Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1894 — HOUSEHOLD TREASURE. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD TREASURE.

Growing Popularity of the Oxford Sewing Machines. There is nothing more truly a household treasure than a good sewing machine. To be without it is to be willfully deprived of the immense advantage of one of the greatest of all inventions. A machine once bought is a perpetual treasure. It demands no wages, occasions no expense or trouble and is always ready without a moment’s notice to render the work of the laborious housewife tenfold more efficient and expeditious. Some machines combine the best ideas and suggestions which have been so abundantly intro-. duced in this remarkable mechanism. A machine which exhibits in liberal combination all the best features introduced is the Oxford Improved Sewing Machine, made by the Oxford Manufacturing Company, Chicago, description and cut of which can be seen in the advertising columns of this paper. They make high and low arm machines, with lock-stitch shuttle.rmmingliirht and quiet. These machines have the following important features: Cheapness (ranging from $10.50 upward;) perfect, almost self-adjusting and graduated tension; are under con trol of the operator, and are always positive in their working. They are entirely selfthreading in all points, including the shuttle. The needle is self-setting, and the attachments are quickly and easily placed and fastened. The shuttle has an easy oscillating motion, causing it to keep its proper place against the race. Their Oxford, Home and Columbia Machines, with attachments, were awarded the medal premium at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago.