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Nash-Smith Tea and Coffee Co.
| Firmenname | Nash-Smith Tea and Coffee Co. |
| Ortssitz | Saint Louis (Missouri) |
| Straße | North Third Street 906-908 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Tee-, Kaffee- und Gewürzhandlung |
| Anmerkungen | Lage von der North Third Street bis zur Collins Street. |
| Quellenangaben | [Pen and sunlight sketches of Saint Louis (1892) 100] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1870 |
Gründung unter der Firma "Nash, Smith & Espenschied" |
| 1879 |
Umwandlung aus "Nash, Smith & Espenschied" in "Nash, Smith & Co." |
| 1888 |
Eintragung unter den Gesetzen des Staats Missouri mit einem Kapital von $100.000 mit Geo. Nash als Präsident, M. E. Smith als Vizepräsident und Finanzleiter und Geo. A. Nash (Sohn von Geo. Nash) als Sekretär |
| 01.01.1890 |
Eröffnung einer Filiale von "Nash-Smith Co." in Denver, Colorado, Nos. 1445 and 1447 Wazee Street |
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Kommentar |
| Gewürze |
1892 |
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1892 |
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mit Gewürzmühle |
| Handel mit Tee |
1892 |
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1892 |
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Vorgabe: trade in teas ... |
| Kaffee |
1892 |
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1892 |
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Handel und Kaffeerösterei |
| ZEIT | 1892 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | In no respect has St. Louis developed a greater degree of influence and progress than in that of the trade in teas, coffees, and spices, which is in every respect creditable to the great houses engaged. Among these none take higher rank than the Nash-Smith Tea and Coffee Co., importers and jobbers, whose fine premises are centrally located at Nos. 906 and 908, N. Third street, extending completely through the block to Collins street. This is an old established business, dating back to 1870, when the style was Nash, Smith & Espenschied, altered nine years later to Messrs. Nash, Smith & Co., and incorporated in 1888, under the laws of the state of Missouri, with a capital of $100,000. Mr. Geo. Nash occupies the position of president, Mr. M. E. Smith that of vice-president and treasurer, and Mr. Geo. A. Nash, a son of the respected head, that of secretary, all the officers being practical business men. They opened on the 1st of January, 1890, a branch at Nos. 1445 and 1447 Wazee street, Denver, Colo., the Messrs. Nash taking immediate charge, the inception being accomplished under the most favorable auspices, and the rapid expansion of the trade giving the brightest prospects for the future. The house at Denver is stocked from top to bottom with the high class goods in which this firm deals, and has been equipped with grinding machines of the latest pattern, costing no less than 10,000. Mr. Smith, whose excellent management of the St. Louis establishment has been such a prominent factor in its success, now transacts a business whose annual value amounts to no less than 500,000. As importers of teas and coffees, no house is better prepared to quote the very lowest rates for the choicest growths. They carry fresh crop Oolongs, Japans, Gunpowder, Imperial Young Hyson, English breakfast, and other standard teas that are justly renowned for flavor and quality. The firm have a fully equipped coffee and spice mill, with coffee roasting department attached, and have become celebrated for the purity, strength, and flavor of their ground coffees and spices/ The roasters and grinders are worked by a fifty-horse power steam engine, and have a daily capacity of 125 bags. The customers of this influential and progressive house include the leading jobbers of the city. Mr. Nash, Sr., is an Englishman by birth, but came to St. Louis thirty-five years ago, his son having been born here. He is recognized as one of our leading business men, active, enterprising, and honorable. Mr. Smith was born in Ireland, and is also an old resident of this place, where he enjoys the warm esteem of a large class in both the commercial and social circles of the community. The telephone call is 2723. |
| QUELLE | [Pen and sunlight sketches of Saint Louis (1892) 100] |
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