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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Thompson-Phillipi Building — P. E. Thompson Began Business Here 



Peter E. Thompson came to Barnes- 

 ville in the early seventies and en- 

 gaged in the general merchandise 

 business. He was a trader and bought 

 and sold a great variety of articles, in 

 fact, his store was the market for any- 

 thing and everything. The successors 

 in the business was the firm of Thomp- 

 son, Felde & Co., and they were suc- 



ceeded by the Thompson-Phillipi Com- 

 pany, the present owners. The mem- 

 bers of the firm are both Barnesville 

 boys — Julian Thompson, a son of the 

 founder of the business, and M. P. 

 Phillipi, the son of another old resi- 

 dent and merchant of the city. The 

 new home of the firm is on the site orig- 

 inally occupied by the Thompson store. 



Monster Northern Pacific Roundhouse and Shops, Dilworth 



