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How Big Business Was Started.We print this newspaper story absolutely without comment:*‘E. S. Wells, who made a fortune out of the preparation known as ‘Rough on Rats,” of which he was the originator, died on Sunday at his home at Glenmore, N. J. He was born in Morgantown, W. Va., seventy-two years ago. Within four years Mr. Wells rose from extreme poverty to a positon of affluence through his invention. When Mr. Wells and the man with whom he then worked had only a single loaf of bread between them and starvation their last bit of food was eaten by rats. Mr. Wells then set about to discover a means to rid the world of rats. After numberless experiments he began the manufacture of Rough on Rats’ in an old barn in Jersey City. The preparation was flrst pedaled about in the locality, but Mr. Wells had bigger ideas. Every dollar he could spare was spent In | advertising, and the business grew so rapidly that at the end of four years he had an income of $100,000 a year. He preferred, however, to continue the business himself. In later years Mr. Wells became an enthusiastic horseman. His farm of 600 acres at Glen-; znoore contained a model stable.[ Among his horses were Raron Dillon ! and Red Lake. He bought Haron Dillon for $1,500, and within an hour refused an offe; of $5,000.”
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Wabeno Northern Wisconsin Advertiser
Wabeno, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jun 13, 1913
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