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Serving the Community since 1905 By Rachel Harper
Pearl Brothers offers hometown service
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Pearl Brothers Hardware store in Joplin, Mo., has been around since 1905, although it has not always in the same location that is today. The actual Pearl brothers originally opened the hardware store at 2nd and Main in Joplin. The initial store opened as a hardware store offering sporting goods and a pawn shop. In 1949, father and son Jake and Jo-
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seph Berger, businessmen from Kansas City, Mo., who moved to the area and purchased the store. They did not make any name changes since it was a well-established business. In 1964, they moved the business to the location where it is today on Joplin’s Main Street, and joined True Value for which the name today is known as Pearl Brothers True Value Hardware. With this change, JUNE 28, 2021
