floor space. This building was again destroyed January 20, 1907.
the stock and building being a total loss. They then took up temporary occupancy of the building
at No. 217 West Federal street awaiting the completion of the Stambaugh building on
the Square, where they will occupy three floors"

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Euwer's Department store was opened in the early 1900's and was one of the biggest department stores in its day. Besides being a full line department stores it had in store reastraunts which in its day was unique.

It was built on the site of the former Park Hotel on the Northeast corner of Central Square, and later moved to West Federal Street.

When the Stambaugh Building was turned into an office building an Electric Company took over the First Floor, followed by Bond's Clothing Store and finally People's Bank (today known as Key Bank). The building also became home to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube until the 1950's as well as a couple of other large local industries such as Standard Slag.

To find other information about Euwers you might want to go through early editions of the Youngstown Vindicator at the following link:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=pqgf-8x9CmQC&dat=19051201&b_mode=2&hl=en

Start here and work forward.

[jackovee]

Does anyone know where I can get information or pictures of Euwer Store? I have a postcard which shows them being in the Stambaugh building, but doesn't say what year. The only thing I found was a blurb stating Euwers was located on West Federal and had a fire (Yo. fire dept site)