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Show FARWELL & CO., OF CHICACO. The Oldest Dry Goods Firm In That City to Incorporate Next Year, Chicago, Oct. 1. Following in the lino of some of the most prominent and successful firms in Chicago, the old and well established firm of John V. Farwell & Co. have decided to incorporate incor-porate the first of next year. The capital cap-ital will be about $5,000,000, but no prospectus will be issued, or stock offered of-fered to the public. It is understood other firms are also considering such a change, as this is now generally conceded con-ceded to be the most approved organization organi-zation for conducting business. The firm is the oldest dry goods jobbing house in Chicago and is prominent, not only for long and unblemished record, but also for the fact that one of its members is a United Senator for Illinois. Illi-nois. According to the mercantile report re-port the capital of the firm is six mil-lions.and mil-lions.and their annual business twenty-two twenty-two millions. . |