“Burger to Be Arraigned Next Month: Ex-pharmacist Accused of Illegally Selling Painkillers.” Kane County Chronicle 8 January 2009: 1. Charles." The Charlemagne Summer 1993: 4+. Burger of Burger Drugs (CD sound recording, 977.323INT ). Charles Historic Preservation Commission, 1995. Charles: Culture and Leisure in an All-American Town. The BMO Harris Bank currently owns most of the buildings in the Osgood, Hunt, and Morse Block. Green also occupied the second floor offices. Smith operated medical and dental offices above the retail businesses. Lawyers Charles L. Langum, Elvero Pierson, Ralph Edwards and C.L. Smitty’s On the Corner sandwich shop opened at 15 E. Burger Drugs closed in 2008 after nearly 70 years in business. Main Street when the National Tea Store vacated the property in 1951. Burger Drugs established its pharmacy business in 1938 at 11 E. Sandholm's Meat Market flourished through the 1920s, and Glos and Hunt Hardware stores occupied the block at the turn of the 19th century. The Harris Bank took over the State Bank’s operation in 1988. Charles moved to the modern structure it built at 1 E. Charles acquired the Stewart Bank building in 1930. The John Stewart and Company Bank occupied 5 E. The National Tea Company was located next door at 10 E. Johnson established a tailor shop in the 1920s at the 9 E. Saperston owned a grocery and fruit store in the block. During the early 1910s, Louis Kreeger ran a dry goods store and Joseph A. Many businesses and professional offices have occupied the Osgood, Hunt, and Morse Block since 1896 when Levi and William Morse opened a meat market in the Morse Building. The accident caused little damage to the building and no injuries were reported. A Chicago Great Western Railway train jumped the tracks on the siding rail that ran near where the Municipal Center stands today and struck the 12 E. W.Frank Osgood, Bela Hunt, and Levi Morse rebuilt the entire block.Īnother dramatic event took place in this block in 1915. Falling debris killed four people and destroyed Anderson Dressmaking and Church's Milliner Shop. One of the remaining walls collapsed during a severe storm one month later. In April 1895, embers from a fire in the Fredenhagen Mill across the street (the present location of the Municipal Building ) spread to the business buildings in this block and all but two of them were demolished. Most of the buildings in what is known as the Osgood, Hunt, and Morse Block were constructed around 1896 after earlier structures were destroyed.
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