Newspaper articles about the Jesmer’s around Princeton Minnesota in 1894
Newspaper articles about the Jesmer’s around Princeton Minnesota in 1894
Link to newspaper articles of Jesmer in MN
A short summery of 1894 for the Jesmer family in and around Princeton Minnesota.
Fall 1893: Nelson E. Jesmer and his son Roy goes to the World’s Fair in Chicago.
Jesmer’s expand with different business ventures. There was a Barber shop, a restaurant/grocery store/catering business called the Jesmer Brothers, later owned solely by Lewis Jesmer. There was a store in Foreston. Nelson A. Jesmer was running a hotel in Hibbing Minnesota. There was a network of Jesmer owned and operated business in the region.
Nelson Jesmer’s old opera house held balls with oyster dinner fundraisers.
In January 1894 Nelson’s fist store burned down. He later built a grander store, 66’ X 75’. It had an opera upstairs with two metal exit stairways that were 8 feet across. It held 600 to 700 people and had concerts, dances, balls, dinners and plays. The admission price to the plays was 25 cents.
Families were making new home and also additions to their homes. William Jesmer finished his home. A.D. Jesmer was making an addition. Joseph A. Jesmer manufactured a new, modern barn. (10-25-1894)
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