Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1899 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

NEARLY Fifty-eight Years Old! Its a long life, but devotion to the true interests and prosperity of the American People has won for it new friends as the years v rolled by and the original members of its family passed to their x} reward, and these admirers are loyal and steadfast today, with V faith in its teachings, and confir dence in the information which it brings to their homes and firesides. As a natural consequence it enjoys in its old age all the vitality and vigor of its youth, strengthened and ripened by the experiences of over half a century. It has lived on its merts, and on the cordial support of progressive Americans. It is “The New York Weekly Tribune,” acknowledged the country over as the leading National Family Newspaper. Recognizing its value to to those who desire all the news of the State and Nation, the publisher of the Republican (your own favorite home paper) has entered into an alliance with the “New Ycrk Weekly Tribune” which enables him to furnish both papers at the trifling cost of $1.75 per year. Every farmer and every villager owes to himself, to his family, and to the community in which he lives a cordial support of his local newspaper, as it works constantly and untiringly for his interest in every way, brings to his home all the news and happenings of his neighborhood, the doings of his friends, the condition and prospects for different crops, the prices in eome markets, and, in fact, is a weekly visitor 7 which should be found in every wide-awake progressive family. Just think of it! Both of these papers for only $ 1. 75 a year. Send all subscriptions to The Republican, Rensselaer, Ind.

f BICYCLES. 1 | Columbia Bevel-Gear Cbainless«« ' < 5 It is always ready to ride because the run- f r ning gear takes care of itself. There,is noth- r iing to entangle or soil the clothes because a it has no chain. It is the best hill-climber J because bevel-gearing never cramps or twists 4 under strains. J : ■ Columbia and fiartford Chain Ulbeels«« $ i 1 The 1899 driving gear, consisting of specially e ( * cut sprockets in combination with our B-block £ [ chamfered hardened pin chain, shows better £ 1 results under exhaustive laboratory and road S J tests than any other chain wheel mechanism, ; UedettoS” ? £ Vedettes are of handsome design, built of ex- 1 1 1 cellent material and are in every way adapted ] [ J to the many who desire new bicycles at s mod- 1 1 4 erate cost. - )' g PRICES: Chainless, $75; Columbia Chain ]! $ Wheels, SSO; Hartfords, $35; Vedettes, $25 j! ' and 26. J ' BARGAINS: We are offering a limited | ; number of Columbias. Model 46 (ladies’) 5 » $42.50. Models 45 and 49, (men’s) * ! S4O. Hartfords, Pattern 7, (men’s S3O) 5 ; (ladies’) s3l- ' j , See our artistic catalogue, booklets, folders, etc. J ; POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn, j ; B. FORSYTHE, a Columbia Dealer, Rensselaer. J

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