Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1899 — LARGEST IN THE WORLD [ARTICLE]

LARGEST IN THE WORLD

Chicago Furniture Honee ITae Furnished Nearly a Million Homes. To be the largest furniture house in the worfd is a distinction which the John M. Smyth Company, 150 to 166 West Madison street, Chicago, enjoys. An idea of the magnitude of the establishment may be gained from the fact that the building contains seven and one-half acres of floor space and that during its third of a cenfjury of business it has furnished nearly three-quarters of a million homes, or more than the entire population of some States. Ohe of the business principles of the firm is if goods are not as represented they may be returned and the money will be refunded. The firm issues a large, beautifully illustrated catalogue of household goods which are retailed at wholesale prices. It will be sent free on application.