Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1917 — Is a Mere Memory Now. [ARTICLE]

Is a Mere Memory Now.

Staid granddads of today can likely hark back to the supreme joy of early youth when they first donned a pair of copper-toed boots, some three-score years ago. " It Is interesting to learn, from a writer in the Toronto Star, that their inception was due to a Canadian, one Newman Silverthorne, whose brain was quickened in this direction by his own exigencies in tramping through wild country. Naturally, boot manufacturers did not wax enthusiastic over an innovation that lengthened the life of their wares at such a small extra cost, and It was only by his own exertions, in advertising that he created a market for a production that received the benedlction of many paterfamHtaS.though his exclusive enjoyment of the patent lasted but six years, and was Then promptly shelved by the manufacturers. Mr. Silverthorne is still enjoying a green old age, under the loving care of a daughter.