Information Regarding Mermod & Jaccard

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E. W. Bornmueller, buyer for the silverware department of the Mermod. Jaccard &. King Jewelry Co., has returned from his vacation, which he spent in fishing in Michigan waters.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st August 1906

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Manager Goodman King and A, F. Strasburger, of the Mermod & Jaccard Company, left early in last month for a ten days’ trip in the East, during which they will visit the larger cities. The object of their trip is to inspect the most modern fire-proof buildings, with a view to introducing the latest improvements in the building to be erected for their company on the site of the one destroyed by fire just prior to last Christmas. Immediately upon their return plans will be made for the erection of the building, which is to be thoroughly modern and fire-proof.

The permit for the new building to be occupied by the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, at the northwest corner of Broadway and Locust Street, was issued May 10th. The buiilding will have a frontage of 100 feet on Broadway, and will run back 127 feet on Locust Street. It will be eight stories high, and cost in the neighborhood of $275,000, When completed it will be one of the handsomest jewely establishments in the country.

Source: The Keystone - June 1898

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The will of the late Goodman King, former president of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., was filed here last week. The entire estate was left to his widow, Mrs. Mary Hopkins King, as he stated in the will he had given his son, Clarence Hopkins King, his proper portion of the estate, previously. The estate was said to consist largely of stock in the jewelry company and the Scruggs-Vandervoort & Barney Co. The widow and son are named as the executors of the will.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd June 1926

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Goodman King, president of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., has been re-elected a director of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. for a term of three years. It is necessary to keep the board of directors in existence for the purpose of defending pending suits and disbursing funds still on hand.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th March 1910

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

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 4th August 1909

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An exact reproduction of the celebrated "Cullinan Diamond,” which is the largest in the world, and is now being cut at Amsterdam, Holland, preparatory to being placed among the crown jewels of England, is on display in the show windows in the store of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., Broadway and Locust St. The original diamond weighed 3,024 carats, or 1.37 pounds.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th May 1908

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George J. Hess, president of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., and John C. Estes, superintendent of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., have been elected directors of the association retailers.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th March 1917

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Mermod-Jaccard-King - St. Louis - 1946

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One of the largest consignments of diamonds and rubies that ever passed through the St. Louis Custom House was received last week by Mermod-Jaccard Jewelry Co., from their buyer, C. F. Mathey, who has been in Paris for six weeks. The precious jewels, valued at $39,555, were all loose stones, and came packed in a white pine box, 8x12 inches in size.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 20th May 1891

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A. S. Mermod, of the Mermod-Jaccard Jewelry Co., returned home from Europe on the 25th inst. Mr. Mermod made large purchases of art goods for his firm.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 1st July 1891

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Goodman King, chairman of the advertising committee of the St. Louis Fall Festivities Association, says that the jewelry trade is contributing liberally to the fund which is being raised, and that the festivities are now an assured success and will be on a larger scale than ever before.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 1st July 1891

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Mermod-Jaccard-King - St. Louis - 1939

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The fire losses of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. have been adjusted by the insurance companies. The total insurance on the stock was $269,250. The insurance companies have paid for the losses on the stock, $155,273.43, and $44,000 of the $47,750 insurance on the fixtures has also been paid. The insurance on the building, amounting to $105,000, was settled for $97,750.

Source: The Keystone - May 1898

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Mrs. Lucy Clardy Gaither, 71, died May 2. She was sales representative for Mermod-Jaccard-King Jewelry Co., Inc., Saint Louis, for 32 years. Surviving are her daughter and two brothers.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - July 1957

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RELICS OF THE BIG FIRE

St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 8. The work of removing the valuable silver, china and glassware from the ruins of the Mermod-Jaccard building continues incessantly, and at the present rate it is thought the work will have been completed by the 15th of January.

Superintendent Vincent said that yesterday was a successful day, as far as finding valuables was concerned. Nearly 20 loads were taken out, and had been removed to the storeroom at 408 North Fourth street, by the time the workmen engaged in the digging quit work last night. Mr. Vincent said the value of yesterday's "discovery" would undoubtediy run up into the thousands of dollars, although it would be impossible to compute the actual value of the ware until the damage could be ascertained.

A curious incident was noticed in connection with the recovered valuables, which consisted mostly of china, silver and glass vases. While the silver and china vases were, some of them, hopelessly injured, the glass vases were comparatively intact. Hardly any of them were shattered; only a few were cracked, while the greater number will, with a little cleaning, be ready again for sale. This is regarded as decidedly strange, as the débris with which the vases were covered was over 10 feet deep.

The crowds have daily increased in density around the ruins, until it has become necessary to fence them in. A gate has been stretched across the alley in the rear of the building on Locust street. A large number of watchmen are still being kept around the place.

It is well worth a man's time to visit the storeroom on Fourth street. Vases, basins, candlesticks and dishes of various kinds are stored there, twisted into various shapes. Some of them are decidedly odd and fantastic, and would serve very well as curios in a museum. Perhaps one of the queerest results of the fire is a silver plated candelabra. There are four different branches to the candelabra that radiate in various directions, the object being to make it as fantastic as possible. These branches are bent in exactly the opposite manner in which they were originally constructed. No goldsmith could have made a prettier job of it. The basin of the candelabra is broken, but it is otherwise intact. Superintendent Elliott of the storeroom thinks it is one of the most curious objects that he ever beheld. The intrinsic value of the candelabra is about $35.

Another object of curiosity is an imported silver-plated cake stand. The basin of the stand consisted of valuable cut glass. The glass was broken by the falling timber, and the film of the stand that was designed to protect it from tarnishing was melted, but otherwise the stand was not injured. A handsome silver circular handle was not touched, but the glass immediately underneath was smashed into smithereens.

A valuable basin, estimated by the underwriters to be worth $800, was ruined by the fire. The basin is now in the office of Capt. Evans of the Salvage Corps, whither it was removed by order of the insurance men. The material is some kind of foreign ware, and is handsomely hand-painted. To the casual observer it would not seem to be damaged, but it is said that a small crack has rendered it almost worthless. The basin was standing in a show window at the time of the fire, and was apparently unscathed, When Capt. Evans started to remove the basin he found that, in addition to the crack, the top of the basin had been severed from the base, the same as if a sharp blade had been passed through it.

There are a number of other smaller basins and pieces of silverware in the valuables that have been removed to the storeroom.

As fast as they are taken out they are placed in coal oil, if there is any chance of saving them, whence they will later be taken and reburnished.

Source: The Jewelers' Review - 12th January 1898

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Goodman King, of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., St. Louis, attended the dedication of the Louisiana Purchase building at the Pan-American Exposition last week.

Source: The Jewelers' Review - 10th July 1901

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Notice of an increase in its capital stock from $500,000 to $800,000 was filed Friday by the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., St. Louis, 83 1-3 of the increase being paid. Of the new shares of stock, $100,000 will be preferred, entitled to interest at 7 per cent. With the notice of increase the firm filed a statement showing its assets to be $978,820.45, and liabilities $223,987.30.

Source: The Jewelers' Review - 10th July 1901

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A. S. Mermod, president of the Mermod-Jaccard Jewelry Co., St. Louis, has returned from a three months' trip to Europe.

Source: The Jewelers' Review - 24th July 1901

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The auction of the stocks of the late E. Jaccard Jewelry Co., St. Louis, and the Merrick, Walsh & Phelps Jewelry Co., which were purchased by the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., and which has been going on for the last three months, will be concluded on July 31.

Source: The Jewelers' Review - 31st July 1901

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The substitution act was performed on the Mermod, Jaccard Jewelry Co. , at St. Louis, recently, to the tune of $800, two large diamonds being stolen and white stones being substituted.

Source: The Manufacturing Jeweler - 3rd January 1895

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