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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."
MERCHANTS.
WHOLESALE FLOUR, SALT, CEMENT, LIME.
HENRY T. JEFFERSON.
Of the firm of Jefferson & Co., Wholesale Flour, Salt, etc .; Grand Commander Knights Tem- plar of Kentucky, Louisville, Ky.
JAMES B. SPEED. J. B. Speed & Co., Salt, cement, Lime, etc., Louisville, Ky.
HATS, SHOES.
W. J. ABRAM. President Swann-Abram Hat Co., Louisville, Ky.
A. J. CALDWELL. Shoe Merchant, Danville, Ky.
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MERCHANTS. R. A. ROBINSON'S SONS,
RICHARD ALEXANDER ROBINSON, SR .* Born Oct. 23, 1817; Founder Robinson-Pettet Co. 1842; Founder Robinson Bros. & Co., 1878; Pres. 1872-1897, Union Cement & Lime Co .; First Pres., 1872-1897, Louisville Woolen Mills; Louis- ville Board of Trade, First Honorary Life Member, 1881; Director Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., 1865 and 1868-72; one of original Projectors and Directors of Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad Co .; Director Louisville Bridge Co., 1867 to 1871, Louisville, Ky. *Died December 9. 1897.
WORTHINGTON ROBINSON. Director Robinson-Pettet Co., Wholesale Drug- gists; Director R. A. Robinson's Sons, Louisville, Ky.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER ROBINSON.
Director Robinson-Pettet Co .; Pres., 1891-2, Nat. Wholesale Druggists' Assn .; Pres. Union Ce- ment & Lime Co .; Director R. A. Robinson's Sons; Director Louisville Cotton Mills Co., First Pres. 1888-1890; Director Louisville Woolen Mills; Director Board of Trade, First Vice- Pres. 1881-4; Chairman Exec. Com., 1882-4; Hon- orary Life Member, 1898, Louisville Commer- cial Club, Louisville, Ky.
CHARLES P. ROBINSON. President Robinson Bros. Co., Wholesale Hard- ware, Louisville, Ky.
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MERCHANTS. R. A. ROBINSON'S SONS.
R. A. ROBINSON.
Vice-President Robinson Bros. Co., Wholesale Hardware; President R. A. Robinson's Sons, Louisville, Ky.
GEORGE A. ROBINSON.
General Manager Louisville Woolen Mills; Vice- President R. A. Robinson's Sons; the First President of Louisville Commercial Club; the First Honarary Life Member of Commercial Club, Louisville, Ky.
ARCH. M. ROBINSON. Secretary and Treasurer Louisville Woolen Mills, Louisville, Ky.
A. LEE ROBINSON. Vice-President Robinson-Pettet Co .; Secretary R. A. Robinson's Sons, Inc .; Director Louis- ville Board of Trade, Louisville, Ky.
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MERCHANTS. WHOLESALE DRUGS.
CHARLES H. PETTET. President Robinson-Pettet Co., Wholesade Drugs, Louisville, Ky.
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ORLANDO C. RICHARDSON. Secretary Neat-Richardson Drug Co .; Former Judge Meade County Court; Master Degree Mason; Member Filson Club, Louis- ville, Ky.
CLOTHING --- FURNISHING GOODS.
HENRY LEVY. Levy Bros., Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Furnish- ing Goods, Louisville, Ky.
S. C. HEDDEN.
Clothing; President Commercial ville, Ky.
Club, Shelby-
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MERCHANTS. GRAIN --- ELEVATOR --- COAL.
CHARLES G. STRATER. Of Strater Bros., Grain, Louisville, Ky.
FRANK C. DICKSON. Vice-President Kentucky Public Grain Elevator Co., Louisville, Ky.
WILLIAM H. SLAUGHTER, JR. Miner and Shipper of Coal and Coke; Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Coal, Louisville, Ky.
CHARLES L. CRUSH. Manager Pacific Coal Co., Louisville, Ky.
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MERCHANTS. WHOLESALE FURNITURE --- LUMBER.
JOHN BENNETT. Wholesale Furniture, Louisville, Ky.
DILLER BENNETT.
Wholesale Furniture; the youngest wholesale merchant in Louisville, Ky.
CALVIN F. THOMAS. Lumber Contractor and Builder, Louisville, Ky.
HENRY KOEHLER. Of Firm of Henry Koehler & Co., Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Louisville, Ky.
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MERCHANTS. LUMBER --- ICE.
HUGHES MOORE. Wholesale Lumber, Louisville, Ky.
JOHN ROHRMAN. Ice Dealer; Member of Masonic, Odd Fellows and Red Men Orders and B. P. O. Elks, Louis- ville, Ky.
DYER AND'CLEANER --- TOWEL SUPPLY.
HENRY A. J. PULS. Dyer and Cleaner, Louisville, Ky.
F. W. SCHOPPENHORST.
Manager Louisville Towel Supply Co., ville, Ky.
Louls-
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MERCHANT TAILORS.
GEORGE FRITSCHNER. Of Firm of George Fritschner & Co., Merchant Tailors, Louisville, Ky.
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MARTIN J. WINN. Maker of Gentlemen's Garments, Louisville, Ky.
EDWARD A. GUILFOYLE. Of Firm of Guilfoyle & Simons, Merchant Tailors, Manufacturers of High Grade Uniforms, Louisville, Ky.
HENRY SCHOENING, JR. Tailors' Trimmings, Louisville, Ky.
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MUSIC CO .- THEATER MANAGERS.
ANTONIO C. MONTENEGRO. President Montenegro-Riehm Music Co., Louis- ville, Ky.
JOHN L. RIEHIM. Secretary and Treasurer Montenegro-Riehm Music Co., Louisville, Ky.
WILLIAM H. MEFFERT. Theater Proprietor and Manager, Louisville, Ky.
JOHN H. WHALLEN. Theater Proprietor and Manager, Louisville, Ky.
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HOTELS. GALT --- LOUISVILLE --- WILLARD.
A. R. COOPER.
Secretary, Treasurer and Manager Galt House, the famous hostelry of the South, Louis- ville, Ky.
GEORGE E. MULLIGAN.
Manager Louisville Hotel; Member Commercial Club, Louisville, Ky.
DAVID B. MULLIGAN. Associate Manager Louisville Hotel, Louis-
W. SCOTT MILLER. Manager Willard Hotel; 25 years in hotel busi- ness, beginning at Mammoth Cave, December 3, 1875; took charge of Willard Hotel Septem- ber, 1892, Louisville, Ky.
ville, Ky.
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HOTELS. SEELBACH --- PHOENIX
CHARLES SEELBACH.
Vice-President and Manager Phoenix Lexington, Ky. Hotel,
LOUIS SEELBACH. Proprietor Seelbach Hotel; Member Board of Trade and Commercial Club; Vice-President Board of Park Commissioners, Louis- ville, Ky.
OTTO SEELBACH. Manager Seelbach Hotel; Member Board of Trade and B. P. O. Elks No. 8, Louisville, Ky.
JULIUS C. SEELBACH. Clerk Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Ky.
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HOTELS.
FIFTH AVENUE --- LELAND --- VICTORIA --- NORRIS.
PIKE CAMPBELL.
Proprietor Fifth Avenue Hotel; Formerly of Cur- tin & Campbell, Designers and Builders of the Columbia and John C. Lewis Buildings, Louisville, Ky.
HARRY MILLER. Proprietor Victoria Hotel, Louisville, Ky.
JOHN SKAIN. 1 Proprietor Leland Hotel; Ex-President City Coun- cil; Commissioner Eastern Kentucky Asylum for the Insane, Lexington, Ky.
S. A. HARDESTY. Of S. A. Hardesty & Bro., Proprietors Norris House, the leading $2.00 hotel in Lebanon, Ky.
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BAKERY.
ISAAC F. WHITESIDES. Former Mayor of Jeffersonville, Ind .; Proprietor Whitesides' Bakery, Louisville, Ky.
W. S. WHITESIDES. Superintendent Whitesides' Bakery, Louis- ville, Ky.
BAKERY AND RESTAURANT.
FRANK ERPELDINGER. Secretary and Treasurer Vienna Bakery & Res- taurant Co., Louisville, Ky.
JULIUS MUENCH. Proprietor Muench's Bakery & Restaurant; Inner Guard No. 8 Elks; Chancellor Commander Mystic Lodge K. of P .; Member Com- mercial Club, Louisville, Ky.
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CONFECTIONERY, CATERER, RESTAURANT, ICE CREAM.
JOHN W. KLEIN.
Proprietor Klein & Son, Confectioners, Caterers and Ladies' Restaurant, Louisville, Ky.
ANTON BUSATH. Confectioner, manufactures only the very best confections, Louisville, Ky.
GEO. W. CUSCADEN.
Proprietor Cuscaden's Wholesale Ice Cream Works (factories Louisville, Cincinnati and Indianapolis); Member B. P. O. Elks No. 8, Knights of Honor; Knights and Ladies of Honor and Knights and Ladies of Security, Louisville, Ky.
THOMAS J. WATHEN. Ice Cream and Water Ices, Wholesale and Retail, Louisville, Ky.
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DISTILLERS.
MARION E. TAYLOR. Pres. Lou. Board of Trade 1901-2; Pres. Lou. Music Festival Assn. 1901-2; Senior Member Wright & Taylor, Distillers, Louisville, Ky.
J. W. McCULLOCH. Distiller, Owensboro, Ky.
SAMUEL GRABFELDER. Distiller, Louisville, Ky.
HERMAN VOLKERDING. President Jno. T. Barbee & Co., Distillers, Louis- ville, Ky.
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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."
DISTILLERS.
HANS MUELLER. Of Firm Mueller, Wathen & Kobert, Distillers, Lebanon, Ky.
CHARLES KOBERT. Of Firm Mueller, Wathen & Kobert, Distillers, Lebanon, Ky.
J. A. WATHEN.
Supervisor Fermentory Department Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co., Louisville, Ky.
J. B. WATHEN, JR. Of Firm of R. E. Wathen & Co., Distillers, Louisville, Ky.
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DISTILLERS.
HENRY A. THIERMAN .* President II. A. Thierman Co., Distillers, Louis- ville, Ky. *Died February 15, 1901.
WILLIAM RUEDEMAN.
President Mayflower Distillery Co .; Member Board of Trade, Commercial Club, Masonic Order, etc., Louisville, Ky.
ROBERT P. BONNIE. Of Bonnie Bros., Distillers, Louisville, Ky.
WILLIAM O. BONNIE. Of Bonnie Bros., Distillers, Louisville, Ky.
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DISTILLERS. J. T. S. BROWN & SONS.
DAVIS BROWN.
J. T. S. BROWN, JR.
J. T. S. BROWN, SR.
CREEL BROWN. HEWETT BROWN.
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DISTILLERS.
BERNARD BERNHEIM.
Bernheim Bros., Distillers, Louisville, Ky.
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D. H. RUSSELL. Secretary and Treasurer "Old Times" Distillery Distributing Co., Louisville, Ky.
JOIIN W. SLACK. President John W. Slack Co., Distillers, Louis- ville, Ky.
NATHAN M. URI. Sole Member Firm N. M. Uri & Co., Distillers; Thirty-second Degree Scottish Rites; St. George Lodge F. A. M .; Commercial Club; Knights of Honor, Louisville, Ky.
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DISTILLER AND WHOLESALE LIQUORS.
HILMAR EHRMANN.
Distiller and Wholesale Liquor Dealer, ville, Ky. Louis-
WILLIAM PATTERSON, JR. Wholesale Liquors; Commission Merchant; Louis- ville, Ky.
WHISKY, WINES AND LIQUORS.
AUGUST HOLLENBACH.
CHARLES SCHIMPELER. Wholesale Whiskies, Wines and Liquors, Louis- ville, Ky.
Wholesale and Retail Wines; only strictly first- class wine house in Louisville, Ky.
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BREWERS.
SENN & ACKERMAN BREWING CO.
FRANK SENN. President Senn & Ackerman Brewing Co., Louis- ville, Ky.
PHILIP ACKERMAN. Vice-President and Manager Senn & Ackerman Brewing Co., Louisville, Ky.
FRANK P. SENN. Treasurer Senn & Ackerman Brewing Co., Louis- ville, Ky.
EDWARD GEORGE HILL. Secretary Senn & Ackerman Brewing Co., Louis- ville, Ky.
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BREWERS
JOHN F. KELLNER. Pres. Frank Fehr Brewing Co .; Member Masonic Order (Blue Lodge No. 137 Scottish Rite Knights Templar and Mystic Shrine); Member Commercial Club; Board of Trade; Vice-Pres. Ger. Sec. Bank, Louisville, Ky.
FREDERICK F. KELLNER. Solicitor Frank Fehr Brewing Co .; Member Ma- sonic Order (Blue Lodge No. 137 Scottish Rite Knights Templar and Mystic Shrine), Louis- ville, Ky.
JOHN FRED OERTEL. Proprietor Butchertown Brewery, Louisville, Ky.
THEODORE MENK. Proprietor Lexington Street Brewing Co., Louis- ville, Ky.
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FETTER'S "NOTABLE MEN OF KENTUCKY."
BREWERS, DISTILLERS' SUPPLIES.
JOHN E. WALTER. John E. and Frank Walter, Proprietors Clay Street Brewery, Louisville, Ky.
FRANK WALTER. John E. and Frank Walter, Proprietors Clay Street Brewery, Louisville, Ky.
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WILLIAM PALMER. Proprietor Clifton Brewery, Louisville, Ky.
JOHN W. BILES. President The Turney-Drier Co., Distillers' Sup- plies, Louisville, Ky.
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PACKERS, STOCK YARD COMPANIES.
HENRY F. EMBRY.
President Conrad Provision Co., Pork Packers; Tatum, Embry & Co., Live Stock Commission Merchants, Louisville, Ky.
LOUIS P. BORNWASSER. Pork and Beef Packer, Louisville, Ky.
BENJAMIN H. HURT. President Central Stock Yards Co., Louisville, Ky.
G. ALLEN BIRCH. Superintendent Bourbon Stock Yards Co., Louis- ville, Ky.
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MEATS.
GOTTLIEB LAYER. Meats; President New Southern Malting Co .; Park Commissioner, Louisville, Ky.
HENRY STRAUS. Meats, Louisville, Ky.
WILL F. HOERTER. Meats, Louisville, Ky.
JOSEPHI GATTERDAM. Meats, Louisville, Ky.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
JOHN MAAS. JR. Funeral Director; President of the Falls Cities Funeral Directors' Association, Louis- ville. Ky.
HENRY SCHOPPENHORST. Funeral Director and Embalmer; Vice-President Funeral Directors' Association, Louis- ville. Ky.
AL. S. SMITH. Funeral Director; Secretary of the Falls Cities Funeral Directors' Association, Louis- ville, Ky.
HENRY BOSSE, JR. Funeral Director; Treasurer Funeral Directors' Association, Louisville, Ky.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS, CARRIAGE CO ..
LORENZO D. PEARSON.
Of L. D. Pearson & Son, Funeral Directors; oldest undertaker in State, fifty-five years in business, Louisville, Ky.
EDWARD C. PEARSON. Of L. D. Pearson & Son, Funeral Directors; Treas urer Kentucky Funeral Directors' Associa- tion, Louisville, Ky.
JOIIN C. SCHILDT. Of C. Schildt & Son, Funeral Directors; Corre- sponding Secretary Kentucky Funeral Directors' Association, Louis- ville, Ky,
JOHN E. ROCHIE. President Louisville Carriage Co .; Roche, Hydes Co .; first to introduce the automobile in Kentucky; Secretary and Treasurer Walkers Creek Coal & Coke Co., Louisville, Ky.
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LIVE STOCK BROKERS LIVERYMEN, MAIL CONTRACTOR.
CLIFTON TATUM.
Senior Member of the firm of Tatum, Embry & Co., Live Stock Commission Merchants; also of J. F. Kurfees Paint Co., Louisville, Ky.
W. DOUGLAS ROACH. Live Stock Broker, Horse and Mule Dealer, Ship- per of Mules and Horses, Louisville, Ky.
GARRET D. WILSON. Livery and Sale Stables, Horsemen's Headquar- ters; the finest and best equipped stable in the world. Lexington, Ky.
M. R. PORTMAN. Government Mail Contractor; Liveryman; Mem- ber Red Men, Cherokee No. 8, Louis- ville, Ky.
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TOBACCO WAREHOUSES BROKERS, CLEARING HOUSE.
EDWARD J. O'BRIEN. Tobacco Broker; President Louisville Leaf To- bacco Exchange, Louisville, Ky.
JAMES S. PHELPS. SR. Retired Tobacco Merchant; identified with the tobacco trade for over forty years. Louisville, Ky.
CHARLES A. BRIDGES. Senior Member of firm of C. A. Bridges & Co., Proprietors Pickett Tobacco Warehouse; Former President Louisville Leaf To- bacco Exchange Louisville, Ky.
ISHAM BRIDGES.
Son of Chas. A. Bridges; Manager Louisville Clearing House; Secretary Kentucky Bank- ing Association; Pendennis Club. Louis- ville, Ky.
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TOBACCO WAREHOUSES -- WORKS.
JAMES M. BUCKNER.
President Buckner Tobacco Warehouse Louisville, Ky.
Co.,
JOHN G. HARRIS. Of Meguiar, Harris & Co., Managers Ninth Street Tobacco Warehouse, Louisville, Ky.
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LABAN M. RICE. Of Rice & Turner Tobacco Warehouse, Louis- ville, Ky.
FERDINAND J. PFINGST .* Former Proprietor of National Tobacco Works, Louisville, Ky. *Died June 18. 1901.
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BREEDERS OF RACE HORSES, FARMERS.
JOHN T. HUGHIES.
Owner and Dealer in Fancy Horses; Farmer; native of Fayette County ; a self-made man. Lexington, Ky.
MAJOR BARAK G. THOMAS. Breeder of Race Horses; many great race horses have been given by him to the turf; Hira Villa, six miles north of Lexington, Ky.
TURFMAN, TOBACCO BUYER.
W. M. WALLACE. Turfman, Lexington, Ky.
E. CARL FRANKE. Tobacco Buyer, Louisville, Ky.
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SEED GROWER, HORTICULTURIST, FARMERS.
. FRANK WOOD.
Of firm of Wood, Stubbs & Co., Growers, Im- porters and Exporters of Seeds of all kinds, Louisville, Ky.
EDWARD F. WETSTEIN. Horticulturist; Secretary and Treasurer Garden- ers' & Farmers' Market Co .; Vice-Presi- dent Deaconess Home and Hospital. Louisville, Ky.
CHARLES C. SPALDING. Farmer; Graduate of St. Mary's College; Member Legislature from Marion County, two terms; Delegate Dem. Nat. Con., Kansas City; Member Dem. State Campaign Com .. Lebanon, Ky.
E. G. MCGINNIS. Farmer, Eminence, Ky.
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FLORISTS.
HENRY NANZ. Secretary and Manager Nanz & Neuner, Inc., Flor- ists, founded 1850, incorporated 1896. Louisville, Ky.
HERBERT G. WALKER. Florist, Louisville, Ky.
EDWARD G. REIMERS. Florist. Louisville, Ky.
JOSEPH E. MARRET. Florist, Louisville, Ky.
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MERCHANTS.
GROCERY, HARDWARE.
WILLIAM E. GRINSTEAD. Of firm W. E. Grinstead & Co., over forty-six years in the wholesale grocery business. Louisville, Kv.
J. P. FRANK. President J. P. Frank Grocery Co., Wholesale Grocery and Hardware, Danville, Ky.
F. T. GUNTHER.
Wholesale Grocer; Vice-President National De- posit Bank, Owensboro, Ky.
C. P. CECIL, JR. Merchant, Grocery, Hardware, etc., Danville, Ky.
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MERCHANTS.
GROCERY.
JOHN KIEFER. Groceries and Provisions, Louisville, Ky.
PAUL A. NEFF. Grocer, Louisville, Ky.
CHARLES V. WOODS. Grocer, Louisville, Ky.
JOSEPHI W. IRVINE. Grocer, Lebanon, Ky.
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MERCHANTS.
GROCERY, HARDWARE, WHOLESALE PRODUCE.
CHARLES E. RUNYAN. Grocer, Louisville, Ky.
BEN. J. DURHAM. IIardware Merchant, Danville, Ky.
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FREDERICK KLUSMEIER. Groceries and Provisions, Louisville, Ky.
DAVID B. SPERRY. Wholesale Produce, Louisville, Ky.
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MERCHANTS.
WHOLESALE PRODUCE.
WALTER S. MITCHELL. President National League of Commission Mer. chants of United States; of firm of Mayer, Mitchell & Co., Wholesale Produce, Louis- ville, Ky.
HARRY R. WHITESIDE. Wholesale Produce: President Jobbers' Associa- tion of Louisville, Ky.
WALTER S. MAYER. Of firm of Mayer, Mitchell & Co., Wholesale Pro- duce and Foreign Fruits, Louisville, Ky.
ALFRED E. MAYER. Of firm of Mayer, Mitchell & Co., Wholesale Pro- duce and Foreign Fruits, Louisville, Ky.
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MERCHANTS. INVENTOR, JEWELER, CEMENT DEALER.
ROBERT L. MARSHALL .* Inventor of Notable Watch Appliances; Jeweler and Optician; Watch Inspector for Illinois Central Railroad, Elizabethtown, Ky.
PAUL C. BARTH .* Cement Dealer; with Utica Lime Co. twenty-five years, Louisville, Ky.
*Photographs received too late for proper classification.
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