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Show FIVE COMPANIES IN ' j MARKETING COMBINE XEW YORK, Dec. 7. Five companies, compa-nies, operating 2nii tea and coffee stores and ranking together, it is said, as the largest distributor of these staples in this country, have been purchased bv Merrill Lynch company, bankers, for $J 0,000,000, it was announced here today. to-day. The .Tones Brothers Tea and Grand Union Tea companies, both established in 1872, and the Globe Grocery stores, Anchor Pottery company and Jones Brothers Importing company are the concerns bought. The new consolidation will lie headed head-ed by Harry Jones, it was stated, and application will be made for listing the stock on the New Yorit Stock exchange. |