Jacksonville, Florida Soft Drink Bottling Plants and
Brand Names starting with: "Q - R"



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 |Jacksonville Soft Drink Bottling Plants and Brand Names: "Q - R"                08-Oct-2004    URL address for the Jacksonville Softdrink Home Page:   http://www.ca-yd.com/html/jaxcomp/jaxcomps.htm                           Prepared by Chris Weide       |
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 |Year        Company                              Address                  City                 Prop.                            Phone                  Remarks                                                                  Existing Bottles              |
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 |1925      | Queen Bass Distributing Co.        | 9 Collins              | Jacksonville,  FL  | N/A                            | N/A                  | Found in the 1925 Florida Gazeteer under "Soft Drinks-Wholesale."      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | It is unknown whether this is just a distributor or was also a         |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | bottling plant.                                                        |                               |
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 |    Quench/Quencho/Quincho Root Beer  (1928 - 1933) :                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 |1928      | Quincho Root Beer Stand            | 2305 Enterprise        | Jacksonville, FL   | Aubrey F. Waff                 | N/A                  | This is only year a stand is shown at the Enterprise address, found    |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | in the City Dir.  The info. below comes from both City Dir. listings   |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | and from news paper articles.   There are multiple listings and        |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | locations for each year.  Details of this company are outlined in      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | detail in a Jacksonville Journal article dated 8/29/28.  The root      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | beer was brewed and sold on the premises, but it is unclear if any     |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | bottling actually took place.                                          |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | As reported in the Report to the Secretary of State-Florida, "Quencho  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Root Beer" was trademarked in the state of Florida on 06-27-28 by      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | W.J. Cooper. (president and manager of the company)                    |                               |
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 |1928      | Quencho Bev. Co.                   | 3321 Pearl, 578 Park,  | Jacksonville, FL   | Walter J. Cooper,              | N/A                  | Listed in the City Dir. with four addresses shown.                     |                               |
 |          |                                    | 2305 W. Beaver,        |                    | Pres. and Mgr.                 |                      |                                                                        |                               |
 |          |                                    | 109 W. Forsyth         |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        |                               |
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 |1929-31   | Quencho Bev. Co.                   | 3321 Pearl, 578 Park,  | Jacksonville, FL   | Walter J. Cooper,              | N/A                  | Two separate listings in the City Dir. with different addresses.       |                               |
 |          |                                    | 2305 W. Beaver,        |                    | Pres. and Mgr.                 |                      | The 3321 Pearl address is listed as "restaurant."                      |                               |
 |          |                                    | 109 W. Forsyth         |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        |                               |
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 |1931-32   | Quencho Bev. Co.                   | 3321 Pearl, 578 Park,  | Jacksonville, FL   | Walter J. Cooper               | N/A                  | Listed under "Beverage Manufacturers" in the City Dir.                 |                               |
 |          |                                    | 2305 W. Beaver,        |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        |                               |
 |          |                                    | 109 W. Forsyth         |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        |                               |
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 |1931-32   | Quench Root Beer                   | 3321 Pearl, 578 Park,  | Jacksonville, FL   | Goggin & Lown                  | N/A                  | Listed in the City Dir. with four addresses.                           |                               |
 |          |                                    | 2305 W. Beaver,        |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        |                               |
 |          |                                    | 109 W. Forsyth         |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        |                               |
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 |1932-33   | Quench Root Beer Stand             | 3321 Pearl             | Jacksonville, FL   | Walter J. Cooper               | N/A                  | Listed in the City Dir.                                                |                               |
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 |1912      | Quisisanna (pure spring water)     | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | The Bettes Pharmacy            | N/A                  | Listed in a Bettes Pharmacy advertisement in "The Mineral Water        |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Department."  Bettes is shown as the local distributor.                |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | This spring water is imported from Green Cove Springs, Fla.            |                               |
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 |1892      | Raabe, John C.                     | 146 W. Beaver          | Jacksonville, FL   | John C. Raabe                  | N/A                  | Listed in the City Dir. under "Soda Water Mfg."                        |                               |
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 |2001      | RC Cola                            | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | See 2001 listing for Southeast-Atlantic Beverage (Seabev).             |                               |
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 |    Red Rock  (1903 - 1948) :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 |1903      | Red Rock Ginger Ale                | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | See 1903 listing for White, Walton & Co.                               |                               |
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 |    1908  | Red Rock Ginger Ale                | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | Found in a Florida Times-Union advertisement dated 7/12/1908.          |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | "Red Rock Ginger Ale Made in Jacksonville" (no address is shown).      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Also states makers of "Lemo-Lime" and "Hagan's Root Beer."             |                               |
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 |1905-11   | Red Rock Co.                       | 520-524 E. 8th         | Jacksonville, FL   | R. C. White, Pres.             | N/A                  | Earliest reference is in Florida Times-Union ad dated July 2, 1905.    |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | City Directory listings start in 1906.   Listed under "Bottling        |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Works" in the City Dir. except for 1911 where it is listed under       |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | "Soda Waters."   1906-1908 are listed as 520 E. 8th, and 1909-1911     |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | are 520-524 E. 8th.  Some ads show Consolidated Grocery and White,     |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Walton & Co. as distributors.                                          |                               |
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 |1946      | Red Rock Cola                      | 740 King               | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | 1946 ad. states Red Rock Bottling Co. of Jacksonville as "Bottlers     |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | of Red Rock Cola."                                                     |                               |
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 |1947-48   | Red Rock Bott. Co. of              | 740 King               | Jacksonville, FL   | Ben F. Johnson Jr.             | Tel. 7-4646          | Listed under "Bottlers-Carbonated Beverages" in the City Dir.  Ad      | Players; 10 oz., Red and      |
 |          | Jacksonville                       |                        |                    |                                |                      | states "Bottlers of Red Rock Cola."   There are no listings for this   | White, Clear Glass, 1948,     |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | company from 1912-1946.   The 1947 Edition of the United Beverage      | Red Rock Bottling Co.,        |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Bureau Books lists Red Rock as bottlers of HEP.  Also Bottlers of      | Jacksonville, Fla.            |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Players (see bottle info at right for details.)                        |                               |
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 |1948      | Red Rock Bottling Co.              | 740 King               | Jacksonville, FL   | R. M. Hickman                  | N/A                  | Listed in the Wholesale Buyers Guide to Jacksonville-1948 and the      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | 1948 Florida Industrial Directory.                                     |                               |
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 |    Regent (1956 - 1962) :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 |1956      | Regent Beverages Inc.              | 640 E. 6th St.         | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | Elgin 3-7453         | Found in a May 1956 Florida Times-Union advertisement for Schweppes    |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Quinine Water with local company listed as Regent Beverages Inc.       |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | It is unknown whether this is a bottler of just a distributor.         |                               |
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 |1960-61   | Regent Beverages Inc.              | 640 E. 6th St.         | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | 3-7453               | Listed under the Schweppes Beverages listing in the 1960-61            |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | telephone directories.   It is unknown whether this is a bottler       |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | or just a distributor.                                                 |                               |
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 |1962      | Regent Beverages Inc.              | 5225 Edgewood Ct.      | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | EV-7-2534            | Listed under the Schweppes Beverages listing in the 1962 telephone     |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | directories.                                                           |                               |
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 |1919      | Reif's Special                     | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | Chas. Blum Bev. Co.            | Bell 188             | Found in a Time-Union ad dated 8-26-1919.   "By Golly, It's Good"      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | Distributors                   |                      | Non-alcoholic.  Charles Blum Beverage Co.-Distributors.                |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | This appears to be a grain/cereal based non-alcoholic beverage         |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | inspired by the Prohibition Amendment XVIII.                           |                               |
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 |    Rice Bottling Co (1942 - 1950) :                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 |1942      | Rice Bott. Co.                     | 1534 E. 8th            | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | 3-1011               | No listings appear in the City Dir. for this company until 1946 (or    | Grapette Soda, 6 oz., White,  |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | in the 1943 telephone directory).                                      | Clear glass, 1942, Rice's     |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | However, a 1942 bottle marked Rice's Bottling Co. exists.  See info    | Bott. Co., Jacksonville, Fla. |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | at right.   Also a War Dept. notice for the closing of this plant has  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | been found in the Jacksonville Journal dated August 14,1942.           |                               |
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 |1943      | Rice's Bott. Co.                   | 1534 E. 8th            | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | 3-1011               | Listed in the 1943 ed. of the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | yellow pages under "Bottlers."                                         |                               |
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 |1944      | Rice's Bott. Co.                   | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | No listings found in the City Directory for this year.                 |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Very confusing as the City Directory shows the 1534 E. 8th Street      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | as vacant during 1944, but the company was operating there during      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | 1943 and 1946.  The War Production Board ordered the company closed    |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | effective August 1942, so it is likely the company was not operating   |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | during 1944 (see War Board notice on webpage.)                         |                               |
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 |1946-49   | Rice Bott. Co.                     | 1534 E. 8th            | Jacksonville, FL   | 1946:  Lawrence L. Rice        | N/A                  | City Directory listings exist for 1946 & 1949 only.  Lawrence L Rice   |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | 1946:  Edward J. Salstad       |                      | residence address is listed as Roanoke, Va. and records indicate       |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | 1949:  Woodrow Carter,         |                      | there is a connection between this company, the Grapette Bottling Co.  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |        Plant Mgr.              |                      | Johnson City, Tenn. and Rice's Bottling Co. of Roanoke, Va.  A July    |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | 1949 ad lists Rice's Bottling Co. as the bottlers of Orange-Crush.     |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | E.J. Salstad is shown as also owning the Salstad Air Conditioning Co.  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | During 1947-48 there are no listings for Rice's Bottling Co. and the   |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | 1534 address is shown as the Salstad Air Conditioning Company.         |                               |
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 |1950      | Rice Bott. Co.                     | 1534 E. 8th St. and    | Jacksonville, FL   | Lawrence L. Rice               | N/A                  | Listed under "Bottlers-Carbonated Beverages" in the City Dir. at the   |                               |
 |          |                                    | 1239 Forest            |                    |                                |                      | 8th St address.   The 1950 edition of the United Beverage Bureau       |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Book lists this company with a start-up date of 10/1947 which          |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | conflicts with the above information.   Also shown as bottlers of      |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Grapette, BOTL-O, Old Colony, & Orange Crush.  NSDA records indicate   |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | this company was no longer a bottler of Old Colony and Orange Crush    |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | as of 1950 and shows the address on Forest St. (which is the           |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | address for Olmstead Orange-Crush Bottling Co.)                        |                               |
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 |1908      | E.A. Ricker and Sons               | 708 West Bay           | Jacksonville, FL   | E.A. Ricker                    | N/A                  | Listed in the City Directory under "Mineral Waters."  From 1904-07,    |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | E.A. Ricker was the Manger of Coca-Cola in Jacksonville.               |                               |
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 |1911      | Riverside Artesian Well Co.        | 111 West Forsyth St.   | Jacksonville, FL   | S.G. Price, President          | N/A                  | Listed in the City Directory under "Water Companies."                  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | G.M. Price, Vice President     |                      | Later listings during 1917-18 indicate Mineral Waters, but it unknown  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | J.S. Price, secretary-treas.   |                      | if this is a bottler.                                                  |                               |
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 |1914      | Riverside Artesian Well Co.        | 510 Dyal-Upchurch      | Jacksonville, FL   | S.G. Searing, President        | Tel. 2167            | Listed in the City Directory under "Water Companies."                  |                               |
 |          |                                    |      Building          |                    | Carlisle J. Price, V.P.        |                      | Later listings during 1917-18 indicate Mineral Waters, but it unknown  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | J.S. Price, secretary-treas.   |                      | if this is a bottler.                                                  |                               |
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 |1915      | Riverside Artesian Well Co.        | 404 Masonic Temple     | Jacksonville, FL   | S.G. Searing, President        | Tel. 2167            | Listed in the City Directory under "Waters."                           |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | Carlisle J. Price, V.P.        |                      | Later listings during 1917-18 indicate Mineral Waters, but it unknown  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | J.S. Price, secretary-treas.   |                      | if this is a bottler.                                                  |                               |
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 |1917-18   | Riverside Artesian Well Co.        | 395 Forest             | Jacksonville, FL   | S.G. Searing, President        | Tel. 2167            | Listed in the City Directory under "Mineral Waters."                   |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | Carlisle J. Price, V.P.        |                      |                                                                        |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    | J.S. Price, secretary-treas.   |                      |                                                                        |                               |
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 |1911      | Robt. W. Simms Co.                 | 330 W. Bay Street      | Jacksonville, FL   | Robt. W. Simms                 | 268                  | Listed in the 1911 Southern Bell Tel. & Telegraph directory.           |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Shown as bottlers of Celestins Vichy in several small advertisements.  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Also see listings for R.W. Simms.                                      |                               |
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 |1936-38   | Rock & Rye Bott. Co.               | 1704 Kings Rd.         | Jacksonville, FL   | Robert G. Parmelee             | N/A                  | Listed under "Bottlers-Carbonated Beverages" in the City Dir.          |                               |
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 |    Royal Palm (1965 - 1976) :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
 |1940      | Royal Palm                         | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | In the 1940 edition of "The Report of the Secretary of State-Florida   |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Trademarks", Royal Palm was registered on 5/30/1940.   Research        |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | has not revealed any local company bottling Royal Palm in              |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Jacksonville at this early date.  However T.G. Buckner (President of   |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Jacksonville Coca-Cola Bottling Co.) registered the trademark          |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | "Royal Palm Soda" with the Florida Secretary of State on 05-13-27.     |                               |
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 |1965      | Royal Palm                         | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | See 1965 listing for Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Co.  This is the       | Royal Palm, 10 oz., White,    |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | first actual reference to a Jacksonville Company bottling Royal Palm.  | Clear glass, 1965, Florida    |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        | Coca-Cola Bott. Co.,          |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        | Jacksonville, Fla.            |
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 |1968      | Royal Palm                         | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | See 1968 listing for Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Co.                    | Royal Palm, 10 oz., White,    |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        | Clear glass, 1968, Florida    |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        | Coca-Cola Bott. Co.,          |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      |                                                                        | Jacksonville, Fla.            |
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 |1976      | Royal Palm                         | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | See 1976 listing for Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Jacksonville            |                               |
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 |1931-32   | Royal Sales Co.                    | 235 W. Forsyth         | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | Listed in the 1931-32 Polk's City Directory under "Soft                |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Drinks-Wholesale."  It is unclear if this is a bottler or              |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | a distributor.                                                         |                               |
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 |1947-48   | Russell                            | N/A                    | Jacksonville, FL   | N/A                            | N/A                  | See  listing for Leonard Russell under "L."                            |                               |
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 |1889-19   | R. W. Simms                        | From 1896 thru 1918    | Jacksonville, FL   | Robt. W. Simms                 | N/A                  | Found in Library Card file under "Bottlers", with operating dates      |                               |
 |          | R. W. Simms Company                | addresses range from   |                    |                                |                      | of 1889-1918.   City Directory listings have only been found for       |                               |
 |          |                                    | 324 to 330 W. Bay      |                    |                                |                      | the years 1896-1919 listed under "Bottling Works".   Additional        |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | research would indicate this is a bottler/retailer of wines and        |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | liquors, however, 1915 advertisements also list Simms as a             |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | distributor of bottled mineral water under the name of                 |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Celestins Vichy.  Also shown as distributor for Cantrell &             |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | Cochrane's Belfast Ginger Ale in 1898, and Tate Spring Water in 1918.  |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | The 1919 listing in the City Directory lists R.W. Simms as             |                               |
 |          |                                    |                        |                    |                                |                      | "Mineral Waters."                                                      |                               |
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