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SCHROEDER-KLEINE GROCER COMPANY. Started in 1853 and incorporated in 1892, the company occupied buildings located at 90 to 104 and 70 to 78 South Main Street and employed twenty-seven people. Strictly a wholesale grocer, the company had seven representatives traveling Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In addition to staple and fancy groceries, the company carried many fixtures for the grocery store including wrapping paper, broom racks, butter tubs, egg cases, sales of various sizes, and a large line of delivery baskets of different materials and sizes.
The officers were Frank N. Schroeder, president; Fred A. Rumpf, vice-president; John H. Kleine, secretary and treasurer, and John P. Ferring, assistant secretary and treasurer.
