Information Regarding Mermod & Jaccard

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R. O. Bolt, secretary and manager of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., does not agree with Thomas Nixon Carter, Professor of Economics in Harvard University, that there is need of a revision of the Ten Commandments. Quoted, among others, by a St. Louis daily newspaper, he says: “The Ten Commandments are all right as they are. They have stood the test for all these centuries and they will stand the test for future centuries. Lots of good people have lived by them in the past and people will still be able to live good lives if they stay by the Ten Commandments.”

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 3rd November 1909

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The jewelry house of Mermod Jaccard at St. Louis and other business houses were burned; loss, $335,000.

Source: Clinton Morning Age - 22nd December 1897

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An inventory of the estate of the late Charles F. Mathey, who was treasurer of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., filed for probate Thursday, shows the deceased to have been the possessor of 1,000 shares of stock in the company valued at $100,000, and to also have owned considerable real estate.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 22nd May 1895

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Goodman King, president of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., will return within the next two weeks from Europe, where he has been making heavy purchases and executing some commissions for private individuals. R. O. Bolt, secretary of the company, will return Monday from a vacation trip. John J. Menges, buyer for the firm, started Saturday on his vacation.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 30th August 1911

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L. W. Waldecker has resigned his position with the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., to take charge of the solid silver and plated ware department of the new store of F. W. Drosten Jewelry Co. Mr. Waldecker was formerly with Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 15th November 1905

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Goodman King, president of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., returned home, Saturday, from a business trip of several weeks’ duration in New York. R. Niehaus, buyer of art goods and chinaware, also returned with Mr. King.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th November 1906

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Joseph S. Loftis has been succeeded as manager of the St. Louis branch of Loftis Bros. & Co., in the Carleton building, by F. M. Williamson. Mr. Loftis has gone to Pittsburg, Pa., to take charge of the company’s interests lately acquired there. Mr. Williamson was formerly with the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th September 1905

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A tramp, one afternoon last week, threw a large stone through a heavy plate glass showcase in the store of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., St. Louis, Mo., and thrusting in his hand, snatched two watches valued at $255. He was caught just as he was about to make off with the timepieces. At the Central District police station the prisoner gave his name as Jos. Neidhart, 32 years of age, and said he lived at 1110 N. 3d St.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th April 1908

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Alec D. Mermod, son of the late A. S. Mermod, was married here Wednesday, to Miss Sadie Barron Walton, of this city. The happy couple left on a southern honeymoon trip.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th February 1905

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R. Niehaus, of the china and bric-a-brac department of the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., has returned from New York. Goodman King, president, and Adolph Boldt, secretary, are expected back this week.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th April 1907

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The Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. opened their branch store at the N. E. corner Olive and 6th Sts. on the 21st inst.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th May 1898


A. S. Mermod, of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., has gone to New York, whence he will leave for Europe in the interests of his house.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th May 1898

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A partial image of the New York branch of Mermod, Jaccard & King from 1906:



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Mermod, Jaccard & King - St. Louis - 1904

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The large new clock in front of the Mermod & Jaccard building is now complete and running. It is a Johnson pneumatic system clock.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 5th July 1899

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A. S. Mermod, of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., St. Louis, Mo. and Isaac Swope of Isaac Swope & Co , of the same city, were among the passengers for Europe on the Lahn which sailed May 22d.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 30th May 1894

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Slight Fire at Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co.’s Branch Store

St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 11.—A fire occurred at the branch of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., located at 514 Locust St., yesterday at 3.30 o’clock p. m. A photographer was taking a flashlight picture of the Christmas display, when the flash lit inflammable material nearby. With quick work the fire was extinguished with $250 loss; insured.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th December 1898

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A. S. Mermod Honored on the 50th Anniversary of His Business Career

St. Louis, Mo., Nov. i.—Augustus S. Mermod, president of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., celebrated the 50th anniversary of his arrival in St. Louis Monday. The occasion was made a half holiday for the managers and employes of the firm.

The big store on Broadway and Locust St. was handsomely and tastefully decorated when Mr. Mermod arrived in the morning. He was met at the entrance by D. C. Jaccard, who escorted him into the midst of 200 employes and friends who were assembled around the beautiful golden receptacle which contained the testimonial to be presented to Mr. Mermod. Goodman King, secretary of the firm, addressed Mr. Mermod after quiet was restored. He then presented him with the testimonial in the form of a book 16x20 inches, enclosed in a Louis Quinze table, solidly gilded, the upper part being of glass with a lid. It is beautifully lined with silk plush and resting inside exposed to view was the testimonial.

The exterior of the book is made of white Levantine kid, on the center of which is placed in solid gold letters the initials A. S. M. On either side of the letters, embossed in gold, is placed "1845-1895," and beneath the monogram are the words, “ October 28th, St. Louis.” On the second leaf, in illuminated text appears the following inscription:

“ Dedicated to Augustus S. Mermod, Esq.. President of the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, commemorating the Golden Anniversary of his arrival in the City of St. Louis, 1845—October —1895.”

An address to Mr. Mermod is inscribed on the next page, opposite to which are placed portraits of D. C. Jaccard, C. F. Mathey and Goodman King, with their signatures attached, surmounted by the inscription:

“ An honest man is the noblest work of God.” Your Lifetime Associates.

The names of the members of the establishment and the employes in the various branches of the manufacturing department of the firm then follow. On the next leaf is shown a picture of St. Louis in 1845, and of St. Louis in 1895, with a cut of the present Mermod & Jaccard building.

As the golden anniversary also celebrated Mr. Mermod’s crystal wedding, he was presented at the same time with a magnificent cut glass, gold inlaid vase, filled with fifty roses.

Mr. Mermod came here 50 years ago direct from the mountains of Switzerland and opened a small jewelry store on Main St. between Locust and Vine Sts., then an important center of the retail trade. For two years he conducted this small store alone, making a name for honest and fair dealing. He was a bachelor then and lived in a room next door to his store. In 1847 he was joined by his old schoolboy friend and associate D. C. Jaccard, and the two then formed the partnership and started the firm that has grown to be the largest west of New York.

During the 50 years of Mr. Mermod’s life in St. Louis he has been known as a progressive, liberal, broad minded citizen, always ready to assist in any public enterprise, and the kindest of employers. He is held in the highest esteem by his associates and employes.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 6th November 1895

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A Fine Gem

The lovers of fine jewels have had a treat this week in the exhibition at the Mermod Jaccard Jewelry Co. of a magnificent opal nearly one and one-half inches in diameter, and the stone is of extraordinary lustre and the play and reflection of the prismatic colors was simply wonderful. It is surrounded by a circlet of twenty-three diamonds and is said to be the finest opal in America.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 11th February 1891

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W. E. Campbell, advertising manager for the Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., has gone to Minneapolis on personal business.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st February 1906

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The Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co. were awarded the silverware contract for the new Planter’s House on wares manufactured by Reed & Barton, Taunton, Mass. It is said to be the largest and most valuable order for ware placed in the United States this year.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 27th June 1894

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