GOLD BEING MISUSED?
Birmingham
London. March 29. British writers complain that gold is being "wasted" to make jewelry - when it is needed to bolster up the Allies' credit.
One observer says: "Until a short time ago Birmingham manufacturers were more or less openly getting sovereigns from the banks lo melt for conversion into jewelry.
"Gold is also obtained from the brokers in London and other sources; and the consumption of the metal in Birmingham at present is estimated at
over $500,000 per week. Some of it is made up into wedding rings, the demand for which does not seem to have been reduced by the war, but the bulk is frittered away in jewelry of a rubbishly kind in which the value of the gold bears a very remote relationship to the price.
"Owing to the demand for munitions. the use of platinum in 'the arts' has been stopped. There is a strong case for a similar embargo on gold. It is too precious as the sinews or war to be lavished any longer on ornaments. Of course, the prohibition would upset a considerable trade, but I know of manufacturing silversmiths in London whose highly skilled men are now wholly employed on the finer grades of munitions work, and plenty of similar work could be found for the men engaged in the production of Brummagem jewelry "
Source: Elko Independent - 29th March 1916
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TERRIFYING TIME FOR JEWELER AND APPRENTICE
Detroit
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 4.—While J. Gardner, jeweler, 205 Michigan Ave., and William Dunnison, his apprentice, were working at the bench at 11.40 o’clock Thursday night, a lamp exploded. In their excitement and their haste to escape, each of them ran a hand through the glass door and was cut about the wrist. Thinking of his wife and two small children who slept in the rear of the store, Mr. Gardner returned. He saved them, though the flame singed his hair. One of his children and his apprentice had their hands badly burned. The jewelry store was burned out completely. Mr. Gardner’s loss was $700, with no insurance.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 10th February 1892
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Detroit
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 4.—While J. Gardner, jeweler, 205 Michigan Ave., and William Dunnison, his apprentice, were working at the bench at 11.40 o’clock Thursday night, a lamp exploded. In their excitement and their haste to escape, each of them ran a hand through the glass door and was cut about the wrist. Thinking of his wife and two small children who slept in the rear of the store, Mr. Gardner returned. He saved them, though the flame singed his hair. One of his children and his apprentice had their hands badly burned. The jewelry store was burned out completely. Mr. Gardner’s loss was $700, with no insurance.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 10th February 1892
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SILVER MODEL OF THE ROYAL YACHT
Glasgow
A Glasgow firm of silversmiths has been commissioned to construct a silver model of the Royal yacht Ophir for presentation to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at the instance of the commander and officers of the vessel.
Source: Rhyl Record and Advertiser - 2nd November 1901
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Glasgow
A Glasgow firm of silversmiths has been commissioned to construct a silver model of the Royal yacht Ophir for presentation to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at the instance of the commander and officers of the vessel.
Source: Rhyl Record and Advertiser - 2nd November 1901
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CONSUMPTION OF GOLD AND SILVER
France
According to the returns of the French mint authorities, the manufacturers of the French silversmiths, goldsmiths and jewellers, consume annually gold to the value of 12,489,720 francs, and silver to the value of 14,226,204 francs ; the total value being upwards of one million sterling. It is estimated that the labor employed upon these metals about equals the value of the raw material. Thus, the annual value of the manufacturers sent forth to the markets of the world by French goldsmiths, silversmiths and jewellers, is upward of two millions sterling.
Source: The Star of the North - 1st November 1855
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France
According to the returns of the French mint authorities, the manufacturers of the French silversmiths, goldsmiths and jewellers, consume annually gold to the value of 12,489,720 francs, and silver to the value of 14,226,204 francs ; the total value being upwards of one million sterling. It is estimated that the labor employed upon these metals about equals the value of the raw material. Thus, the annual value of the manufacturers sent forth to the markets of the world by French goldsmiths, silversmiths and jewellers, is upward of two millions sterling.
Source: The Star of the North - 1st November 1855
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DEFENCE OF THE MINISTRY
London
Speeches by Jesse Collings and Austen Chamberlain
London, Jan. 28. Joseph Chamberlain, who expected to attend the banquet of the Birmingham jewellers and silversmiths last evening, was unable to be present owing to the holding of a meeting of the defence committee. His place was taken by the Right Hon. Jesse Collings, under secretary of state for the home office, and Austen Chamberlain, civil lord of the admiralty.
The former, replying to a toast to "Her Majesty's Ministers," deplored the attitude of the press In regard to the war In South Africa. He said there
had been no muddle In Its conduct: and the facts, when known, would show there had been no war in which more foresight, skill and care had been displayed by the government than the present one. The reverses, he declared, only Increased the determination to prosecute the work, to the end. The war involved the question whether Great Britain should maintain her position or sink Into a insignificant third-rate power.
Austen Chamberlain, in the course of his remarks said that if Great Britain had shirked her responsibility the price paid would have been the loss in the near future of South Africa and her separation In the not remote future from those great branches of the Anglo-Saxon stock, whose loyalty - which is due to their confidence In Great Britain's power to see that right is done to her subjects In every portion of the world was so dear to Great Britain.
Source: The Scranton Tribune - 29th January 1900
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London
Speeches by Jesse Collings and Austen Chamberlain
London, Jan. 28. Joseph Chamberlain, who expected to attend the banquet of the Birmingham jewellers and silversmiths last evening, was unable to be present owing to the holding of a meeting of the defence committee. His place was taken by the Right Hon. Jesse Collings, under secretary of state for the home office, and Austen Chamberlain, civil lord of the admiralty.
The former, replying to a toast to "Her Majesty's Ministers," deplored the attitude of the press In regard to the war In South Africa. He said there
had been no muddle In Its conduct: and the facts, when known, would show there had been no war in which more foresight, skill and care had been displayed by the government than the present one. The reverses, he declared, only Increased the determination to prosecute the work, to the end. The war involved the question whether Great Britain should maintain her position or sink Into a insignificant third-rate power.
Austen Chamberlain, in the course of his remarks said that if Great Britain had shirked her responsibility the price paid would have been the loss in the near future of South Africa and her separation In the not remote future from those great branches of the Anglo-Saxon stock, whose loyalty - which is due to their confidence In Great Britain's power to see that right is done to her subjects In every portion of the world was so dear to Great Britain.
Source: The Scranton Tribune - 29th January 1900
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FIRMS MERGE
United States
Joseph Landsman, 51 Maiden Lane. New York City, has consolidated his business with the Globe Art Metal Mfg. Co. and which has been moved to 71 Winthrop St., Newark, N.J. The manufacture of jewelry, silver deposit goods and hollow-ware will be carried on. Electroplating will be done. The new officers are President, F. D. Carey; vice-president and secretary. Joseph Landsman: and treasurer S. W. Weiss.
Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - November 1913
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United States
Joseph Landsman, 51 Maiden Lane. New York City, has consolidated his business with the Globe Art Metal Mfg. Co. and which has been moved to 71 Winthrop St., Newark, N.J. The manufacture of jewelry, silver deposit goods and hollow-ware will be carried on. Electroplating will be done. The new officers are President, F. D. Carey; vice-president and secretary. Joseph Landsman: and treasurer S. W. Weiss.
Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - November 1913
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DISMAY OVER TARIFF
New York
New York jewelers are dismayed and even excited over the duty on platinum provided in the amendment to the tariff bill introduced by Senator
Poindexter. The United States Geological Survey reports practically no commercial production of platinum on the North American continent, and
American manufacturing jewelers have always been dependent upon Importations of that precious metal for the making of the jewelry sold both
at home and for export trade. There is already a duty on the jewelry itself, but because of the skill of our designers and workers, we have been able to import platinum, make It up and then export it to compete with goods manufactured abroad. It is nonsense, the interested parties declare, to talk about a "protective" tariff for something which doesn't exist in this country In large enough quantities to amount to anything. "Unless some one has found a platinum supply somewhere in the U. S. A. and let Senator Polndexter In on the secret, the whole thing is beyond us," one of their representatives said. It Is nice to think of our lively things being worn up and down the boulevard In Paris, but the only platinum ornament I have been able to acquire Is one my dentist thrust unwillingly upon me and goodness knows, the cost of that Impressed me enough!
Source: The Public Ledger - 26th July 1922
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New York
New York jewelers are dismayed and even excited over the duty on platinum provided in the amendment to the tariff bill introduced by Senator
Poindexter. The United States Geological Survey reports practically no commercial production of platinum on the North American continent, and
American manufacturing jewelers have always been dependent upon Importations of that precious metal for the making of the jewelry sold both
at home and for export trade. There is already a duty on the jewelry itself, but because of the skill of our designers and workers, we have been able to import platinum, make It up and then export it to compete with goods manufactured abroad. It is nonsense, the interested parties declare, to talk about a "protective" tariff for something which doesn't exist in this country In large enough quantities to amount to anything. "Unless some one has found a platinum supply somewhere in the U. S. A. and let Senator Polndexter In on the secret, the whole thing is beyond us," one of their representatives said. It Is nice to think of our lively things being worn up and down the boulevard In Paris, but the only platinum ornament I have been able to acquire Is one my dentist thrust unwillingly upon me and goodness knows, the cost of that Impressed me enough!
Source: The Public Ledger - 26th July 1922
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NOVEL HATPINS
New York
Hatpins big enough to hold girl's powder-puffs are the latest novelty produced by the manufacturing jewellers of New York. So huge are some of the new designs that the ornamental heads have hinged lids. When the lid is lifted the powder-puff is disclosed. Inside the surface of the lid also contains a tiny mirror. The most popular pins now represent roosters, pheasants, and owls in gold, silver, or rhine stones and imitators. In some designs the rooster, from comb to claws, is three inches long.
Source: Evening Express and Evening Mail - 27th September 1910
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New York
Hatpins big enough to hold girl's powder-puffs are the latest novelty produced by the manufacturing jewellers of New York. So huge are some of the new designs that the ornamental heads have hinged lids. When the lid is lifted the powder-puff is disclosed. Inside the surface of the lid also contains a tiny mirror. The most popular pins now represent roosters, pheasants, and owls in gold, silver, or rhine stones and imitators. In some designs the rooster, from comb to claws, is three inches long.
Source: Evening Express and Evening Mail - 27th September 1910
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METAL PEN THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT
Birmingham
Some 80 years ago Joseph Gillitt was a working Jeweler In Birmingham, England. One day he accidentally split one of his his steel tools and being suddenly required to sign a receipt and not finding a pen handy he used the split tool as a substitute. This happy accident Is said to have led to he Idea of making pens of metal.
Source: The Jasper News - 2nd September 1920
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Birmingham
Some 80 years ago Joseph Gillitt was a working Jeweler In Birmingham, England. One day he accidentally split one of his his steel tools and being suddenly required to sign a receipt and not finding a pen handy he used the split tool as a substitute. This happy accident Is said to have led to he Idea of making pens of metal.
Source: The Jasper News - 2nd September 1920
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FALLING BOILER CREATES PANIC
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, R. I., June 23.—About 3.45 Monday afternoon a loud crash, followed by the noise of escaping steam, gave the employes in the building at the corner of Page and Friendship Sts. the impression that a boiler had burst, and created almost a panic. An old boiler was being hoisted preparatory to its removal from Remington & Sons’ gold refining establishment, in the rear of the building, when some part of the hoisting rig broke, allowing the boiler to fall with a crash. A steam pipe was struck and broken by the fall, which was the cause of the escaping steam.
Considerable excitement was produced among the female employes of E. N. Cook, manufacturing jeweler on the second floor of the building, and most of them made a hasty exit by means of the fire escape. Eli Beaudreau, one of the employes of E. N. Cook, lost his head and jumped from the second story window. He caught his foot in the fire escape and plunged head foremost into the arms of a man on the sidewalk.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 29th June 1892
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Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, R. I., June 23.—About 3.45 Monday afternoon a loud crash, followed by the noise of escaping steam, gave the employes in the building at the corner of Page and Friendship Sts. the impression that a boiler had burst, and created almost a panic. An old boiler was being hoisted preparatory to its removal from Remington & Sons’ gold refining establishment, in the rear of the building, when some part of the hoisting rig broke, allowing the boiler to fall with a crash. A steam pipe was struck and broken by the fall, which was the cause of the escaping steam.
Considerable excitement was produced among the female employes of E. N. Cook, manufacturing jeweler on the second floor of the building, and most of them made a hasty exit by means of the fire escape. Eli Beaudreau, one of the employes of E. N. Cook, lost his head and jumped from the second story window. He caught his foot in the fire escape and plunged head foremost into the arms of a man on the sidewalk.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 29th June 1892
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PRECIOUS METAL IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
London
The imports of gold bullion and specie into the United Kingdom in 1869, as registered at the Custom-house, amounted to £13,770,821, and the exports to £8,470,301: showing an excess of imports over exports amounting to £5,300,511. The excess in 1838 was £4,427,869, and in 1867, £7,910,080. The sliver imports in 1869 amounted to £6,730,179, and the exports were £7,921,698, showing an excess of exports over imports to the amount of £1,191,619. In 1868 there was an excess of silver imports over imports TO £ 204,712 and in 1867 to the amount of £1,583.678.
Source: The Aberdare Times - 12th March 1870
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London
The imports of gold bullion and specie into the United Kingdom in 1869, as registered at the Custom-house, amounted to £13,770,821, and the exports to £8,470,301: showing an excess of imports over exports amounting to £5,300,511. The excess in 1838 was £4,427,869, and in 1867, £7,910,080. The sliver imports in 1869 amounted to £6,730,179, and the exports were £7,921,698, showing an excess of exports over imports to the amount of £1,191,619. In 1868 there was an excess of silver imports over imports TO £ 204,712 and in 1867 to the amount of £1,583.678.
Source: The Aberdare Times - 12th March 1870
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ASSAY OFFICES UNDER THREAT?
United Kingdom
A letter to The Times:
"Sir, - I notice that, in the Money Article of the Times of last Saturday, attention is drawn to the fact that the Exeter Assay Office has been closed, not being able to pay expenses. I believe that the assay offices of Dublin and Newcastle are in a similar state of impecuniosity. But hall-marking does not even pay in London. According to the accounts of the Goldsmiths' Company, presented to the Royal Commissioners on the City Livery Companies, there was a loss in 1871 of £84; 1872, £33; 1873, £14; 1874, £15; 1875, £17; 1877, £51; 1878, £77; 1879, £133; and in 1880, £182. In 1876 there was a profit of £4. Thus, in ten years there was a loss of £602. - I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
"EDWARD J. WATHERSTON, Chairman of the Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Free Trade Association."
Source: The Times - 12th March 1885
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United Kingdom
A letter to The Times:
"Sir, - I notice that, in the Money Article of the Times of last Saturday, attention is drawn to the fact that the Exeter Assay Office has been closed, not being able to pay expenses. I believe that the assay offices of Dublin and Newcastle are in a similar state of impecuniosity. But hall-marking does not even pay in London. According to the accounts of the Goldsmiths' Company, presented to the Royal Commissioners on the City Livery Companies, there was a loss in 1871 of £84; 1872, £33; 1873, £14; 1874, £15; 1875, £17; 1877, £51; 1878, £77; 1879, £133; and in 1880, £182. In 1876 there was a profit of £4. Thus, in ten years there was a loss of £602. - I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
"EDWARD J. WATHERSTON, Chairman of the Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Free Trade Association."
Source: The Times - 12th March 1885
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JEWELLER'S DOG MAKES ERROR OF JUDGEMENT
Paris
A house in Boulevard St. Martin was thrown into a great hubbub by an event which adds a new chapter to the history of celebrated dogs. A painter of great repute and talent had just finished a portrait of a fellow lodger, a jeweller, and was sitting in his studio examining his work with fatherly satisfaction, when the jeweller's dog came into the room in search of his master. Seduced by a hallucination very natural in an animal of intelligence, the dog thinking his master had been murdered and beheaded, flew at the artist, uttering a howl of despair. A terrible struggle ensued which brought in all the boarders, and among them the original of the portrait. The voice of his master calmed the fury of the animal, who hastened to throw himself at the painter's feet, as if to supplicate forgiveness for his error and injustice. The painter, though suffering from three severe bites, glowed with just pride, and nobly pardoned the canine critic, whose sanguinary ferocity was at the same time the warmest eulogy.
Source: Richmond Enquirer - 1st October 1850
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Paris
A house in Boulevard St. Martin was thrown into a great hubbub by an event which adds a new chapter to the history of celebrated dogs. A painter of great repute and talent had just finished a portrait of a fellow lodger, a jeweller, and was sitting in his studio examining his work with fatherly satisfaction, when the jeweller's dog came into the room in search of his master. Seduced by a hallucination very natural in an animal of intelligence, the dog thinking his master had been murdered and beheaded, flew at the artist, uttering a howl of despair. A terrible struggle ensued which brought in all the boarders, and among them the original of the portrait. The voice of his master calmed the fury of the animal, who hastened to throw himself at the painter's feet, as if to supplicate forgiveness for his error and injustice. The painter, though suffering from three severe bites, glowed with just pride, and nobly pardoned the canine critic, whose sanguinary ferocity was at the same time the warmest eulogy.
Source: Richmond Enquirer - 1st October 1850
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BENDING A GOLD COIN
London
Mr. Thomas Harrison, of the Waterman's Arms, Nine Elms lane, was summoned by Newman Norwood, at the Wandsworth Police-court, on Saturday, for unlawfully bending a half-sovereign tendered to him, the same being of due weight and lawful coin. The complainant offered the half-sovereign in payment of half a pint of beer, and the defendant took it and bent it in a cramp, and then returned it saying it was a bad one. The coin had afterward broken in two in the complainant's pocket.—Mr. Dayman decided that the defendant must give the plaintiff another half-sovereign, and pay him 2s. for costs. He might have refused to change the coin, but having accepted it he had no right to bend it, which rendered it less passable.
Source: Monmouthshire Merlin - 13th April 1867
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London
Mr. Thomas Harrison, of the Waterman's Arms, Nine Elms lane, was summoned by Newman Norwood, at the Wandsworth Police-court, on Saturday, for unlawfully bending a half-sovereign tendered to him, the same being of due weight and lawful coin. The complainant offered the half-sovereign in payment of half a pint of beer, and the defendant took it and bent it in a cramp, and then returned it saying it was a bad one. The coin had afterward broken in two in the complainant's pocket.—Mr. Dayman decided that the defendant must give the plaintiff another half-sovereign, and pay him 2s. for costs. He might have refused to change the coin, but having accepted it he had no right to bend it, which rendered it less passable.
Source: Monmouthshire Merlin - 13th April 1867
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MISUSE OF THE WORD "SHEFFIELD"
London
London, June 15 - British silverware manufacturers are seeking means of stopping the use of their hall marks by electro plating firms in the United States, says the American Chamber of Commerce here. It is also understood that the advisory committee of the city of Sheffield is taking up the question of the use of, the word "Sheffield," in connection with American manufacturers. An anticipated difficulty is pointed out in the fact that there are at least nine Sheffields in the United States from which many of the American firms may derive their name. It is suggested, however, that they should add the letters "U. S. A." to the name.
Source: Richmond Daily Register - 5th July 1919
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London
London, June 15 - British silverware manufacturers are seeking means of stopping the use of their hall marks by electro plating firms in the United States, says the American Chamber of Commerce here. It is also understood that the advisory committee of the city of Sheffield is taking up the question of the use of, the word "Sheffield," in connection with American manufacturers. An anticipated difficulty is pointed out in the fact that there are at least nine Sheffields in the United States from which many of the American firms may derive their name. It is suggested, however, that they should add the letters "U. S. A." to the name.
Source: Richmond Daily Register - 5th July 1919
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DIAMOND DEALER KILLED
Paris
Paris, Saturday. M. Alexandre Oppenheimer, a well-known diamond merchant, was knocked down and killed by an automobile in the Rue Montmartre yesterday. M. Oppenheimer was a familiar figure in the precious stone business both in Paris and in London, and his standing was a high one. He was sixty years of age.
Source: Central News - 29th November 1909
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Paris
Paris, Saturday. M. Alexandre Oppenheimer, a well-known diamond merchant, was knocked down and killed by an automobile in the Rue Montmartre yesterday. M. Oppenheimer was a familiar figure in the precious stone business both in Paris and in London, and his standing was a high one. He was sixty years of age.
Source: Central News - 29th November 1909
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WAYNE SILVER Co.
Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Honesdale, Pa., March 11.—The Wayne Silver Co., of Honesdale, have been granted a charter of incorporation, with a capital of $25,000, $10,000 of which is preferred stock. The directors for the coming year are L. J. Dorflinger, Thos. B. Clark, Wm. B. Holmes, Walter A. Wood and Grant W. Lane. Walter A. Wood is the treasurer.
The necessary buildings will be erected as soon as a suitable site has been secured. The ware to be manufactured will comprise all kinds of fancy and useful articles of silver, not plated with the possible exception of knives and forks.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 13th March 1895
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Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Honesdale, Pa., March 11.—The Wayne Silver Co., of Honesdale, have been granted a charter of incorporation, with a capital of $25,000, $10,000 of which is preferred stock. The directors for the coming year are L. J. Dorflinger, Thos. B. Clark, Wm. B. Holmes, Walter A. Wood and Grant W. Lane. Walter A. Wood is the treasurer.
The necessary buildings will be erected as soon as a suitable site has been secured. The ware to be manufactured will comprise all kinds of fancy and useful articles of silver, not plated with the possible exception of knives and forks.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 13th March 1895
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STEAL $25,000 GEMS
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio, October 5 - Cracksmen early today blew a safe in the offices of Marvet & Kimmelman, manufacturing jewelers, in the downtown district, and escaped with uncut stones and jewelry valued at $25.000, according to a report to police.
The robbers used an ax to batter their way through a wall and two partitions to reach the safe, to which they applied explosives. The robbery was discovered when employes of the company reached the office this morning.
Source: The Evening Star - 5th October 1922
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio, October 5 - Cracksmen early today blew a safe in the offices of Marvet & Kimmelman, manufacturing jewelers, in the downtown district, and escaped with uncut stones and jewelry valued at $25.000, according to a report to police.
The robbers used an ax to batter their way through a wall and two partitions to reach the safe, to which they applied explosives. The robbery was discovered when employes of the company reached the office this morning.
Source: The Evening Star - 5th October 1922
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FIRE DAMAGES JEWELERS
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Jan., 1. Fire early this morning did damage to the extent of $125,000 to the building and occupants at 114 and 116 West Sixth street. The building was occupied by Phillips and Richter, wholesale jewelers, Sarran and Fauer, manufacturing jewelers, a the Natural Gas Supply Company.
Source: The Richmond Palladium - 1st January 1918
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Jan., 1. Fire early this morning did damage to the extent of $125,000 to the building and occupants at 114 and 116 West Sixth street. The building was occupied by Phillips and Richter, wholesale jewelers, Sarran and Fauer, manufacturing jewelers, a the Natural Gas Supply Company.
Source: The Richmond Palladium - 1st January 1918
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HOLBROOK & SIMMONS BECOMES HOLBROOK & THORNTON
New York
Holbrook & Simmons, manufacturing silversmiths, 427 E. 144th St., have dissolved by mutual consent, Henry B. Simmons retiring. The remaining partners, Eugene C. Holbrook and Wm. H. Thornton, will continue the business as before under the firm name of Holbrook & Thornton.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 20th May 1896
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New York
Holbrook & Simmons, manufacturing silversmiths, 427 E. 144th St., have dissolved by mutual consent, Henry B. Simmons retiring. The remaining partners, Eugene C. Holbrook and Wm. H. Thornton, will continue the business as before under the firm name of Holbrook & Thornton.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 20th May 1896
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