The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
|(|GAR FACTORY IS
| NOW IN OPERATION
p''1.r, Rs'mDo'd and Me0sv'tt Com,
,,ny to Advertise keokuk on
Everything Sent o.
From Hero.
MAKING MANY BRANDS
=. R. E., Manufactured Here since
1868, is one-TerrItory In
TrI-states and the
West.
MAKING MANY BRANDS

1, large letters on the bottoms of all
horas of Miller, Reimbold, McDevitt
comnany's cigars, made in Keokuk's
ssw ten thousand dollar cigar factory
~b;ch is now In operation in the
Rand building at Third and Johnson
.treets and turning out 1900 cigars a
| day.
hrands being manufactured will be In
lava Illinois, Missouri and the gen
oral west, 1t can be seen to what ex-
tent the word Keokuk will be adver-
Used. OF course, Keokuk appears at
other places on the box but the
words made in Keokuk" will cover
almost all OF the bottom Of the box.
Operations at the new factory have
been going on for the past week, but
not at the maximum capacity. Faii-
ure to receive supplies and equipment
/ held the new company back for q
week or two, but now the first big car
| load Of tobacco is here and there are
twenty-one workers on the job.
Twelve of these are cigarmakers and
the others work in the various de-
partments Of the factory.
The factory will accommodate fifty
workers and when the company is go
Ing at its maximum capacity, which it
hopes will be in the near future, the
output of Keokuk made cigars for con-
sumption in the tri-states and the
west will be something like 10000 a
day.
Six Brands Now.
Six brands are now being manufac-
tured and others will likely be added.
The cigars will retail from five cents
to two for a quarter and will be in d
score OF different sizes. One of the
main brands will be the R. E., a ten
CENTER which has been manufactured
IN this city since the year 1868. This
cigar will be made in two sizes. The
Red Tiger, another brand that has
been made in Keokuk for some time.
will be manufactured on a large
scale and will retail for five cents.
MiReMa, introducing the initials of
the members of the company. is a five
center for the can trade. Noranda, re-
failing at ten cents will be made in
FIVE sizes, NJ. R. NJ, which will be one
Of the main products. introducing
again the initials of the company. Is
five center. and Edo in five sizes
will sell for five cents also.
The first full carload of tobacco
ever received here, arrived last week
for the new company and is now being
| stored in the basement.
The initials OF the company. M. R
NJ. are carried out in advertising
schemes wherever possible. The let
tiers also stand for the motto of the
/ {~I, l, inc pnc,y1t c
Mutual" The slogan is I'VE Make NJ
Good and Our Friends Make M Fa
NOUS"
The cigars will shortly be widely
| advertised in a campaign and travel
ing statesmen will be put out on the
company's territory. A number Of
advertising novelties have been pre-
pared for distribution I'VE are goins
to advertise M. r. M. and also keokul
and try to make them mean some
thing" D. w. McDevitt. vice president
OF the company said today.
The first floor of the Rand BUILDING
Is given over to the offices and store
room. On the second floor are the
stripping rooms and the manufactur
/ Ing rooms. The drying room is on the
third floor.
The incorporators of the new com
pany are Chas. F. Miller, president; ID
". McDevitt, vice president; VIM. II
Reimbold, secretary and V. O. Miller
treasurer. These men will compris,
the board Of directors, also. The Mill
ers and Mr.. Reimbold are practica
cigar makers and Mr.. McDevitt ha.
been associated in business in keokul
and all the members are we'll know
here.