The Argosy, June 1904 — page 95: what you’re looking at

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THE ARGOSY—ADVERTISING SECTION. It is Accident or Disease Only that i puts Horse Hair on the Market —e Not a Pleasant Thought to Dream Upon. Did You Sleep on a Hair Mattress Last Night? Mr. N. PASHKOW is a mattress renovator, of Newark, N.J. He issues a circular booming his method and its necessity. He probably knows his business, and he says: ‘*Hair is animal matter and is continually decaying. It is not healthy to sleep upon a mound of decayed animal matter’’—all of which is very true. It explains why more than 200 people a day order an Express Prepaid Ostermoor Mattress ‘15. Each OsTeERMOOR mattress is built~—not stuffed. In all respects practically uwn-wear-out-able, retaining its shape and elasticity under all sorts of conditions and hard usage. Hand-laid sheets of downy softness, each of the full size, are care- fully compressed into the tick, The OSTEKMOOR SizES AND PRICES 2 feet 6 inches wide, 25 lbs, $8.35 3 feet wide, 30 lbs. 10.00 3 feet 6 inches wide, l ] 70 35 lbs. 4 feet wide, 40 lbs. 13.35 4 feet 6 inches wide, oe 15.00 All 6 feet 3 inches long. Express Charges Prepaid. Patent Elastic Felt is purity itself, germ-free and vermin-proof. OSTERMOOR mattresses cannot get lumpy, never need renewing: an occasional sun-bath is all they require. The tick can be taken off and washed whenever soiled. Send for Book, Mailed Free 30 Nights’ FREE Trial Sleep on the OSTERMOOR thirty nights free and if it is not even all you have hoped for, if you don’t be- lieve it to be the equal in cleanliness, durability and comfort of any $50. hair mattress ever made, you can get your money back by return mail—'no ques- tions asked.” Tn two parts, 80 cents extra, Special sizes at special prices, Our 96-page book, “ The ‘Test of Time,”? not only treats exhaustively the mattress question, but also describes and illustrates (with scores of pictures), OsTERMOOR Cushions and Pillows, for Window Seats, Cozy Corners, Hall Benches and Easy Chairs; Boat Cushions, Carriage Cushions, Church Cushions—we have cushioned 25,000 Churches. It is an ency- clopadia of comfort and good taste—may we send it? Your name ona postal will do. It costs us 25 cents, but you are welcome to it—even if you send from curiosity alone, , Look Out! Dealers are trying to sell the “just as good kind.”” Ask to see the name “Os rTeERMOOR” aud our trade-mark label, sewn on the end. Show them you can't and wan’t be fooled. Its not ed? if it’s not an Osferszoor, Mattresses expressed, prepaid by us, same day check is received. Kstimates on cushions and samples of coverings by return mail. OSTERMOOR & COMPANY, ro Elizabeth St., New York Canadian Agency: The Alaska Feather and Down Co., Ltd., Montreal | : ‘ 7 RADE MAR bg NT ELAS Tic Tit answering this advertisement tt ts destrable that pou mention Vik ARGOSY. PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED cCOomiclooks.com