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"Mr. P. E. Iler, has erected a very handsome four-story brick block, sixty-six feet front and 182 feet, on the north side of Harney street, nearly opposite the Millard Block, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. The front is of cut stone and pressed brick, the architectural appearance of which is very handsome. The building has water connections throughout, and is supplied with hydraulic elevators. It was built especially for wholesale business, the west twenty-two feet being occupied as a wholesale liquor establishment, and the east forty-four feet being occupied by a wholesale hardware firm. Each is provided with commodious and elegant business offices. The cost of the building was $40,000. The firm of Iler & Co. is now composed of Peter E. Iler and Joseph D. Iler."
PETER E. ILER, distiller, was born at Wooster, Ohio, February 10, 1840, and lived here until eight years of age. He moved to Tiffin, Ohio, where he resided until he came to Omaha in 1866. He was in the liquor and distillery business in Tiffin up to 1867, when he sold out and permanently located at Omaha. Mr. Iler is president of the Manufacturer's and Merchant's Union and a member of the National Distiller's Association, being an officer and director therein.
JOSEPH D. ILER, secretary of the Willow Springs Distillery Company and a member of the firm of Iler & Co., was born at Wooster, Ohio. He lived at that place and at Tiffin, Ohio, until 1867, since which year he has been a resident of Omaha. Mr. Iler is one of the owners of the well known Cozzens House at Omaha, which was built by George Francis Train."
(information provided by Richard L Egan).
By 1907, Iler & Co. letterheads are showing images of the Willow Springs distillery, "Branch of the Standard Distilling & Distributing Co."
The company used the brand names:
"Golden Sheaf", "Iler's Eagle Gin", "Willow Springs", and "Winchester." | | Business name timeline:
Iler & Co.
Address timeline:
233 Farnham (1870-1878), 1112 Harney (1883-1896), 821 Howard (1902-1917) | 
233 Farnham, c. 1873 | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
W
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Omaha directory notes
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Appearance in
directories:
1870, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1896, 1902, 1916, 1917
Directories
consulted:
1870, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917
Omaha directory
notes:
V = Wines, W = Wines & Liquors, wholesale.
In 1874 and for several years therafter, "Farnam" appears as "Farnham." Somewhere between 1878 and 1883 there was a city-wide street renumbering. 1889, 1890, & 1891 directory copies are missing and then in 1892 the "Wines & Liquor" category has condensed to a single company and remains scant for the subsequent years, until 1916.
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