In 1869, A.L. Ege & Co. established a wholesale billiard and bar supplies company in St. Paul, Minnesota.  During the early 1900s, the company was located at 220 East Seventh Street. 

Benedict Dorsey & Sons established a china and glassware house in Philadelphia in 1815.  The company later operated under a number of different names including; Kaub, Fymier, & Edwards, Frymier & Edwards, Charles B. Edwards & Co., Earl S. Edwards, and the Edwards China Company.  Charles Bockius Edwards became the president of the company and renamed it Charles B. Edwards & Co. during the late 1890s.  Following his death in 1908, his son Earl Sallada Edwards took over and renamed it the Edwards China Company.

S. Eckhaus was a dealer in china and house furnishings during the early 1900s in Baltimore, Maryland.  The company was known to import china from Japan.

Henry B. Howland operated a jewelry store in New Bedford, Connecticut during the early 1900s.

Manderscheid Sons Co. operated a wholesale liquor business in Sioux City, Iowa during the early 1900s, and were sole agents for Pabst Brewing Company beers.  The company was owned by John Manderscheid and his two sons, Henry, and J. H. Manderscheid.  The Manderscheid's also ran a saloon in Sioux City. 

The Marshall Milling Company was a flour mill which produced Marshall's Best Flour.  It was established during the late 1800s and was acquired by the Eagle Roller Mill Company in 1914.

In 1856, Edward Campbell Simmons began a hardware business in St. Louis, dealing in hardware and sporting goods.  In 1866, Simmons began to use the Keen Kutter trade name, which became synonymous with his hardware company.  The Simmons Hardware Company was first used after its incorporation in 1873.  By the early 1900s, the company had branches in Minneapolis, Soiux City, IA, Wichita, KS, Ogden, UT, Toledo, OH, and New York City. In 1940, the Shapleigh Hardware Company of St. Louis purchased the Simmons Hardware Company and acquired the Keen Kutter trademark.

William Edgar Mettler grew up in the rural estate of his father in which he later rented land and began a lumber business.  For nearly ten years during the early 19oos, he worked as a lumber dealer on his fathers land.  In later years, he moved to the Springfield Township where he devoted his time to general farming and stock raising.

Albert M. Heinl was listed as a saloon keeper in Lexington, Kentucky in the 1898-1899 Lexington City Directory, and again in the 1900 Federal Census.  He did business as A.M. Heinl & Co. and partnered with Ed Lauck.  They were advertised as a saloon and dealers in choice wines, liquors and cigars. Heinl died at 41 years of age on October 21, 1908.

Charles Haas operated a wines, liquors, and cigars business in Blue Island, Illinois.  His business was located at 264 Western Avenue.

In 1876, Charles H. Werner established a business in the White's Opera House building, described as importers, jobbers, and brokers of crockery, glassware, lamp goods, Ohio stoneware, and other goods.  In 1886, Werner moved to 15 and 17 Monroe Avenue following the "great fire" which destroyed the opera house.  On August 17, 1898, articles of incorporation was filed in Detroit by Charles Werner & Sons at a new location; 253 and 255 Randolph Street. 

The Consolidated Ice Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is said to have been the first company to manufacture ice in Pittsburgh rather than ship it down by river from upstate New York and then storing for sale.  Its logo showing a polar bear standing face to face on different ice floes with an explorer holding a rifle.  The scene was recreated on a  Consolidated Ice Company parade float which was featured during a 1908 sesquicentennial celebration of Pittsburgh parade.

In January 1898, the partnership of Bernard Frank & Co. dissolved stemming from differences between Leo Frank and his partners over a patent pertaining to "improvements in match safes."  Immediately thereafter, Frank & De Keyser succeeded Bernard Frank & Co..  Frank & De Keyser were dealers in house furnishing goods and specialties. 

In 1854, Lazarus Straus moved to Philadelphia with his three sons, Isidor, Oscar, and Nathan.  Soon after the ending of the Civil War, Lazarus began importing cut glass from Bavaria.  Once relocated to New York, his son Isidor joined him in 1865 and formed L. Straus & Son, importers of china, pottery, and glassware.  In 1872, Nathan joined his brother and father and the name of the company was changed to L. Straus & Sons.  Both Isidor and Nathan had also become employed with R.H. Macy & Company, in which L. Straus  & Sons provided all the china and glassware.  The company of L. Straus & Sons became the largest direct importers of  china, pottery, & glassware by the 1880s. 

Believed to operate as a bank.

Oliver J. Bryer operated a wholesale and retail wines & liquors business in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Little else is known of Bryer and his establishment.

During the 1890s and early 1900s, the firm of  Pike, Madoc, & Booth  operated as dealers of fine china, glassware, and silverware in Utica, New York.  At some point in time, George W. Booth, a partner in the firm was replaced and the company became known as Pike, Madoc, & Smith.  By 1904 or 1905, it was simply listed as Pike & Madoc.  In 1906, Pike & Madoc sold its entire holdings in lieu of going into bankruptcy.

In 1891, at 43 years of age, German born Hugo Thuemler moved from his homeland of Germany to Pittsburg, PA (the city of Pittsburgh was spelled without the “h” from 1890 to 1911).  In 1898, he established the Thuemler Manufacturing Company in Rochester.  The company was described as “manufacturer of novelties, decorators of china and glassware.”  Thuemler became a prolific producer of advertising and souvenir glasses, mugs and steins. 

In 1901, he relocated his firm to the Second National Bank building in suburban Sewickley, Pa.  He also maintained a second address, most likely a sales office, at 1507 Liberty Avenue in Pittsburg.  At this point Thuemler’s wares bear his “Pittsburg” pottery mark and the Rochester mark was dropped.  Although the large majority of miniature mug match holders do not bear any manufacturer’s mark, a large number are attributed to Thuemler. 

In Sewickley, Thuemler was known to reside at the Elmhurst Inn, a former mansion which had been enlarged and converted to a boarding house and hotel.  He and his wife Gertrude remained there until his death at the age of 61.   Thuemler died at the Elmhurst Inn on September 1, 1908, a victim of “acute indigestion.”  At the time, he was listed as president of the Thuemler Glass Manufacturing Company.  Following his death, all references to the company disappear from Pittsburgh directories.