![]() #THE LAUNDRY GUY COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL# Use a hand or machine marker to place identifying names or code numbers on dry cleaning or laundry.Remove stains on fabrics though application of bleaching powders and steam sprays.Sort and count articles as they are removed from dryers hang, fold or wrap the articles according to requirements or personal attention to detail.Sort articles before cleaning, separating them by fabric, color, cleaning technique or dirt content for best results. Utilize portable machines or neutralizer solutions to tend to stained articles, through pre-soaking, spot-cleaning, sterilizing, scrubbing and drying articles as needed. Must be able to stand, walk and stretch for long periods.Previous experience as a laundry worker.#THE LAUNDRY GUY COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL#.On February 23, 1899, a factory worker at P.R. Caesar’s Tailoring and Cleaning Plant in Muskogee, Oklahoma, was building a fire, trying to keep warm against the zero-degree day. He poured kerosene over the hot coals in front of him. On contact with the hot coals, the kerosene flared and exploded to fill the factory with flames. The fire soon spread down Main Street and Broadway, decimating the buildings and shops that lined the town’s central arteries. “Brick, stone, scrap iron, smoldering embers are all that remain of the splendid stores, shops, hotels, opera house, and offices of yesterday,” the Muskogee Daily Phoenix, whose offices were built on land purchased from Joseph Sondheimer, later reported. When the volunteer fire department finally quelled the flames, the community gathered at the Sondheimer hide plant to discuss the damage. Joseph Sondheimer, the owner of the hide operation, was a Jew from Bavaria who first passed through the place that would become Muskogee during the Civil War. After secession, Sondheimer won a contract from the U.S. Army to supply the troops stationed at Fort Gibson. He built his warehouse just across the river from the fort. ![]() After the war, he converted the warehouse into an Indian trading center for furs, hides, and pecans and moved to area permanently. The town of Muskogee grew up around the warehouse as Sondheimer’s commercial success inspired other white traders to settle there, and by 1872 the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad had been extended to Muskogee. government established the Union Agency in Muskogee to manage the Five Civilized Tribes, who had been relocated to Oklahoma following Andrew Jackson’s Trail of Tears in the 1830s. This cemented Muskogee as the commercial and administrative capital of Indian Territory, and by the end of the century, land runs, the incorporation of the city, and the convergence of railroad lines in Muskogee resulted in a thriving economy. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Muskogee’s population soared, including its Jewish population. In 1903, the Muskogee City Directory already listed a number of Jewish families. Muskogee Jews were often merchants like Sondheimer or businessmen like Ben Brasch, who was involved in the oil and cotton industry. However, at least in Muskogee’s early days, many Jews worked jobs that were itinerant or temporary, reflecting the character of their chosen home, which itself was still in flux. Schuster, a clerk, rented a room, Joe Schieberl was a tailor, traveling salesman C.O. Schwartz boarded along with his wife, and Nathan Kaufman also worked as a traveling salesman. Years later, Samuel Sondheimer, son of Joseph and inheritor of the family business, described early Muskogee in the Southwest Jewish Chronicle: “This was a wild town. There were no railways, no electric lights and no water. Water was bought by the barrel, and we used candles and lamps for light.”Įventually, most Jewish families in Muskogee were involved in retail trade, opening stores in downtown. Harry Kirschner came to town in 1905 and opened a store. Later, Kirschner got involved in real estate and the oil business. By 1913, Samuel Stolper had opened a cheap used clothing shop called the New York Store.
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