Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1908 — To the Public. [ARTICLE]

To the Public.

I have two very valuable inventions, one Is “horse shoeing stocks," with which the public is somewhat familiar, and the other is a wagon coupling. These articles are now being manufactured by me and sold at a good profit It takes money however, to enlarge the business, and I have decided to organize a stock company with a capital of $16,000.00, divided into 160 shares of SIOO.OO each. I will retain 76 shares for my invention, patents and good will of the business, and offer to the citizens of Rensselaer and vicinity the remaining 75 shares, or as many thereof as may be necessary to secure sufficient working capital to manufacture and place the goods on the market. The stock will be sold at par value. I will say, I will guarantee to each stockholders a square deal and my earnest and untiring efforts to make this home enterprise a complete success, and I am confident that it will not only build up our city, but will yield handsome profits to purchasers of the stock. Respectfully,

LUTHER HEMPHILL.