Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1879 — Merit Always Wins. [ARTICLE]

Merit Always Wins.

Belding Bros. A Co., the well-known silk manufacturers, received the first premium at the St. Louis fair, Oct 6, in competition with goods manufactured by the Nonotuck Silk Company, after a thorough test of the length, strength and quality of both companies’ silks. — Chicago Tribune, Oct. 11.