The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
Wm. Rosenthal
Outfitter and Dealer in Fine Furnishing Goods, 1435 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester
William Rosenfield [sic]. the proprietor of the well-known outfitting establishment at No. 1435 Dorchester avenue, Field’s Corner, Dorchester, opened his store in 1905 and has, since that time, been busy in supplying the demands of the fashionable people in the district upon his attention. Mr. Rosenfield’s establishment is a model of its kind in every particular. The store is spacious and is admirably adapted to the attractive display of the superior stock of goods carried there. His stock includes men’s and women’s furnishing goods, of the ultra fashionable sort, children’s ready-to-wear clothing, hats and caps of the newest shades and shapes, notions, etc., In great variety. Up-to-date novelties in men’s furnishings are always a specialty with the Rosenfield store, for the closest watch is kept on the New York market at all times for everything which is new and beautiful in that department and is secured for I Porchester just as soon as the haberdasheries of the metropolis are able to place it on sale. Mr. Rosenfield’s ambition is to keep strictly abreast of the times.
Mr. Rosenfield is a native of Boston. He is a member of the Masonic order and is a veteran of the Spanish-American war. He served in that conflict as a sergeant in Company M. 21st United States regulars, in 1898, and afterwards was sent to the Philippines with that regiment, serving with it until 1901. From 1901 until 1905, he acted as inspector of customs at Manila and then returned to this country and his native city to open his fine Dorchester store.