Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1899 — LARGEST IN THE WORLD. [ARTICLE]

LARGEST IN THE WORLD.

Chicago Furniture House Ha* Fur* nished Nearly a Million Home*. To be the largest furniture house in the world is a distinction which the John M. Smyth Company, 150 to 166 West Madison street, Chicago, enjoys. Ah idea of the magnitude of the establishment may be gained from the faet that the building contains seven and one-half acres of floor space and that during its third *f a century of business it has furnished nearly three-quarters of a million homes, or more than the entire population of some States. One 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.