CULVER UNION HOSPITAL articles
CULVER UNION HOSPITAL articles
Note: For weeks, Bischof's Big Store would give 10% of sales from some part of their stores. It was quite a unique promotion with money going to the building of the new Union Hospital, which when the Culver family gave a large amount, it was dubbed Culver Union Hospital and remained so for 60 or so years. Here is an example of The Big Store's daily notations.
Source: Daily News Review July 19, 1900 p 1
The hospital fund was increased $51.20 by Mr. Bischof's ten per cent donations of sales at The Big Store yesterday, making from this source $503.36.
Note 2 - there were also many listings of ladies joining up for $2 yearly dues
Source: Daily News Review July 19, 1900 p1
About25 ladies of the city have come forward and signed the membership cards, promising to pay the $2 yearly dues and become member of the Union Hospital Association... (no names mentioned but in some of the other articles there had been
Source: Daily News Review July 20, 1900 p 1
We are very anxious to make the hospital fund $100 tomorrow, the last day of the sale, and by reading the Big Store news in today's paper, it will be seen enough bargains are offered to make it possible to double even that amount. We trust the friends of the Big Store will give the ladies their support by doing their buying tomorrow and making it the bannder day of the sale ... Louis Bischof