The Red Cloud chief., 1877-03-22

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THE EUREKA BOAT CLUB AND THISTLE
BAND.
The now famous crew which came ~
near winning the prize against the
world at the Centennial international
Regatta last August. IL from The Clark
! Thread Company's works principally.
, II has q list Of thirty-hv active and
about fortv honorary members. IL II
the champion crew of the P~assaic. and
| has beaten the celebrated Atlantic crew
Of New York. The crew which rnwed
in the international contest at Phila
delphia was a. follows: j. II. Angle
man. stroke: i. Young. third: w.
Ryno. second: j. Young. how and cap
tain. They won the first heat on
Monday. August 2s. 1870. beating the
Dublin and Argonauta crews. On the
second day they were beaten by the
only six seconds. the Beaverwycks
winning the championship If the
world on the last day. the Newark boys
Of the Clark Thread Company coming
very close 10 the championship Of the
world. The Thistle Band. one Of the
best i'm the state. IN organized from the
tTnitttt ttS bl INV Nf'tDi'tIN aiNI Iiatr
for all the manv excursions and festi-
walls Of the employees. besides answer.
ing outside calls when male. They
accompanied the Eurekas Ia PhilYiel-
phia. and also the grand excursion ~
the EMPLOYEES To the Centennial las,
wear. and always play at all the regattAs
in which the Eurek = take part
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOPS. BOX
FACTORY AND PRINTING HOUSE.
The Clark Thread Company do all
their own printing and lithographing
at the works here. -Four printing
presses are kept running all the time.
and in the Autograph department
steam press and six or eight hand iitho
graph presses are cohstinually employ
ed. In both departments the practice
Offthe art preventative ~ In the highest
STYLE. Orders for the paper box depart
ment in the One item OF straw board
are given as high as eighty tn one
hundred tons at a time. In the machine
shop a large number Of men are en-
ployed in making new machinery and
keeping in repair the vast quantity In
use in the various departments Of the
works. The cabinet factory turns on
about tws hnndred cabinets per day.
Then the bobbins. &c, used In the mill
are made here. In fact about all the
Clark Thread Works go outside for IL
the raw material. They manufacture
all they use. except a few Of the more
intricate or patented machines.
HOW CLARK's .o. y r" SPOOL COTTON
ORIGINATED.
Until within a few years. the great
difficulty to be overcome In the intro
duction Of sewing machines. was the
objections made By manufacturers and
operators To the then popular threads.
These complaints were 80 loud and well
founded that the sale Of sewing ma
chimes was greaflv impeded on account
Of the impossIbility Of obtaining a
thread adapted to their use. Mr. Geo.
A. Clark. approaching the difficulty. IN
trOdnced into the American market tn
now famous six cord CiArk's %. y. 7.
Spool Cotton, which met the demand,
did away with all objections, and long
since established its reputation a. the
hest thread in use for sewing machines
hand sewing. To Mr.. George A.
Clark belongs the credit Of being the
first to supply those fine qualities Of
six cord Spool Cotton with which his
name is associated. The thread Is used
and recommended by the agents OF the
Singer. Wheeler & Wilson. Grover &
Domestic, American, Home. Flor
Weed. Wilson. Bleea. Remington,
Secor. Home, Lathrop and other sew
ing machine companiea- The superior
Of ClaTk's %. ". T. Spool
soon SECURED for IL an immense
market, but with the great popularity
Of the goods came also counterfeits
which made it necessary for the manu- |
TO adopt q trade mark for their
,wn and the public's protection, and |
upon every genuine spool Of the r
ID the following:
cLARK'S %. n. r. SPOOL COTTON |
GEORGE A. CLARE, SOLE AGENT. =
This trade marx u familiar In ~vs>
merchant In the United ekates. ana "a