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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
Roth-Home,er coEee Company.

No section of the United States has
come into such prominence as a jobbing
and Gistributive center Of coffee as has
St. Louis during the past few years OF
the firms participating in this trade. nols
stand mere prominently than the Rots-
January !. IS9a. The gentlemen composing
this 1lrm have been practical coffee men
for the past twenty years, and are not
only perfectly familiar with TIE wants OF
the trade. but possess all the detail knowl-
edge necessary in a business OF this Kind
TO make il d Success The house gained
a standing among the trade from the
start and has steadily been growing wher-
ever their goods have been placed. the
character OF which being the means OF
establishing confidence among the mer-
chants. All orders arc executed with a
r4pidity that Is highly commemorative. the
quality carefully maintains-aH OF which
has tended 20 bring the firm 10 the front
among its competitors.
While exhibiting the most up-to-date EN-
terpriSe respecting the wants and inter-
ests OF their patrons, they are cafetui.
conservative and progressive New ma
chinery has been added ana the capacity
fully doubled since commencing. The COM
Fany Z large city tra1e. WHO
the cougtry business extends over inc
entire Western territory tributary 10 ST.
Louis. They employ about foTty-hve .peo-
Pie to carry on the business and nave
at-Ou; twenty men constantly on the road.
Their capital stock IS sJt,tn. with a sur
pug u o-"-TJS-@ SfHt4-o40 SAO'HAS AV ~
new q f!-ll,
Mr.. Eorleyer said to a representative in
response to a question:
1T is only d matter of time. II the pres
ent responsiveness Of St Louis coffee
merchants continues. that ST. Louis Will
rank next To New York as a coffee mar
ket, because the bulk OF cofees banded
here Is imported direct from the countries
Of growth. particularly BraZi! and the
Central American states. which places us
in 4 position OF special advantage The
same holds good for teas. which are
shipped here direct from China, Japan ana
Ceyion-
THE territory covered by st. Louis ex-
tends cast TO Pennsylvania north TO
Canada, south to the Gulf line OF states
and west To the Pacific"
The Roth-Homeyer Coffee Company. IN
building UP trade. has adopted a steers
Head as trademark, and wherever steer
Brand Cuffccs have been introduced they
have found favor among the conee-drink-
ing people because. of their uniformity
and excellent drinking merit Among
their various grades We mention partlcu-
larry Mocha and Java. Manhattan, Sina-
Ioa. Club House. Imperial Java, lip Top
and None Such which Tor honest quar-
ty'' rank with any of the market
The member of the firm are fredericA
Roth. president; J. s.. Brown. vice presi-
dent; H. i. Horneyer, secretary n treas,
urer, and r Kali. assistant secretary. an
OF whom are practical men with long eA-
p~erience in the business Their ofnces
and factory are located at No alI-l North
Second street and comprise three build
iuSS.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
Jean J.meton Construction Co.

Mr.. Jameton came TO ST. Louis in 1874
from Paris, France. having been in hat
city a pfasterer and e~tonemason. serving
eight years at his trade: Continuing the
work here successfully. he started in the
construction business in 1881. He began
the manufacture Of PLASTER paris blocks
for partitions and also making REINFORCED
concrete flooring. Of which he had gained
some knowledge before coming here.
His first work of this character was done
at the Stoddard- School addition. it be-
ing then an experiment, yet gave salts
Since that time he has been increasing
his business extensively into fre-proof
contracting. He has erected such build.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

}. B. OMeara. during recent years the
head of the o'Meara stone quarry business
established by his father in 1885. has dis
posed Of his quarries and will confine him
self to the construction business. with
titled.
Since making his announcement Of with
drawal from the quarry business. Mr..
OMeara's host of friends have been urging
him TO become a candidate for State
Treasurer. feeling hat the experience
gained in his extensive business ard
official career fits him well for such an
honorable office.
Mr.. OMeara Ia a native of St. Louis,
and. In an unassuming manner, while at
tending to his large business interests.
has iabored zealously for the welfare of
his city. He was one OF the original COM
mittee Of 30 citizens that organized the
Worlds Fair. and, as chairman Of the
Contractors Committee. turned $780, 100 In
subscriptions to the Worlds Fair from
builders and contractors, his own firm, the
Gu-O'Meara Construction Company, sub
scribing 81. 100 in addition to this amount.
Before entering the quarry and contract
ing field Mr.. O'Meara was assistant CASH
Ter of the old Citizens National Bank, and
afterwards became manager and cashier
for p. F. Keleher & Co. bankers and
brokers. For the past ten years he has
been treasurer of the Hil-O Meara Con-
Struction Company.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
& Drake.

The arm OF Caldwell & Drake was or
ganszed about twelve years age by Messrs.
George W. Caldwell and Lester Drake.
The main offices as well as the extern
sive iron works Of the firm are To-
Gated at Columbus. Ind, while branch
offices are maintained at Chicago. Pitts
burg. Little Rock and Cleveland. Mr..
Caldwell was engaged in contracting for
two years prior to his association with
Mr.. Drake. Both men are known through
out the Central West and Allegheny re-
giens by their extensive and successful
operations. No firm in the country has
figured in such noteworthy construction
feats, both in size and short time con-
sumed. An idea OF their immense work
may be gained from the fact that nearly
800 employees are retained on their regular
staff. rs the records for employers iiabil-
ity insurance show. However. they have
had as many as 1.9sl men in their employ
at one time. 500 at she Exposition grounds
alone. They are She contractors for the
erection of the Agricultural building. the
largest at the Fair and II. largest in the
World: the Horticultural building and sew
eral State buildings and minor structures.
The excellence and rapidity of their work
have ELECTED Widespread favorable COM
ment. as have their mammoth building OPP
erations in other portions Of the United
States.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
william II. Swift.

Mr.. William H.. Swift. 30 well and favor-
ably known to all st. Louisars. Is a native
Of New York State He obtained in the
public school, only q fair English educa-
ton. and entered one Of those institutions
rushed men Of modern times have been
gYaduated-the American newspaper Of
nee. Beginning this early work on the
Auburn IN. " Advertiser. he became a
practical printer; then. as a craftsman, he
gathered knowledge OF the world. business
affairs. politics and government in various
cities Of the East and South. In 1850 he
came to 81. Louis and began his career
as a t-ourneyEan printer, was successfully
foreman Of the State Journal. city editor
NOTED 10 be editor In chief. Resigned to
accent tina position OF financial EDITOR Of
the Missouri Republican. now Ihs Re:
public. o four. years he conducted
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

The latest addition to the baking tn
dustry in this city is the Home Bakery,
located at the northwest corner Of Glas-
cow avenue and Hebert street, In a very
desirable neishborheod. The premises
front 800 feet On the latter street and con-
sist of a large brick building. specially de-
signed and constructed for 4 complete
fences and equipments a been installed.
The Uilding is partly a tw0-story, one,
the corner of Glasgow and Hebert peins
used as a retail apartment; next TO AZ.
fronting on Hebert street. is . large gen
eral and private office. separated from the
loading and bread rooms adjoining by
glass partitions, to give the ONCE men an
oversight of these divisions, Inc noorS
of the loading and bread rooms are OF
granitoid ard vjtrifiei brick. respectively;
The baking department, one-story. Is
sixteen feet high with a saw-tooth rooI OF
the latest pattern. arranged so as TO give
plenty of light and open WINDOWS ioT Ven
%tilation. The floor is Of hardwood; the
latest ana most improved ovens and ma
chiuerv can be seen here, and two nfteen-
horsepower electric motors furnish the
power. The ovens are all fired from the
rear in order to keep out all coal dust,
ashes, etc. Taking It all In all: this can
he called an Ideal Bake Shop" in every
detail. In the second story are the mix
ing and dough room. bakers washroo.n
are to be found two large double mixers
made o! steel and steel roughs. The bal
ance of the floor space Is used for stor-
ing -four and the Sitting apparatus. The
entire plant is heated by steam from a
orty-horse-powe boiler located in the
fireproof basement. Basement floors are
all cement. with NJ chance. for rodent
ineress. Goods are received by electric
.IeyatorS The latest sanitary improve
ments abound all through the plant. Ca
pacity is about G,G0 leaves daily. with
room left for increase. The stable Is some
distance away. containing Mushrooms for
wagons. thirty stalls of the latest style
and convenience. rooms Tor the stable
overseer. carpenter shop and for the stor-
age of hay and grain.
The management OF the plant 10 in the
hands of +. H. Kindergarten, the pres!-
dent. an experienced and successful baker
for the past sixteen years at Eleventh
and buchanan streets Their leading
brands are the Lily white" and But.
falo Rye" Their plant will be open at all
times for inspection. so as 80 ~onvince tne
public Of the clean and practical way their
bread is made.
In times gone by the public were preju.
deco against any bakers product, but OF
late wears has greatly changed. since ma
chinery and other improvements have
come into use, and consequent cleanliness:
Then. again. there is a uniformity OF
weight and measure. and a use or better
materials in the composition of all bak-
ers' goods. This Is what gives the bakers
product the prominent place 1t occupies
to-day among other industries.
This firm will be open for business
about April l..
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
The Layton Pure Food Company.

How many persons know that there is
more baking powder manufactured IN East
st. Louis than IN any other city in the
United States? And vet only 4 short time
ago. when the Layton Pure Food Corn
pany talked of moving their factory to the
East Side. friends laughed at them But
it was the wisest move the company ever
made.
II grew out of two facts. One was a
need for railroad facilities at the door Of
the factory. The other was legislation In
Missouri against alum baking powders.
How that LEGISLATION was secured 10 now
Criminal Court history.
The Layton Company began manufactur-
ing t,ailin~ ncv-de- sFTcn v"1rS arc n y
little place on Clark avenue. A hand
mixer was used aaI cne girl waS The 'ctai
force smploypJ. In 1896 the output was
from 800 10 90 pounds. a day. Il was not
long before quarters were outSr0wn, Three
years ago President Whitney Layton Sc
cured the site OF the company's WORKS AZ
Missouri avenue and Louisville and Nash
willie Railroad tracks In East st. Louis.
A building I70x1 feet was erected 1t u
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

~f,ct,ire or Oscillation are of the most
modern character as to capacity and i'm
pr8S.ueuts- The worlds markets are
Tsx.saceei for material necessary to thu
manufacture Of s1ch goods as their iabo-
rsipfy ~deGiands.
Their bot;liug department Is equipped
|ita the Best III .nS and rHin appa-
ratus manufactured and enables them to
compete with the world. Westerns high
grade" coffee and tea department occupies
a large portion OF their factory. from
which; irnnenS. shipments are made into
every STATE, their Cooks Pride brand
coffee being the best known of any coffee.
Their travelling force, varying according
10 season. from fcrty-hye TO sixty men.
thorouESIy cover twenty-five States. The
city Office employs about " hundred pec-
pie. Their factorY and officers are located
at Tenth street ard Clark avenue. in the
Culp!cs Station district. with TWO large
warehouses IN close vicinity. where they
POSSESS every railroad shipment facility.
Edward Weston IS president. H G. Grots
is secretarY. and II. \. KOeile treasurer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
The Hnuck-Hoerr bakery Company

INC
The Hauck-Hoerr Bakery Company Is
the outgrowth OF the efforts of two men
who. for over twelve years, though init
mate personal friends. were competitors
in business. Thei- interests. consolidated
in May, 1902, are second to none In the
St. Louis bakery field. Employing sixty
men and operating fourteen wagons all
the time, the company's business Is In
creasing at a remarkable rate. rejecting
in its own progress the progress of St.
Louis.
]. H. Hoerr established a small bakery
business at Seventh and Gratiot streets
fifteen years ago. Business grew and he
removed to Broadway and Seventh street.
charging his plant. Still business grew,
and he was forced to seek yet larger
quarters He removed to T~wenty-ninth
street and Manchester avenue. There his
success continued.
C. Hauck's personal business record has
been much like Mr.. Hoerr's. He. too. en-
tered the bakery business fifteen years
ago. with a small establishment on South
Third street. Business grew. He, too,
was forced to move into a larger build
ing. This he found at Broadway and Sid,
ney street. st. Louis kept on growing. ana
the forward movement. In 1898 he moved
to 27I0 Park avenue. and there the Hauck-
HOerr bakery is located to-day. one OF the
largest and most modernly equipped oak-
cry plants in the United States.
Realizing the opening which was posi-
BILE for such a combination as they might
form. Mr.. Hauck and Mr.. Hoerr consoh-
dated their interests two years ago; LOOK
they and their ~friends-of whom there Is
a host-feel that their remarkable success
has been due TO the excellent quality OF
the goods they produce and their strict at
fantinn 10 the wishes OF their patrons
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
Bread Sent to All Points Within
Fourteen Hours Ride of
st. Louis.
SHIPMENTS MADE BY EXPRESS
Modern Methods and Machinery
Have RevOlutiOniZed Bust
ness and Increased the
Trade in st. Louis.

Few persons know. perhaps. that bread
and other bakery stufs made in st. Louis
can be bought fresh in towns within four
teen hours ride of the Mound City. This
is a fact. and an indication of the growth
OF the baking interests of ST. Louis with
in the last five years.
In every town in Missouri, Kansas. Ar
kansas. Northern Texas, Illinois and
Kentucky, within a radius of a fourteen
hour ride OF ST. Louis. the resident OF st.
Louis who happens to be abroad can find
his particular brand of bread. Thousands
OF loaves of bread are shipped OFT OF town
every day from the large bread bakeries
Through excellent transportation facilities
this branch of the business has become
very profitable. Bread will not remain
fresh much longer than fourteen hours,
so it is impossible to go beyond his limit.
All shipments are made by express. the
hampers in which the staple is conveyed
being returned to st. Louis by freight
Besides the larger companies, there are
at least a hundred smaller concerns and
individuals that cater to the urban and
suburban trade. Then there are many
other allied businesses. classed under the
head of bakery supplies. Fiavorins ex-
tract companies make a speciality OF
catering to the wants of the bakers and
confectioners. All sorts of wooden tools
and utensils are necessary. and many con
Germs and individuals contine themselves
to this branch OF the trade.
Another sign of growth is the suhstitu-
tor. of modern methods and machinery
for the old order of things. In the larger
bakeries the dough is no longer kneaded
by hand, but by machines. From the time
the dough Is nodded into a loaf until 1t Is
baked and ready for sale ii is seldom
touched by human hands. all the work be-
ing done by machine.
Most of the bakeries are exhibits of
cleanliness and mechanical perfection, this
being especially true of the Welle-Bcelt-
Ter Bakery Company's plant. at Eande-
which is considered a model by bakers.
The Jewish outlook., 1904-08-26
kxkX DOMESTIC NEWS Hs4E&

tions to provide shelter and food for
the immigrants until such time as work
may be found for them.
At cost of $4,000, Mr.. David Ne
derlander is equipping the building at
the southeast corner Of Hastings and
Elizabeth streets into a hospital and dis
pensary for the exclusive use of the
Jewish people Of Detroit The institu-
ton will be turned over to the Jewish
population of the city after the compile
ton of the alterations on the building,
and after it is completely furnished Mr..
Nederlander will make the hospital one
of the most up-to-date of it's kind in the
country. The institution will be known
as the Nederlander hospital After Mr..
Nederlander donates the building to his
brethren he expects that the Jewish So
cieties of the city will pay for it's main
tenance. If the societies refuse to do
this, it will be kept up by popular sub
scription.
The Jewish outlook., 1904-08-26

Dr. Hirsch P. Chayes, professor at the
rabbinical seminary at Florence, was
admitted as Liberto Docente 0ecturer)
at the university of that city. DR..
Chayes, a graduate Of the Vienna semi
nary, has made a reputation as an
exegete and has recently published
Hebrew commentary on the Psalms The
first critical commentary in the Hebrew
language.
According to correspondent of the
London Jewish Chronicle, there are 12,-
600 Jews in Damascus, the total popula-
ton being 100000. The greater num-
ber of the Jews are huddled together in
one small quarter and are miserably
poor. There are five Talmud Torahs
and 30 synagogues in Damascus and
they reflect the abject poverty of the
Jewish community
FRISCO SYSTEM.
Opening Of a new and thoroughly
equipped line between St. Louis and Chi
cago, Sunday, July 81, 1904.
Thoroughly equipped trains leave St.
Louis and Chicago nightly (after arrival
OF incoming trains) arriving either city
the following morning
Equipment entirely new; lavish in
design, elaborate in furnishings
Ask your ticket agent, or address
passenger traffic department, St. Louis.
The Jewish outlook., 1904-08-26


at Cleveland, Ohio, celebrated it's third
anniversary August 7.
Eugene Lehman has been appointed
instructor in English in the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America, New
York.
Rabbi S. Margolis, of Temple B mel
Jacob, Brooklyn, n. Y, has been elected
rabbi Of Congregation Anshei Emeth,
Cleveland. Ohio.
The Hebrew immigrants to arrive at
the port of New York during the month
Of July, 1904, numbered II 500. Among
them were 1894 men, 2, 2,447 women and
3,168 children.
The first Jewish congregation in
Conshohocken, Pa, has been organized.
Rev. D. Wise has been chosen rabbi
He will be assisted by Rev. Simon Wise,
of Philadelphia.
Mayor Snyder, of Los Angeles, Cal,
has appointed Rabbi Sigmund Hecht,
of B mai Birth congregation, to succeed
Rev. C. j. Jones as a member of the
board of directors of the Los Angeles
public library.
The general strike ordered by the New
York District, Council of the United
Garment Workers, about two months ago
against the open shop has been declared
off and the tailOrs are all at work OF
the clothing cutters, 200 Of whom went
on strike, about 400 have not been rein
stated and their places are being filled
by men who were trained to be clothing
cutters during the strike.
Time was when every Jew left some
thing to his congregation when disposing
of his estate. 1t is otherwise to-day, and
therefore Mr.. Teller's bequests are nota-
BILE, because they include $50, 900 to the
congregation with which he had been
identified, and $4,000 for the erection
of a synagogue in the Jewish Foster
Home. His other bequests show his
breadth Of character, including $4,000
to the Jewish hospital for free BEDS and
$4,000 to the Jewish Theological semi
nary and to the Hebrew Union college.
The wholesale emigration OF Jews
from Russia will result in an addition
Of so or more to the Jewish colony in
Dubuque, Iowa, and hundreds will take
refuge in that State. Sioux City will
receive 35, Ottumwa 20 and other cities
OF the state number proportionate to
their supposed population. Local organ
izations will be perfected among the
Jewish business men in every city for
the care of their fellow countrymen, and
II will ha tho 111tv Of thaSa OrUaniza-
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-04
VICTIMS WANT
LARGE AMOUNTS
Nine Damage Suits Filed
as Result of Explosion on
the Steamship ProgresO

Nine suits for damages for injuries
and deaths resulting from the explosion
on the steamer Progreso Decem-
Der 3, 1909, were fled yester-
day against the Fulton Engineering
and Shipbuilding Works. William Den
man is attorney for seven of the plain
tiffs. and Sullivan & Sullivan for two.
The Progreso was moored in the com
pany's yards and was being recon
structed. For the purpose of testing
the engines an oil tank was partly
filled with petroleum for fuel. It is
charged that the oil was Of dangerous
quality, and that the tank had no ven
tilator TO carry off the explosive gases.
Because Of this alleged negligence, the
explosion is said to have occurred.
The actions by Denman are begun
for Mary Nelson, widow of Edward
w. Nelson, killed, for $40, 600; Eleanor
E. Dow, widow of Howard w. Dow.
killed. for $4,000; Sabina Gallagher.
widow, and seven children, of Daniel
Gallagher, killed, $4,000; Hugh McGfll.
injured, $20,525; Robert E. Gibson, in
jured, S21,l50; George W. McEnerney.
injured, $500: Edward Kane. injured.
s10,750 Most Of the men were thrown
violently against the side of the ship
by the explosion. and Gibson had both
legs and a hand broken, and his teeth
knocked out.
One Of Sullivan & SuIlivan's clients
is Harry Connama, minor. who was
employed as a helper. His left arm
was so badly mangled that it had to
be amputated. He sues for $25, ,000
Frank and Ann Mcclure. parents of
James Mcclure, who was killed, sue
for s50,000.
The demands Of the victims Of the
disaster aggregate $193,025.