Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1909 — Laporte Man Offered $25,000 For Patent By Railroad Co. [ARTICLE]

Laporte Man Offered $25,000 For Patent By Railroad Co.

August Kempf, of Laporte, 1b the inventor of a steel-armored hose, and the Illinois Central railroad has offered him $25,000 for the letters patent on the Invention. He has refused the offer and a Laporte company is being organized to manufacture his Invention. The Pullman Car Co. is also said tb he after the patent. We are quiet people, but our bargains are noisy. THE FORBYTHE STORE.