What is the name of the brewing company who brewed Bevo in the early 20th century, and is based in St. Louis, Missouri?
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC is a brewing company based in St. Louis, Missouri USA and headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.
 Since 2008, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) which also has its North American regional management headquarters in St. Louis.
Bevo
Bevo was a non-alcoholic malt beverage, or near beer, brewed in the United States by the Anheuser-Busch company beginning in the early 20th century.
 Bevo enjoyed its greatest success during the time of prohibition, when beer, wine and distilled liquors, were made illegal for thirteen years.
Hibiscus calyphyllus
The lemonyellow rosemallow ("Hibiscus calyphyllus", syn.
 "Hibiscus calycinus, Hibiscus chrysantha, Hibiscus chrysanthus, Hibiscus rockii") is a shrub from tropical Africa belonging to the Hibiscus genus.
 In 1883 this Hibiscus was offered for sale in England under the name "Hibiscus chrysanthus" with Port Natal, Cape Colony (now South Africa), identified as the source.
 By 1891 the same Hibiscus was identified as "Hibiscus chrysantha" in the United States, a practice which may have continued into the 1930s and contributed to incorrect species identification.
 In 1892 the name "Hibiscus calycinus" was designated as the correct name for the species; but, by 1894 the currently accepted name "Hibiscus calyphyllus" is found in association with "Hibiscus calycinus".
 At the beginning of the 20th century, this Hibiscus was sold as seeds in the United States under the name "Hibiscus Giant Yellow".
 Because of the similarity of the flowers, it is quite common to find Abelmoschus manihot confused with "Hibiscus calyphyllus" in the early 20th century gardening literature of the United States, particularly in the area of cold tolerance.
 If the species identification is correct, the 1903 report in The Flower Garden states that: ""Giant Yellow is a beautiful canary yellow with crimson throat, hardy as far north as St. Louis, but safer in the cellar above that latitude"", then "Hibiscus calyphyllus" may have some degree of cold tolerance.
 St. Louis, Missouri is in USDA Zone 6a but there are currently no reports of "Hibiscus calyphyllus" overwintering in USDA Zone 6a; it is known to overwinter successfully in USDA Zone 8a. Falstaff Brewing Corporation
The Falstaff Brewing Corporation was a major American brewery located in St. Louis, Missouri.
 With roots in the 1838 Lemp Brewery of St. Louis, the company was renamed after the Shakespearean character Sir John Falstaff in 1903.
 Production peaked in 1965 with 7,010,218 barrels brewed, and then dropped 70% in the next 10 years.
 While its smaller labels linger on today, its main label Falstaff Beer went out of production in 2005.
 The rights to the brand are currently owned by Pabst Brewing Company. Brown Shoe Company's Homes-Take Factory
Brown Shoe Company's Homes-Take Factory, also known as the International Hat Company Warehouse, is a historic building location at 1201 Russell Boulevard in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
 Built in 1904, by renowned architect Albert B. Groves, the building was originally a factory for the Brown Shoe Company, based in St. Louis.
 In 1954, the factory was subsequently converted into a warehouse by the International Hat Company.
 The site has been recognized as a testament to Grove's architectural expertise in the principles of factory design, namely technical advances in layout planning, operational efficiency, and employee safety.
 Additionally, the factory epitomizes the early 20th century cultural transformation and socio-industrial development of St. Louis into a manufacturing powerhouse.
 In particular, the Brown Shoe Company is recognized as a principal player in challenging the 19th century dominance of the New England shoe industry.
 This significantly contributed to the early 20th century sobriquet of St. Louis as the city of "shoes, booze, and blues."
 The Brown Shoe Company's Homes-Take factory is considered to be among the pioneering industrial facilities of this historic transformation. History of Missouri
The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC.
 Subsequent periods of native life emerged until the 17th century.
 New France set up small settlements, and in 1803 Napoleonic France sold the area to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
 Statehood for Missouri came following a compromise in 1820 that allowed slavery.
 Settlement was rapid after 1820, aided by a network of rivers navigable by steamboats, centered in the dominant city St. Louis.
 It attracted European immigrants, especially Germans; the business community had a large Yankee element as well.
 The Civil War saw numerous small battles and control by the Union.
 After the war, its economy became more diverse, and railroads, centered in Kansas City, opened up new farmlands in the west.
 In the early 20th century Progressive reforms sought to modernize state and local government and minimize political corruption.
 During the 20th century, Missouri's economy diversified further, and it developed a balanced agricultural and economic sector.
 By the 21st century manufacturing was fading, as service industries grew, especially in medicine, education and tourism.
 Agriculture remained profitable, as the farms grew larger and fewer people lived on them. F. Weber &amp; Company, Inc.
F. Weber Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer and supplier of artists' materials.
 Established in 1853 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the F. Weber Company, Inc. is the oldest and one of the largest manufacturers of art materials in the United States.
 The company has been known for quality and innovation throughout their history, for example in the late 19th and early 20th centuries—the golden years of the prestigious World Fair—F. Weber & Co. frequently won gold medals for its fine quality products.
 Exhibitions included: 1873 Vienna; 1876 Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia; 1893 Columbian Exposition, Chicago; 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis; 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco; and 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia.
 Following the death of Fredrick W. Weber Sr. in 1919, his two sons Fred W. Weber and Ernest Weber had the company incorporated and renamed it F. Weber Co., Inc.
 Fred W. Weber was a successful artist, chemist, inventor, and businessman, he was responsible for much of the innovation in product development from taking over in 1919 to his retirement in 1967.
 With his long list of innovations, a majority of which decreased the toxicity of necessary painting supplies, Fred W. Weber elevated the company to further prominence in the US art supplies market.
 His expertise in the arts as well as science along with the publication of his first book "Artists Pigments" (Van Nostrand 1923) made him a desirable lecturer on the topic of art.
 He provided advice to many celebrated 20th century artists, including: Thomas Hart Benton, Dean Cornwell, Arthur Dove, Peter Hurd, Norman Rockwell, NC Wyeth, and Andrew Wyeth.
 At this time the company had its factory and headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and retail locations in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and St. Louis.
 The company was bought by Visual Art Industries of Brooklyn, NY in 1980.
 Honoring the Weber family, the name was not removed from the company.
 The company is now officially the Martin F. Weber Co. and still produces a variety of art supplies, including the original non-toxic white color "Permalba" formulated by Fred W. Weber himself in 1921.
 The modern company is also known for its artists signature kits designed for revered television artists such as Jon Gnagy, Bob Ross, Susan Scheme, Robert Wyland and Bruce Blitz. Streetcars in St. Louis
Streetcars in St. Louis, Missouri operated as part of the transportation network of St. Louis from the middle of the 19th century through the early 1960s.
 During the first forty years of the streetcar in the city, a variety of private companies operated several dozen lines; from the start of the 20th century, most of these companies consolidated into the St. Louis Public Service Company, which served both the city of St. Louis and neighboring St. Louis County, Missouri.
 Other private companies, such as those serving the Metro East region or St. Charles, Missouri, continued separate operations.
 Starting in the 1930s and continuing through the 1960s, St. Louis Public Service ended all streetcar service, while other regional operators also ended their services. Knapp, Stout &amp; Co.
Knapp, Stout & Co. was a lumber company based in Menomonie, Wisconsin in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
 The company was established in 1846, when John Holly Knapp and William Wilson purchased half of interest in a lumber mill on the Red Cedar River from David Black; it was originally known as Black & Knapp.
 Later Andrew Tainter acquired a quarter-interest, and the company has become Knapp-Tainter Lumber Company.
 Henry Stout bought a quarter interest in the company in 1853, and its name became Knapp, Stout & Company.
 The company's location allowed it to control the lumber industry in the region, and by 1870 it controlled the logging industry in the Red Cedar River valley.
 In 1878, the company incorporated, and its official name became the Knapp, Stout & Co., Company.
 The company employed over 2,000 workers in the Menomonie area and produced 85 million board feet of lumber on average yearly from 1871 to 1896; its output made it the largest lumber company in the world.
 In the 1880s, the company expanded to sites along the Mississippi River, opening offices in Dubuque, Iowa, Read's Landing, Minnesota, and St. Louis.
 By the 1900s, the company had largely depleted its lumber supply; it closed many of its camps and dissolved early in the 20th century.
 The company sent out its last shipment of lumber on August 12, 1901. Bottoms Gang
The Bottoms Gang was an American street gang that terrorized St. Louis, Missouri in the early 20th century.
 Their main criminal activities included voter intimidation, armed robbery, assault, illegal lottery, and murder.
 The gang's members were primarily Irish-American, with a handful of German and Missouri Creole hoodlums sprinkled in their ranks.
 The ferocious Bottoms Gang had a meteoric rise and fall in St. Louis's underworld.
 They feuded with the larger Egan's Rats gang and became notorious for going out of their way to attack members of the St. Louis Police Department.
 They made up for their lack of numbers with frenzied brutality and reckless nerve.
 Crippled by arrests and murders, the Bottoms Gang had ceased to exist by the time America entered World War I.