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[Rochester Union-Spy, Thursday, November 5, 1868]
PLANK & SHULER [Rochester, Indiana]
LOCAL NEWS
The Robbins grocery stock, which was recently purchased by Plank & Shuler, will be
moved in to the rear of the Hoosier, Monday. Sard Robbins will be retained as manager of the
grocery department.
[Rochester Sentinel, Wednesday, May 15, 1901]
PLANK SHOESTORE, CHARLES [Rochester, Indiana]
Located 808 Main.
In the north half of the 800 block on Main street beginning from the intersecting alley, B.
Levi operated a dry goods store. Next door Charley Mitchell conducted a card room with, I
believe, a billiard table or so. The room later became “My Show,” a popular movie house and now
occupied by Adler’s Dress Shop. Then Joe Levi Clothing Store and Charles Plank operated a
shoestore. Ditmire’s was next in line to Nobby True’s Restaurant. A. C. Copeland’s bank and on
the corner occupied by People’s Drugs (now Lord’s) was Jonathan Dawson, one of Rochester’s
earliest dispenser of quinine, Brickle’s linament, Dr. King’s New Discovery and prescription and
patent medicines long ago forgotten in this day of sulfa drugs, etc.
[Earle A. Miller, The News-Sentinel, Monday, July 14, 1958]
PLANK’S DRUG STORE [Rochester, Indiana]
A. K. Plank, Physician, and Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Paints, Dyestuffs,
Perfumery, Groceries &c. Store one door north of D. W. Lyon & Co.
[Rochester Gazette, Thursday, December 9, 1858]
Shryock & Shaffer, Attorneys at Law, Rochester, Indiana, will promptly attend to all
business intrusted to their care, in the counties of Fulton, Marshall, Kosciusko, Cass, Miami and
Pulaski. Office in the Mammoth Building, over A. K. Plank’s Drug Store.
[Rochester Chronicle, Thursday, April 10, 1862]
C. J. Riddle has opened a Barber Shop over A. K. Plank’s Drug Store, opposite the
Continental House.
[Rochester Chronicle, Thursday, April 30, 1868]
An Artist. Doc. Collins, whose tonsorial establishment is over Plank’s Store, is an artist
of acknowledged excellence.
[Rochester Union-Spy, Thursday, July 23 1868]
[Adv] For Drugs and Medicines, Go to the BLUE DRUG STORE (Plank’s Old Stand)
AGER & RUH.
[Rochester Sentinel, Wednesday, July 18, 1888]
PLANTZ, SAMUEL [Richland Township]
BIOGRAPHY
Samuel Plantz. - Jacob Plantz, the father of S., was a native of Pennsylvania, born
March, 1794. He married Rhoena Rhode, born 1797; they settled in Ohio. Frederick Huffman,
the father of Mrs. Plantz, was born in Germany. He married Elizabeth Snyder; they settled in
Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born June 16, 1825, in Lancaster County, Penn. He went
with his parents to New York, thence to Ohio, and finally settled here at an early date. He was
married, March 21, 1848, to Margaret Huffman, a native of Germany, who came to America with
her parents in 1893. Mr. Plantz has an interesting family of children--Sarah, born January 24,
1849; Elizabeth, born April 5, 1851, married to B. Harpster; Mary, born Octoer 20, 1853, married