May
18, 1911 – Articles of incorporation have been filed with the
secretary of state changing the name of The Dayton Dry Goods Company to The
Dayton Company and providing for an increase of $100,000 in the firm’s capital
stock. No change in the management or service will be made.
The change was deemed necessary because of the growth of the business of the concern, the recent now additions to the store and the plans to make further additions on the corner of Eighth Street and Nicollet, now occupied by the Chapman-Basting Company.
The change was deemed necessary because of the growth of the business of the concern, the recent now additions to the store and the plans to make further additions on the corner of Eighth Street and Nicollet, now occupied by the Chapman-Basting Company.
Dayton Dry Goods Company1
Speaking of the policy and plans of the company today, George D. Dayton said:
“It is only a little over nine years ago that the Daytons bought out the Goodfellow Dry Goods Company on lower Nicollet and moving to the corner of Seventh Street on Nicollet, occupied the new building built there for them. Each year the volume of business has grown, and each year more space has been added, new varieties of merchandise have found their way to the store, and while dry goods are still the foundation stone of the institution, and always will be, yet the other lines are becoming so numerous that it has been deemed wise to drop the words ‘Dry Goods’ from the name and so, after July 15, the legal name will be ‘The Dayton Company’ instead of ‘Dayton Dry Goods Co.’”
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Daytons Change Firm Name; Term ‘Dry Goods’ Dropped From Title—Capital Increased by $100,000.”; May 19, 1911; p. 12.
“It is only a little over nine years ago that the Daytons bought out the Goodfellow Dry Goods Company on lower Nicollet and moving to the corner of Seventh Street on Nicollet, occupied the new building built there for them. Each year the volume of business has grown, and each year more space has been added, new varieties of merchandise have found their way to the store, and while dry goods are still the foundation stone of the institution, and always will be, yet the other lines are becoming so numerous that it has been deemed wise to drop the words ‘Dry Goods’ from the name and so, after July 15, the legal name will be ‘The Dayton Company’ instead of ‘Dayton Dry Goods Co.’”
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Daytons Change Firm Name; Term ‘Dry Goods’ Dropped From Title—Capital Increased by $100,000.”; May 19, 1911; p. 12.
1http://www.lakesnwoods.com/Minneapolis/retail.htm
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