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warehouses are packed with -four
and feed. groceries of every descrip-
ton, and bakers supplies. To han
die this trade requires no small
force of men. The scenes of ac-
tivity tell the story Of the pros
perity enjoyed by this firm.
Everybody Busy.
Everybody about the place is busy.
In the Office is to be seen a clerical
force working on books. the num-
Der Of which also suggest a big
trade.
Earnshaw & Bro. have been doing
their share toward making Wash
ington a wholesale and jobbing CEN
ter. and what they are doing today
is helping 10 make this a CONNER
cial center as well as the National
Capital.
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be an important factor in advancing
the interests Of Greater Washington.
They employ the most modern ma
chinery and constantly seek to turn
out an improved article.
There storeroom is filled from top
to bottom witb articles turned out of
their factory, which includes every
requisite for the traveller, whether he
be going but a short distance or
whether he may be circling the globe.
Their combined wholesale and job
bling trade, their retail trade and their
factories combine to make this en-
teTpTise one Of magnitude
There has been a radical change
in the manufacture of trunks in the
past few years" said Mr.. Topham.
The trunk of today is free frcm
much Of the ornamentation that for
merly characterized it. It has been
improved and is now much lighter
and stronger, as we'll as more shape
". The steadily increasing demand
for these latter qualities have been
met in our factory"
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They will become still greater fac
tors in the upbuilding Of Greater
Washington, for their trade is ex-
banding TO a wider radius and they
are keeping pace with the demands
made upon the wholesaler in this
territory.
The business has increased 70 the
extent that other warehouses and
warerooms have necessarily been
occupied by Earnshaw & Bro IN
addition TO the main house at 1905
l1O7-1IO9 Eleventh street southeast,
Farnshaw d Bro. occupy premises
at 100 Tenth street southeast, 1000
and 1902 n street southeast and
1921 n street southeast. all of which
are filed with goods from which to
supply local and out-of-tOwn orders
on the shortest notice.
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everything In the line OF trunks.
travelling goods, bags, cases, toilet
cases, belts, and everything made IN
fancy feathers. They are prepared to
meet every demand which may be
made upon them by the trade that
rightfully belongs TO Washington as
evidenced by the fact that they now
supply demands from coast to coast
and across both the big oceans.
4 War Time Business.
Mr.. Topham started in business in
this city in 1856, when he began the
manufacture of trunks and leather
goods. When the war came great de-
mands were made upon him by the
Government for supplies for the
army and navy. Associated with him
are his sons, who have grown up in
the business and who have had a
thorough schooling, thus equipping
them in a most exceptional manner
for aiding him in the cOnluct of the
big establishment he has built up at
the Nations Capital, and which will
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the end of the firms business. It's
travelling statesmen find a profitable
field for their energies in Maryland
and Virginia, and the fame of the
Earn shaw spccialties has travelled
abroad i'm these States. Merchants
have come to know the excellence
of Cream Blend" flour and other Of
the Earnshaw brands.
Mr.. Earnshaw is "a firm believer
in greater future commercially
for Washington. The big and grow
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the typhoid fever problem as they
are freed from all germs Of disease
They are treated 10 a special cool
ing process.
Having its inception forty years
ago, the bottling business has stead
lily progressed until it reached its
present proportions, which, as al
ready stated, have made it neces-
sary to rebuild and grow apace with
the expansion of Greater Washing
ton. As an illustration of the
growth of their business, Mr.. Finley
says that in the last twelve years
It has grown from so, 900 to S97. 600
annually, and Mr.. Finley states that
they do the biggest bottling bust
ness of ii concern in the District
which does not bottle beers.
Pointing to their stables, Mr.. Fin
ley showed that the same care is
taken to preserve sanitary cOndi-
lions there as in the bottling plant.
He takes a deep pride in his stable
because of these facts. Running
water is employed as an agency for
sanitation. and rules for preserving
these conditions are strictly en-
forced throughout the whole con-
Germ from one end to the other.
Mr.. Finley is taking a deep inter
est in the Greater Washington
movement and will do what he can
to make it a greater city, and in pro-
noting his business will have an
eye to the general expansion of the
trade of the Capital City of the Ma
ton He has ordered 1900 600
Greater Washington" labels.
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waters, and this firm claims the dis
tinction of being the biggest bot
Ting concern in the District Of Co
lumbia which does not bottle beers.
Mr.. Finley calls especial attention
to the hygienic measures employed
and to me sanitary conditions pre-
served throughout their bottling
plant and stables, that they may
assure their patrons of absolutely
pure sOdas and waters bearing their
labels.
The business was started by +. II.
Finley and is still conducted under
the name of F. H. Finley & Son.
with Frank NJ. Finley as the pro-
prietOr.
Speaking Of the business, Mr.. Fin
ley said their principal brands were
Diamond F." table water and gin
ger ale. syphon vichy, English soda,
and settler. They bottle 10000
dozen bottles of table water a
month, in addition to $50 dozen
symptoms and $50 quarts of ginger
ale daily.
1--WE have exceeded the capacity
of our present plant" said Mr.. Fin
ley. ''by the constantly increasing
trade and we are going to rebuild.
We now enjoy good trade in the
South and will increase the num-
Der of men or the road.
Hygiene and sanitary conditions
receive first consideration" said Mr..
Finley, sin our bottling plant, and
nothing is neglected or sighted in
that direction All our bottles are
sterilized by the use of two solu-
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tions and are then put through clear
water, after which they are thor
oughly drained The results from
this can readily be appreciated, and
thoroughly steriized bottles are as
sured."
Speaking further of the business
of his firm, Mr.. Finley said that
they employ all original devices and
insist in using everything that is
strictly up to date in this country.
I'VE invite public inspection" said
Mr.. Finley. I've want the public
TO see our plant; we want the peo-
pie to go through it and see for
themselves the measures we take
to insure absolutely healthful prod
ucts."
All the pipes in the plant are
blocI-tin lined and were made espe-
eially for the concern, while all yes
sells. cans, and other receptacles
used are porcelain lined.
The most careful attention has
been given to all details entering
into the process of the manufacture
of our goods" said Mr.. Finley. 'We
use the best quality of sugar that
can be bought, and make all of our
extracts. We use no grape sugar
or harmful ingredients of any kind.
Thus we are able to give to the pub
lie articles absolutely pure and
healthful."
The distilled waters sold by this
firm, he said, are made palatable by
aerating as the steam is condens-
ing. The use of these waters, he
added, viii furnish one solution for
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ing business he has built up encour-
ages this belief. What has been
done can be duplicated. One Of the
secrets of the success of the firm
of Earnshaw & Bro. is the personal
attention given by Mr. EaTnshaw
10 the details Of the business-large
and small.
He has carefully studied the trade
and by learning what the dealers
want his house has been able TO
meet the demands. II is this that
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MAURICE JOYCE ENGRAVING COMPANY LEADER IN IT'S FIELD

known as half-tOne engraving. consists
in the reproduction by purely mechani-
cal methods Of photographs and brush
dravvinez. The process takes its name
from the fact that II Is possible thereby
10 produce on paper from an etched
plate a picture showing all the grada-
ton OF shade and tone OF the original
copy.
The picture is first photographed. The
operator uses a plateholder especially
prepared IN which are racks containing
the screen" This screen is really the
kew to the process and cor sists OF two
mates of nawless plate glass. the sur
lace Of each being cut with me lines so
closely set together that in coarse work
there arr no less than one Sundred TO
the incn. running from this Up 20 as
many as two hundred an inch where II
fg desirable that the finest work be pro
duced and where the printing thaL IS 10
follow viii be OF superior quality These
lines are cut or ruled, at an angie OF
forty-fiye degrees and are usually dis
tant one from the other a space equal 10
their own thickness. The cut lines are
then filled with an opaque substance.
and the two plates. being Identical, ale
folded face 10 face and cemented To-
gether.
This screen being placed in the plate
holder. as stated. is arranged IN such
a position that the portrait Of which a
cut is desired Is photographed through
the screen onto a sensitive plate The
resulting negative necessarily SHOWS g
surface covered with black dots, shad-
ing out to the various tones In the pOr-
trait, those in the white part OF the
copy being large and almost knit to-
gether while those IN the dark parts
of the portrait are very small and even
vanishing altogether.
The half-tone negative is printed upon
a plate OF copper, the surface OF which
has been sensitized In q manner differ
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keeps business at home which other
wise would go out OF town.
One only need take ii peep at the
big wagons backing up in front Of
the three-story warehouse building
on Eleventh street. bringing in
goods from the freight houses and
hauling them away to customers.
10 learn something Of the great vol
ume Of business done by Earnshaw
q Bro.
From basement 10 top floor their
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I'VE years ago or more H. C.
c. Stiles. general manager Of
- the Maurice Joyce Engraving
Company. with OFFICES I'm the
Star Building. had engraved
about 5000 cards, picturlng
WASHINGTON as the Gateway Of 'ae
South" These cards were circulated
through the Southern section Of the
country. They helped 10 give the Maur-
Ice Joyce Engraving Company perhaps
the largest engraving business OF any
firm south OF New York
Since that time the company has
grown nightly, until today it's name is
a byword with the printing and engrav-
ing establishments OF the South. In
speaking OF the firms growth. Mr.
stiles declares that at the time the
Greater Washington" cards. as they
were designated, were put out, he re
allied thoroughly that It, would only be
a course Of time before the South would
awaken to the rare possibilities thrown
open TO 1t by the Capital City.
His insight has proven a remarkable
revelation TO other corporations Of this
city. and today other firms are making
strides in pursuing the path hewn out
amid the sembiance of possibilities by
the Maurice Joyce Engraving Company.
The COmpany's Founder.
IN was in 1877 that Maurice Joyce com
menced TO make cuts for newspapers. in
a small room on Seventh street. between
Z and F streets northwest Here he in
vented and brought 20 perfection the Ka-
olatype or chalk-plate process Of engrav-
ing This was the pioneer method of
quick production of newspaper iuustra-
ttons. and Mr.. Joyce soon began 20 re-
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ceive orders from PARKWAY places. the
process and the inventor becoming wide
ly known
For fine diagram work the kaOlatype
stands unexcelled today. but 1t has be
come almost obsolete on account of the
development and superior advantages of
phOto-en craving.
The higher branch of the process,
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..TOPHAWS0--A NAME THAT STANDS FOR EXCELLENCE

= ABIES S. TOPH AN is a pioneer
in the manufacture Of
trunks, travellers, and fine
leather goods. Starting ID a
small pla.s on Seventh street
over half a century ago he has built
Up a business in that line. giving en-
ployment TO over 100 people. They
are shipping the products of their fac
tory not only to every State in the
Union, but to almost every corner Of
the globe
Greatly increasd business COM
PEELED him to seek the spacious quar-
tiers at 1919 F street, where the store
and warerooms are now located, and
where may be found anything needed
IN the way Of travelling Eoo1s or fine
leather work, and all are the product
of their own factory. IN addition to
the space occupied on F street they
have a factory on E street. Still they
are eramped and are now in 9ed If
more room to accommodate their
rapidly growing trade.
They supply a big wholesale trade
and are equipped for helping to make
Washington commercially greater.
I'VE are supplying the jobbers in
photographic machines with cases
for the records for the ma ,hines. "
said Mr.. Topham. and these are ship
ped into every State and 90 Europe,
Asia, Australia, Mexico, and South
America. These are made right here
in Washington, and goods of Wash
ington make are therefore being
used all over the globe. We are ship
ping right into New York, Philadel-
phia, Chicago, San Francisco, a2G
other large manufacturing centers.
Coin Purse Celebrated.
The little coin purses which we
make and Of which we have manu-
featured several hundred thousand,
likewise have been introduced in all
parts of the world.
I'VE have a good trade in the South
on tobacco sample cases. large num-
bers Of which are used by the big to-
baceo houses Of Virginia and the Car
olinas."
Mr.. Topham also called attention to
the supplies furnished the Govern
ment
"a large portion of our business"
he said, lis supplying the various
departments Of the Government, as
we'll as the army ana navy. We arc
now making for the army between
1900 and 10000 trunks, which are
being shipped to army posts all over
the country" AS he spoke of this
work, he pointed TO a large force Of
hands which was busily engaged in
making these trunks.
From their factory is turned oGI
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4 High Reputation.

In the District the firm has long
enjoyed a high reputation among
retail groeers for the quality of its
stock and the dignity and fair deal
ing with which it has conducted it's
business. Long association with the
trade. an intimate appreciation of
its needs and the best methods of
satisfying them and a frmly-held
determination to Justify confidence
have given Earnshaw & Bro. a repu-
tation it has been hard for com
petitors TO equal.
A leading feature Of the business
has been in supplying the needs OF
the great bakeries that abound in
Washington. These large producers
of bread and other wheat products
hold a conspicuous place in the vol
ume Of the Districts trade, and
Earnshaw & Bro. have catered espe-
cially to their needs This part of
the business Is enough in itself TO
keep the house busy.
But IL IS only part. Retail deal
ers all over the District have come
10 rely upon the big jobbing house
in the southeast to supply their
stocks and their confidence is never
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misplaced. The warehouses are
never called upon in vain, and the
elaborate delivery service of the
firm meets every need. The city
statesmen cover the territory thor
oughIy several times a week, and
the delays necessarily incident to
the practice OF ordering goods from
jobbers in other cities are thus
easily avoided.
Earnshaw SpeciaIties.
Nor do the District lines mark
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enterprises of the Nations Capital.
\ business which was started forty
years ago has grown steadily and
each year has shown a healthy in
crease until today their plant has
become wholly inadequate and they
are going 10 rebuild 10 meet the de-
mands made upon them by their
trade.
They are located at 20S, 2I0, and
PIP Massachusetts avenue north
east, where they have adopted all
that is modern in tine manufacture
of their goods and where they have
an up-tO-date concern with an an
nual business which has now
reached S97, 900. This concern points
with pride TO the methods employed
TO produce healthful articles for
the trade they supply.
I'VE cater solely to dealers" said
Frank NJ. Finley. land in nowise do
we do anything in the way of re-
tail trade. We manufacture for the
wholesale trade, and are supplying
the dealers who supply the retail
trade"
Only Wholesale Business.
Formerly Finley & Son bottled
beers, but that branch of the bust
ness has been discontinued. Their
business now is confined solely to
sodas, mineral waters, and distilled
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ing only IN formula from that used 20
sensitize the ordinary Photographic
printing paper. This is emersed in a So
luton OF chloride OF iron, which dis
solves, or etches, the parts which ara
not represented by the dots described
The part etched out by the acid be-
comes the depressed portion Of the priut-
ing plate, while the dots by their vary
Ing thickness or proximity take ink and
so print the picture.
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H. FINLEY & son have
developed a bOttling
plant in this city which
now takes rank among
the foremost bueinacc
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W & BROTHER--A WHOLESALE GROCERY HOUSE THAT HAS |
EARNSHAW

4 STERLING refutation of
~ the theory-held by the
a timid and the ignorant
4 \ that jobbing in the Dis
trict of Columbia is done
under unsatisfactory or unpromis-
ing conditions is furnished by the
history of the firm of r. b. Earn
shaw & Bro, wholesale grocers.
That solid and substantial business
enterprise has long been prominent
in the commercial life of Washing
ton and its business is increasing
with the passage OF the years.
The great building that Is used as
the main office and warehouse OF
the firm is located at HOS. ll07, and
11o9 Eleventh street southeast. con-
venient 10 the freight terminal of
the great railroads and enjoying in
other ways unusual advantages of
location.
B. B. EHrnshaw, the sole pro-
prietor Of the business. is one of
the directors of the Jobbers and
Shippers Association, enthusiastic
in its organization and work, and
one of the prominent figures in all
that makes for a Greater Washing
ton.
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Earnshaw SpeelaIties.

Nor do the District lines mark
, 1906-05-23
HOLLY BEACH BOARD OF TRADE
Meeting Held Friday Night. Observation and Subscrip
ton Committees Appointed. Adjourned
Until Next Friday Evening.

urn out of the members. On this
night the rel ort of the observation
committee will be heard and other
interesting matters discussed The
summer season is but a few weeks off
and it was the opinion of the board
that if any action was to be taken it
should be taken Immediately.
The hot wave Saturday and Sunday
brought a small army of visitors to onr
pretty island. The excursion train
from Philadelphia consisted of fifteen
cars all well filled with people. so
warm were the days that quite a num-
Der of people yentured in bathing and
pronounced it fine. The boardwalk
~rrromenaders too were numerous.
Rev. Allen II. Brown, who has re-
sided at Atlantic City for several years,
has gone to Montclair to reside with
erection at Holly Beach of the first
church building on Five Mile Beach
and since that time he has been greatly
and especially of the great strides made
along all lines in the past few years.
John I. O'Neill, president of the
O'Neill Elevator company, Philadel-
phia, made a visit to the resort Sunday,
looking after his extensive real estate
interests here. The O'Neill Elevator
company will furnish a small self re-
tanning form elevator for the new
JOURNAL office TO- nearly completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitehead and family.
of Philadelphia, were among the Sun
day visitors. They will occupy their
cottage on the corner of Pacific and
Baker for the season, in a few
weeks.
VIM. G. Coles, of Camden, treasurer
of the Five Mile Beach Lumber Co.,
made a business trip to the resort on
Monday.
Play ball A large variety of balls,
bats, gloves, mitts, ETC., at r. w.
Ryan's japanese Bazaar, Wildwood. x
Fred Himmelein, Jr., of Camden,
was down i've Sunday looking after
his interests here.
Continued on Pdge4
, 1906-05-23
THE DECORATION DAY PROGRAM
AT WLDWOOD-BY-THE-SEA
Prominent Speakers, Pretty Exercises, the Strewing of
Flowers Over the Ocean and the Presentation of
Medals to Captain Leonard and Carl Aspenberg


ticipate in the exercises in charge and
is giving much time and energy to
their careful drilling. The young peo-
pie who take part will be remembered
by favors on Memorial day.
The West Jersey and Seashore rail
road company are preparing to run
special 81. 90 excursion trains TO Five
Mile Beach from Philadelphia and
way stations on this day as i'll former
years and a larger number of guests
and visitors are expected this than
eyer before. 1t will %undoubtly be the
greatest Decoration day in the history
of the island.
The townspeople and business men
of the island are asked to clear up their
properties and remove all rubbish and
nnsightly things from public places.
Have stores and cottages decorated
with the national %colors, especially
those on the main avenues. Let the
visitors and guests of the day know
that there is real life and enterprise
here. Entertain them right royalty
and they will compensate by visiting
the island again and again.
Continued on Pages
, 1906-05-23

A regular monthly meeting of tn
Holly Beach Board of Trade convened
in the borough hall last Friday night,
with president Carl A. Haswin in the
choir. The meeting was not called to
order till nearly nine O'Clock when the
secretary's minutes of previous meet
ings were read and the reports of
standing committees heard. Short but
interesting addresses were made by
Thompson Baker, Theodore Lundquist,
E. Yenney, Councilman E. S. Culver
and others with the intent and purpose
of infusing renewed life and vigor into
the board. Gradually enthusiasm,
which had been lacking in the early
part of the evening, increased and as a
initiative step towards identifying the
resort a committee of three. YenneVy.
Johnson and Lundquist, was appointed
by the chair, on motion, for the pur-
pose of taking note of the unsightly
places, low lots, and the like that are
an eye sore to the public, reporting on
same at the next meeting when
methods of action will be discussed.
Particular stress was placed on the
necessity of keeping the town clean and
pleasing to the eye. Real estate agent
JOS. IL. Hertz was proposed and elect
ed into membership by unanimous
vote. Altogether the meeting showed
an encouraging increase of interest and
activity. On motion an adjournment
was made to Friday evening, May 18th,
when it is hoped there will be a full
, 1906-05-23

AS is the established annual custom
Wildwood will fittingly observe Mem
orial day, Wednesday, May 80, with
an interesting program and ceremony.
All. innovation this year will be the
presentation of Congressional medals
of honor tG Capt. Leonard Carlberg
and Carl Aspenberg for heroism in the
rescue of ten shipwrecked sailors dur
ing a storm off Five Mile Beach in
1904.
Prominent speakers and visitors will
be present and the beautiful ceremony
of strewing flowers on the ocean in
commemoration of our sailor-dead, in
which the young people of the island
take part, will be observed on the new
Ocean Pier. The exercises and speech
making will also take place on the
new ocean Pier and invitations to at
tend have been forwarded by the
Board of Trade to the governor, men,
bers of the Legislature, judiciary, o
gressmen, senators, editors and num-
erous other prominent men of the
state.
Mrs. Carl A. Haswin has the train
ing of the young people who will par
, 1906-05-23

The finest post cards yet issued for
Wildwood, Holly Beach and Anglesea
have arrived from Germany and
Will be found at r.. w. Ryan's Japan
csc Bazaar, Wildwood. > for sc. X
, 1906-05-23

See Albig's advertisement inside.