Hess & Culbertson of St. Louis

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S. R. Culbertson and A. O. Grimes, of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., have gone to Walloon Lake, Mich., where they will remain until the middle of September.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th August 1913

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Miss E. Idler and Miss M. Trautman, of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., have gone to Denver and Colorado Springs, where they will remain until the middle of September.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th August 1913

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George J. Hess, president of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., has returned from Ocean Grove, N. J., where he spent a month with his family. His family will not return to St. Louis until Sept. 1.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th August 1913

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Samuel E Bamber, secretary and manager of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., one of best-known jewelry men in St. Louis and through the west, through which he traveled extensively, disappeared mysteriously Thursday morning, Oct. 27. After six days of anxious searching he was found Wednesday afternoon, Nov 3, wandering along a road near Normandy, a St. Louis suburb. His mind was a blank and on being taken to his home he did not recognize it or his wife and children. After a night’s sleep he recognized his family, but could not tell where he had been since his disappearance. His clothing and shoes indicated that he had walked much and fared badly. Mr. Bamber had for time been suffering from nervous strain. He was subject to periods of depression and abstraction and at times passed acquaintances without recognizing them. Thursday morning he left the store without saying where he going. He did not go home, and when inquiry was made later in the day no trace of him could be found.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th November 1915

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Hess & Culbertson - St. Louis - 1944

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Hess & Culbertson - St. Louis - 1917

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George J. Hess, president of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., will leave in a few days for the east.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 30th August 1916

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Louis Kurtzeborn, of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., has been obliged to close his new Summer cottage at Piasa Chautauqua on account of illness of one of his children and the family has returned to the city, but he will not be back at the store until Sept. 1.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 30th August 1916

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Filing of the last will and testament of the late George J. Hess, founder of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., reveals the fact that he created a trust estate for the benefit of his widow, Mrs. Maud L. Hess. Under its provisions she is to receive an income of $500 per month and any excess income from his estate is to be equally divided between his two daughters, Mrs. Virginia B. Baird of Shreveport, La., and Mrs. Mildred A. Dunbar of St. Louis. In addition to creating this trust fund, the deceased made a number of specific bequests in his will, among them being gifts of $200 each to all employes who have been in his service for more than 15 years. Another personal bequest was of $1,000 to Walter Infield, an employe, provided he was still working for the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co. Larger bequests of $5,000 each were made to Mrs. Mattie B. Hart, a sister; Mrs. Betty Haxenstadt, a sister-in-law, and to his son Burchard O. Hess of Chicago. One provision in his will is a request that his holdings in the company be held indefinitely unless some unforeseen circumstance should arise to make it advisable that they be sold. No public statement of the value of the estate was made. Lee J. Vogt, re-elected to succeed him as president of the company, and James V. Dunbar, a son-in-law, were named as executors of the will and have been duly qualified.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st April 1926

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Hess & Culbertson - St. Louis - 1927

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Goodman King, president of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., and Rolla W. Hess, of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., were delegates to the National Good Roads Convention, held this week in St. Louis. Mr. King represented the Conventions Bureau, and Mr. Hess the Million Population Club.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 5th October 1910

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George Mitchell and W. R. Sprague, formerly with the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., have taken positions with the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th January 1913

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Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co. - St. Louis - 1920

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George J. Hess, president of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., was a member of a committee of three which had charge of the arrangements for a banquet complimentary to Craig MacQuaid, given by his friends in Ascalon Commandery, Knights Templar, at Mercantile Club, Saturday night. Among the participants were S. D. Culbertson, Samuel E. Bamber, Frederick W. Drosten, Martin Hacker, Rolla W. Hess and William H. Hettel.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st February 1911

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Samuel E. Bamber, formerly secretary and manager of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., who disappeared the latter part of October and was missing six days, concerning which his memory is a blank and whose connection with the Hess & Culbertson house was afterward severed, has been appointed manager of the jewelry business of S. Ruby at 409 N. 6th St. He entered upon his new duties Monday. Roy Culbertson has been made secretary of the Hess & Culbertson Co., and Leo Vogt, who has been treasurer, will hereafter serve as both treasurer and manager.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st December 1915

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Officers arrested two youths this week in the store of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., 9th and Olive Sts., where they attempted to buy a watch and tendered in payment a check, which was considered suspicious. The two young men entered the store and asked to be shown some men’s watches, and finally selected one for $150. In making payment a check for $689, payable to Mrs. S. F. Christy, and signed by a local investment concern, was offered. Officials in the store sent for the police to investigate, and the two were taken in custody for questioning by the authorities. Later the police reported that one of them admitted that the check had been abstracted from the house mail box of the party to whom the check was made out, and the pair were held.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th November 1925

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The Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co. has just completed and delivered 32 very handsome solid gold medals as prizes for the winners of the five teams of the Missouri and St. Louis ten-pin association.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th May 1904

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The Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co. is represented by a team composed of Ernie Beger and Jack Grosse in the St. Louis Ten Pin Bowling League. A delegation from the store accompanied them when they bowled for doubles and singles at the Converse alleys a few nights ago.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th February 1918

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The interior of the store of the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co., 9th and Olive Sts., has been completely overhauled and redecorated for the opening of the new Fall season. Ceilings and walls have been furnished up with a new coat of white and the result is that the store presents an inviting aspect in keeping with the opening of a new season’s business.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th September 1926

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Medals to be awarded for the best speech in a contest of Four-Minute men, have been donated by the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th November 1918

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