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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

RUDOLPH NEY.
    Rudolph Ney, manager and part owner of the Boston Store at Fort Smith,
Arkansas, has been identified with the commercial interests of this city for a
period of twenty-eight years, or since 1893, and in this interval he has made
steady progress, contributing not only to his own success but also to the
commercial advancement and upbuilding of the city. He dates his residence in
America from about 1S80, having come to this country from the Palatinate, where
his birth occurred. He located first in New York city, where he resided for a
time and then crossed the continent to Colorado, where he remained until he came
to Fort Smith in the year 1893. His previous experience along commercial lines
and his recognized ability led to his appointment to the position of department
manager in the Boston Store when he came to Port Smith. In the intervening years
be has steadily advanced as the result of the capability and efficiency which he
has displayed and is now general manager and part owner of this store, which was
founded in 1879 by the firm of Baer Brothers & Fuller, the partners in (he
undertaking being Julius Baer, Sigmund Baer and Aaron Puller. At a later period
the business was incorporated with Aaron Puller as the president, H. Kaufman as
vice president, G. E. Berson as treasurer and Rudolph Ney as secretary. The
store has been gradually enlarged until it has become one of the leading
mercantile enterprises of the state and is the largest in Fort Smith. In fact it
would be a credit to a city of many times the size of Fort Smith, owing to the
attractive line of goods carried, the beauty of the display, the honorable
methods of the house and the earnest effort put forth to please the customers.
The company has always maintained the highest standards in the line of goods
carried, in the personnel of the establishment and in the treatment rendered to
its patrons and thus its success has constantly grown. The efficiency,
farsightedness and enterprise of Mr. Ney have led to his being made general
manager, and as the years have passed he has acquired stock in the enterprise.
Moreover, he is one of the stockholders in the Goldman Hotel Company and
whatever he undertakes he carries forward to success, allowing no obstacles or
difficulties to bar his progress if they can be overcome by persistent, earnest
and honorable effort.

    Mr. Ney was united in marriage to Miss Marie Baer and they have become
parents of a son, Lester, who is a veteran of the World war. While America was
at war with Germany, Mr. Ney took a prominent part in the sale of Liberty bonds
and in support of all the activities which arose out of war conditions necessary
for the successful prosecution of hostilities. He has made a most creditable
record in business circles and is prominent as a man whose constantly expanding
powers have taken him from humble surroundings to the field of large enterprises
and continually broadening opportunities. To the solution of complex problems he
brings a clear understanding and his powers of coordination have enabled him to
unite unrelated and even diverse elements into a harmonious whole.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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