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100 Historical Souvenir of Greenville, Illinois. The Manufacturing Plant of DeMoulin Brothers and Company. This was the first factory eve -located In Greenville. The business was started In a small way by Edmond DeMoulin in 1892, and on February' ISthrrsgrEdmond- and Ulysses S. De.VIoulin entered into a partnership in the name of lid DeMoulin and Brother. The businlss grew rapidly from the beginning and over one hundred people are now employed in the manufacture of band and society uniforms, '°''!?n'Dê?embe''^^°9!!%5,^"heTrm was incorporated under the laws of the state of Illinois and 'b- f°''°-|re "ffi^/^Tr^LûrlrÊdmo^n'^d' mond DeMoulin, President; Ulysses S. DiMoulin. Vice President and General Manager; H. C. Diehl, Secretary and Treasurer, Kdmond ncMouHn Ulvsses S DeMoulin and Erastus DeMoulin, Directors. , i., . n aThebillXris four stories, furnishing 27,030 squ most up-to-date machinery, is well lighted and ventilated and has good shipping facilities, having its private railroad switch. Grciup of Employes of the Factory of DeMoulln Brothers & Company.
Philip Diehl, Was two years a member of the House of Delegates from the Sixth Ward, St. Louis. In Ijusiness in Greenville for 19 ^-ears; Introduced the method of butchering hogs in the summei time. nex, J. E. Hillis, The Sun office, F. Parent's bakery and others. The fire was controlled without the loss of buildings. The damage was about $600. About three o'clock on tlie morning of October 27. 1904. fire from unknown cause started in the base- Historical Souvenir of Greenville, Illinois. ment of the Seaman Hardware Company's store and by daylight the Morse block, owned by the J. B. White estate, Miss Lucy Smith's building, Mrs. M. V. Allen's building and Mrs. August Pierron's building were in ruins. The Seaman Hardware Co., W. W. Hussong and Co., W. O. Holdzkom, J. A. Johnson, Graff and Eppestine, Dr. W. T. Easley, George O. Morris, the Odd Fellows, the Court of Honor, the Rebekahs, the Maccabees, and the Women's Relief Corps, C. E. Cook and Dr. M. L. Ravold were burned out. It was the most disastrous fire in the city's history, taking into consideration the number of people affected. The total loss was about Reside.nce of Ekastus De.Moili.s, Washington .\ venue. 101 50,000, with about $26,000 insurance. The handsome new liusiness houses known as the Grafe building, the Seaman building, the Hussong Cash Mercantile Company's building and the Miller-Wise building have been erected on tho site of the burnt district. OREENVILLL'S WATER SIPPLY BODY of A quicksand water, in a bed of underlies the entire city of Greenville, and numerous springs gush from the hills on the north and west of the city. The first settlers, George Davidson, Paul Beck and Asahel Enloe, located in the west part of town near the springs to obviate any trouble for water. Those later settling farther up in town carried all the water they used from the springs and from Wash Lake. In IS 22 the first attempt was made to sink wells. The first well was dug in the middle of the street where Main and Sixth intersect. The second at the intersection of Third and College and the next was at Second and Main. These wells were dug square and were curbed with wood. An oldfashioned windlass was used for drawing wafer. Owing to the elevated ground on which Greenville stands it required deep digging to get to water, and the wells were from seventy to ninety feet deep. Two people met death in these wells. William Gray was in the act
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HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF GREENVILLE,
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A Condensed History of Greenville,
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