The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . The Worcester of iJ 423. CHARLES A. HO^ER. wear and gloves are his special depart-ments, also the wholesale department isunder his supervision, and his effortshave contributed to the general successof the establishment. Alexander J. Moir became a directorof the company in 1892, after being inthe store for seven years. Mr. Moir wasborn in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1870,and came to Worcester in 18S5. Hisparticular attention is given to the fancygoods department. D. H. Eames, the founder of the com-pany which bears his name, is
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . The Worcester of iJ 423. CHARLES A. HO^ER. wear and gloves are his special depart-ments, also the wholesale department isunder his supervision, and his effortshave contributed to the general successof the establishment. Alexander J. Moir became a directorof the company in 1892, after being inthe store for seven years. Mr. Moir wasborn in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1870,and came to Worcester in 18S5. Hisparticular attention is given to the fancygoods department. D. H. Eames, the founder of the com-pany which bears his name, is a native(if Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and firstcame to Worcester to engage in businessin 1846. On the first day of April, 1851,he, in company with William D. Tha}-er, took possession of the then newstore on Harrington corner, and began the long business career which isto-day without a parallel in the commercial life of Worcester. No oneof Mr. Eames contemporaries during the half century is occupying thesame location he did in 1851; very few if any of his associates at thattime are in activ
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