The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ods, from the artistic fabrics,embroideries, laces, etc., to the cheapest calicoes, flannels and dress-goods department has long been famous in this region, and inevery other line in variety and quality its stock is unsurpassed by that ofany other dry-goods store in this country. Ladies suits, cloaks andmillinery are well-known specialties. The house has a large mail-orderbusiness, and gives prompt service and other facilities to buyers equal tothose of the largest metropolitan establishments. In the line of h
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ods, from the artistic fabrics,embroideries, laces, etc., to the cheapest calicoes, flannels and dress-goods department has long been famous in this region, and inevery other line in variety and quality its stock is unsurpassed by that ofany other dry-goods store in this country. Ladies suits, cloaks andmillinery are well-known specialties. The house has a large mail-orderbusiness, and gives prompt service and other facilities to buyers equal tothose of the largest metropolitan establishments. In the line of house-furnishing goods, sheetings, napkins, table-linens, car-pets and upholstery, curtains, tapestries, etc., this house stands unrivaled,and it frequently equips hotels and other public institutions in various partsof the country. Mr. Sumner died in 1893, and Mr. Barnard, the senior member of thefirm, in 1897. The officers of the corporation at present are: Otis E. Put-nam, President and Treasurer; Edward P. Sumner, Vice-President; A. , Assistant JOSIAH H. CLARKE. The Worcester of 1898. 417 J. H. Clarke & Company. — The wholesale and retail dry-go(xls businessnow as formeii} conducted under the firm name of J. H. Clarke & Com-pany, was established in 1846 by Newcomb, Thayer & Clarke. In 1851 B. Clarke became sole proprietor, and two years later the ownershipwas transferred to his brother, Josiah H. Clarke, who was for more thanforty-four years identified with the business. In 1864 Mr. Thomas B. Eatonentered the firm and remained until 1882, and on his retirement Mr. Clarkeformed a new co-partnership with H. A. Johnson and C. H. Carpenter,which continued until January, 1897, when Mr. Clarke withdrew, hisinterest being purchased by Messrs. Johnson, Carpenter and Thomas , who now constitute the firm. For some years the store was locatedin the Partridge block, opposite the Central Exchange, but for a quarter ofa century it has occupied its pre
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