Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
S1OOi
Genuine Diamonds Found in Cans of Tea
and Coffee

Genuine Diamonds Found in Cans OF Tea
and Coffee.
The Merchants Tea Company, of Chi
cago, have opened branch store at 524 J
street, between Fifth and Sixth streets.
Their teas and coffees are packed in paper
cans the tea can and contents weighing
about one and half pounds: the coffee
can and contents weighing about three
pounds. Every can contains a souvenir,
such as solid gold, silver and nickel watches.
Also, genuine diamonds, rubes, sapphires,
emeralds, pearls and other jewellery. This
company has adopted this method of ad-
vertising their choice teas and coffee, but
after fifteen days they will be sold only on
their merits, at the same prices, the same
quality and same quantity, but without the
souvenir This company has established
seventy-six branches in various parts of
the United States, none of which are now
giving the souvenirs in the cans of teas and
coffee, as the time has expired, Yet said
agents has large and rapidly growing
| trade. as the superior quality of their
goods become known. Below is a par
tial list OF the fortunate purchasers
who found valuable souvenirs thus far
| G. I'll. Menke. ranchman, Reuters Sta
ton, stemwinding watch A. A. Hutch
son, stem-winding watch; Adie Grand,
| $50 X street, solid gold ring; Mrs w. Z.
Plat, 7l9 l. street, child's gold ring; Geo. w.
Ficks, REcoRD-UNIoN Office. GIG Seventh
street. genuine diamond ring Miss Lille
| Saunders, gents gold hunting-case watch :;
Mrs. Geo. Richie, 923 l street, genuine
| diamond ring; Mrs. J. E. Davey, 1165 X
street, gold ring; James R. Wheat, 400
4 !. on
| w. II. Colcord, live stock dealer, pair soil
| taire diamond eardrops Mrs. Graf, 1928
| K street, solid gold ring; Thomas Groves,
milkman, genuine diamond stud Mrs. J.
NJ. Bryant, 15lS Eleventh street, gold ring /;
John Rider. book agent, San Francisco,
| found lady's gold watch in can of tea |;
Jennie Allen, corner Seventh and H streets,
genuine diamond ring; NJ. L. Gardner, 1905
G street, solid gold ring Andrew Joice,
brakeman c. p. Ry, ladys gold watch; Mrs.
Hickman, 1906 Seventh street, child's gold
! ring; Miss 1. Maginn, 220 n street, lady solid
gold hunting case watch, in a can of tea; 2.
l.. Paul, Tin Shop of tie c. p. Ry., stem
winding and stem setting watch William
Cartright ranchman, solitaire diamond
ring Mrs ". Z. Allen, 913 p street. solid
gold ring; Master Charles Morrison, Eenu-
| Inc diamond lace pin; Thomas J. Brown,
San Jose, lady's solid gold hunting-case
watch; c. X. Daugherty, groceryman, 1921
J street, genuine diamond ring; Mrs. W.
Notari, 523 j street. solid gold ring; Mrs
f. Evans, Washington, Yolo county, solid
gold ring in Il can of tea; Mrs, D. Maginn.
No. 30 \ street. lady's chatelaine watch
| also, gold ring, in can of tea; c. d.
Drake, porter Pullman palace car, ladys
gold hunting-case watch; Miss Nols Wash
ington, solid gold ring, in a can of coffee,
Miss King, 0 street, between Fifth and
Sixth, gold lingering Martin Jackson;
bricklayer, -arge oin-silver, full-jeweled
American watch in a can of tea Miss E.
keuchler, corner Tenth and f streets, gold
| ring; Mrs. NJ. Johnson, washwoman, gem
uine diamond ring; John Gray, 123 J
street, child's solid gold lingering, in
can of tea Miss Fannie Cook, saleslady,
solitaire diamond ring; Andrew Joice,
teamster, lady's gold hunting-case watch,
in can of tea; Miss Carrie Holt, sales
lady, genuine diamond stud, in a can of
| coffee. Orders by mail should be accom-
panied by cash or poslofiice order. and will
be promptly filed and forwarded to any
address i'll the United States Prices single
| cans, 81 each 6 cans for So; twelve for $40 !;
twenty-five for $50; sixty-five for $50
Open from s \. NJ. till 8 p. M