Inventions Patent Activity Highlights Major Firms
The U S Patent Office issued 379 patents to American inventors in the past week with 88 selling all or part of their inventions before issuance. Notable buyers include New Britain Machine Co Syracuse Chilled Plow Co Ellwood City Gas Engine Co Dietrich Gear Co Winslow Bros Co Eastman Kodak Co General Electric Co Manhattan Brass Co. Readers may obtain a free list of manufacturers from Sues & Co. patent lawyers in Omaha. A quip notes miners descend to work and a novelty upright plane priced at 118 dollars from Schmoller Mueller Omaha.
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U. S
Eastman Kodak Co
New York
General Electric Co
Manhattan Brass Co
Sues & Co
Patent Lawyers and Solicitors
Bee Bldg
Omaha
Neb
Rediscover Red Cross Starch Offer Promises Free Gifts
An old advertisement touts Red Cross laundry starch by J. C. Hubinger offering coupons for free gifts including two starch packages two Shakespeare pictures and a calendar. Grocers grant ten free packages and calendar pieces to five buyers via the Endless Chain Starch Book scheme as cotton mill investment totals rise in the South.
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RED Cross
J. C. Hubinger
A Mammoth Institution of The John M Smyth Co
The John M Smyth Co located at 150 to 166 West Madison street Chicago has thrived for a third of a century and furnished over a half a million homes in the area. It offers an immense illustrated catalogue with prices for every household article. A sample image shows a lady's ulster as an example of its extraordinary values.
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John M. Smyth Co
West
Madison Street
Chicago
Ulster
John M. Smyth Company
Never Grip Nor Gripe Openings and Obsolete Nails
A quirky, anachronistic note recalls old times with advice about doors and pills and a line about nails being slowly wrought a half century ago. The piece blends cautionary phrases with dated products and crafts.
Shake into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Powder Ad
An advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder promises quick relief for tight new shoes and aching feet. It claims to cure corns bunions and sweaty feet and offers a free sample by mail from Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Improvements on B and O South Western Railroad Progress
The Baltimore and Ohio South Western line from Parkersburg to East St. Louis advances rapidly with 17000 tons of 85 pound steel rails placed and 25000 more to come amid mill delays. Gravel ballast totals reach 125 miles with 200 more planned. Grading changes aim for a uniform one half per cent slope Cincinnati to St. Louis, reducing curvature and cutting a mile and a half off a segment along with seven bridges abandoned.
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Baltimore and Ohio South Western
Parkersburg
East St. Louis
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Bank of England Burns 350000 Notes Weekly
The Bank of England destroys about 350 000 notes each week to replace them with freshly printed ones. One evening in every week is set aside for this costly bonfire.
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Bank of England
The Man Who Sells His Vote Proclaims a Moral Gap
A brief reflective line notes that a voter selling his vote may gain immediate results but lose what he truly deserves, highlighting the moral cost of vote buying and the justice of rightful outcomes.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
One hundred dollar reward offer for incurable catarrh claims with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Statements from West and Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse F. J. Cheney Co Toledo for business integrity. Cure taken internally, 15c per bottle, testimonials free, sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills noted as best.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Wholeyale
Wholeyale Druggists
Ohio
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Ayer
Buckingham
Matt & Co
Nasnua
Aatua
Schmoller & Mueller
Farnam St
Bere & Pation
Hutesonu
Douglas Street
Lydia E. Pinkham
Oberts’ Supply House
Minneapolis
Minn
God
Geo. H. Richmans
Dearborn St
Pommel
Rider
Saddie Perry
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Candy Cathartic
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Dowgiac
Rannon
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
B. Treat & Co., Publishers
New York City
O’parrell
New York Avenue
Shington, D. C
KE. M. Qelston CO
Attermeya
Washington, D. C
Ziegler Co
Monon
W.N.Y. Omaha
Thompson
Piso
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