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Show y j IHE BROWN SHOE COMPANY Iri Continues to Make Wonderful Gains. j , The Brown Shoe company, St. Louis. ' -t hivejust finished their semi-annual ln-) ln-) Tolcicg and paid a handsome cash dlv-yF dlv-yF ' Hind to stockholders. They have made s,saln in sales, over 12D3 on the basis rff two lullllon dollars per annum, and : f"crr three million dollars, gain over This Is the best showing from , trery standpoint of any six months In l"l. lie history of the company. 7$ Thslr exhibit and model factory at 'sGt 1 th-: World's fair, showing how Star-t Star-t i-Etar shoes are made, is pronounced : ih finest exhibit ever made in the hls- Tgy Ij'pry of shoe manufacturing. |