One of the prosperous business enterprises of Piqua which has shown a consistent and healthy growth during the comparatively short period of its existence is the Mickler Department Store, the directing head of which at this time is Mose Mickler. Mr. Mickler was born at Burlington, Iowa, in April, 1889, a son of Abram and Sylvia Mickler, his father having been a business man of Burlington and Piqua. There were six children in the family: John, Harry and Ed, who are identified with the Kaufman department store at Springfield, Ohio; Mose, and two married daughters. Mose Mickler secured his education in the public schools of Burlington, Iowa, and Dayton, Ohio, and as a youth worked at the latter city for one year. In 1904 he came with his parents to Piqua, where his father engaged in business, the enterprise being first known as Mickler & Son. At first it was an unpretentious venture, but under the urge of progressive ideas and capable management it steadily grew and developed, and recently it was found necessary to secure larger quarters, with the result that the present building was obtained. This store is well-appointed, handsomely equipped and possesses an attractive glass front, and the large patronage that the business has always enjoyed will no doubt be greatly increased in the near future as the proprietors are now in a position to cater to all classes' of trade and especially to the more discriminating patronage. Mr. Mickler is a young man of sound business acumen, energetic in his actions and practical in his ideas. He is a veteran of the great World war, having been overseas for thirteen months with the infantry division of the American Expeditionary Forces.