Information Regarding Mermod & Jaccard

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Edward W. Fink, the ex-bookkeeper for the Mermod-Jaccard Jewelry Co., was last week held for the Grand Jury on five charges and his bond fixed at $500 in each case. Fink waived a preliminary hearing. His attorney made a motion to dismiss the case on a technicality, but it was overruled. Fink is charged with taking jewelry from the Mermod-Jaccard jewelry store.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th September 1898

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The 12 striking plate printers formerly with the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. have issued a statement to the effect that the trouble was caused by the firm’s employing a non-union workman, who refused to join their organization. They claim that wages are lower in St. Louis than in most large cities. Up to the present time they say they have been unable to effect a settlement.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th February 1903

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Mermod, Jaccard & King - St. Louis - 1907

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The funeral of Frederick Blanke, the retired watchmaker who died, a week ago-Saturday morning, was held the following Monday from the residence of a relative. Deceased was 75 years old, and formerly worked as a silversmith at the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd December 1908

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The annual May opening of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., celebrating the 56th anniversary of the founding of the business by A. S. Mermod, began, Wednesday, May 1, and lasted until Saturday, May 4. The magnificent establishment, with its vast show rooms, was thronged with people during the entire four days. The special exhibit on the opening day consisted of diamonds, watches and jewelry. One of the features of the opening was the Oriental art room. In addition to the exhibits there was music by a band and also decorations and flowers.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th May 1901

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The auction sale now being held at the old stand of the Merrick, Walsh & Phelps Jewelry Co. by the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. is undoubtedly affecting the trade of the rest of the retail dealers.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 15th May 1901

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Mermod and Jaccard's - St. Louis - 1900

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Provisions of the Will of the Late D. C. Jaccard

St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 11.—The will of the late D. C. Jaccard was filed in the Probate Court on the 8th inst. It was executed Feb. 24, 1898, and was witnessed by C. F. Mathey and A. E. Addor. Mr. Jaccard named his sons, Eugene G. Jaccard, Kansas City, and Ernest A. Jaccard, St. Louis, as joint executors, without bond.

To his wife, Louisa A., he leaves all furniture, fixtures, bric-a-brac, etc., except a few articles specified. To the daughter, Mrs. Eugenie Perillard, of Lausanne, Switzerland, the deceased leaves certain portraits, his gold watch in trust for her son Rene, and $40 to purchase a watch for her younger son, Eugene. Other sons of the principal heirs are left sums with which to buy watches. The bulk of the estate is left to the wife and five children of the deceased. The value of the estate is estimated at $125,000.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th August 1899

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The stockholders of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. will soon vote on a proposition to increase the capital stock of the company. The present capital is $500,000 and it will be increased to $800,000. The voting will be done July 3. The recent absorption of the Merrick, Walsh & Phelps Jewelry Co. is the cause of the increase.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 5th June 1901

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Opening Of The New Mermod & Jaccard Store.—The Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company last week issued an invitation to their friends and customers to assist in celebrating the opening of their new store, which has just been completed, at the corner of Broadway and Locust street. This took place on the 1st and continues during the succeeding days of the week and marks an epoch in the development of this house, which for more than fifty years has been under the personal guidance of its president, Mr. A. S. Mermod, and its vice-president, Mr. D. C. Jaccard. Special displays are being made each day, as follows: Monday, Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry. Tuesday, Art Bronzes and Marble Statuary. Wednesday, Silverwares for Wedding Gifts. Home and Personal Use. Thursday, American and Imported Art Glass. Friday, Ceramics, Art Potteries and Table China. Saturday. Art Furniture, Hall and Mantel Clocks. Music Boxes.

Source: The Jewelers Review - 3rd May 1899

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The auction sale of bric-a-brac and art goods conducted by the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co. for three months has closed. Messrs. Moody and Martin were the auctioneers, with successful results.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th August 1906

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Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. have rented a store at the N. E. corner of Olive and 6th Sts., and will shortly open a branch store at that location.

Source: [i]The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 18th May 1898

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On the 10th inst. a building permit was issued for the erection of the new Mermod-Jaccard building. It will have a frontage of 100 feet on Broadway, and will run back 127 feet on Locust St. The building will be eight stories high, and cost in the neighborhood of $250,000. When completed, it will be one of the handsomest jewelry establishments in the country.[/i]

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 18th May 1898

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ST. LOUIS JEWELERS PRONOUNCE THE PEARLS TO BE OF LITTLE OR NO VALUE

St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 10.—So many alleged pearls from the wilds of Arkansas are arriving in the city that the St. Louis correspondent of The Jewelers’ Circular called on some of the leading jewelers this week to obtain their views in regard to value of the ‘‘finds.”

A. L. Steinmeyer, of the E. Jaccard Jewelry Co., said: “Yes, there are pearls coming from Arkansas, but the number of real marketable stones is small. This week we received one beautiful specimen, but that was really the only genuine one this week, though we receive from 8 to 10
packages a day. One of the attractive features of this sort of work is that is costs a firm like ours a whole lot of postage stamps to return worthless stones to their owners.”

Goodman King, of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., said: “Almost every day we receive from six to a dozen packages of pearls and alleged pearls from Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas, those from the last State, however, being small. As a rule the specimens sent us are worthless. It is but occasionally that a pearl with any approach to the proper shape, luster and skin is received, that is, measured by the standard of Oriental pearls. We have purchased a few of them, but they necessarily will have to be sold at prices under Oriental pearls of the same size. The excitement in the adjacent pearl beds has been on for the past 90 days, but we have received occasional specimens from the same territory for the past three years. From what I have heard the beds along the White River, Arkansas, from which most of the pearls have been received, are practically exhausted, and the pearl seekers have gone to other fields.”

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 15th September 1897

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The Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., St. Louis, filed last week a statement of increase of capital stock from $400,000 to $500,000.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 6th May 1891

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Goodman King, of the Mermod-Jaccard Jewelry Co., is Chairman of the Advertising Committee of the St. Louis Autumnal Festival Association which promises to surpass all its previous efforts at the fall festivals during the next two years.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 6th May 1891

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Mermod, Jaccard & King - St. Louis - 1907

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"That is the handsomest vinaigrette in this city,” said Mr. Bolt, manager of the repairing department at the Mermod-Jaccard Jewelry Company the other day, as he wrapped up the bijou and passed it over the counter. Miss Orth is the owner of this approved scent bottle, which is of English cut-glass, long and tapering in shape, square-cut at the sides, but with a rounding bottom cut in long rayed fans, the hipped top similarly finished and capped with a silver lid. At glance seemingly like many another long scent-bottle, but on examination easily recognized as unique in elegance and costly in workmanship, a fit trifle for the fair hands of an elegantly dressed woman in idle moments.

Source: Fashion and Fancy - July 1889

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Leading St. Louis Jewelry House to Establish a New York Branch

Goodman King, president of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., St. Louis, Mo., was in New York, last week, where he completed arrangements for the establishment of a New York branch for his house. Mr. King has just closed the lease— for a term of five years—of the premises at 400 Fifth Ave., where he will establish a distinctly up-to-date retail establishment, which will carry practically the same lines as are handled by the house in St. Louis.

The premises, which include several floors, will be fitted up on the Parisian plan. No counters will be used, but the goods will be displayed to customers on tables in special parlors devoted to particular lines. On the parlor floor of the house will be a series of rooms, the first one devoted
to cabinets and silverware, the next to gems and jewelry, the third to the art department, the fourth to silver hollow ware, and the last to the mail order department. On the upper floors will be the stationery and shipping departments, and also the diamond mounting and repairing factory of the concern.

The company’s lease dates from March 1, but arrangements have now been made to begin the renovation and changing of the premises to meet the requirements of the business, and it is hoped that the concern will be established in its new quarters some time between April 1 and April 15.

The Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co. is one of the largest and oldest houses in the trade, the present concern practically being the successors of three great firms — Mermod & Jaccard, the Eugene Jaccard Jewelry Co. and the Merrick, Walsh, Phelps Co., all of St. Louis.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd February 1905

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The Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. closed its establishment, Saturday, to allow its 400 employes to attend the opening ceremonies of the Universal Exposition.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 4th May 1904

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Lee Sehum, of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., has returned from a vacation trip.


H. L. Fischaker, advertising manager of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., spent last Sunday with a party of friends at Piasa Chautauqua.


J. J. Menges, of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., returned Thursday from a trip to New York and seashore resorts.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 4th August 1909

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