Yesterday the S. C. Dyke & Co. produced the first clay marbles ever made in this country

THE FIRST MARBLES MADE IN AMERICA

Thursday afternoon in this city, S. C. Dyke, at his factory on South Main street, for the little toy jugs that have helped to make Akron known in all parts of the country, made the first marbles ever made in America for the market.

At some of the potteries in this vicinity, the men have sometimes made some marbles for themselves or their little folks, but these made by Mr. Dyke yesterday was the first "brownies" or "commas" so far as known ever turned out for the trade in this country, the marbles American boys play with being made by hand in Germany and brought here for next to no freight as ballast by the ship. Mr. Dyke tried his marble moulding machine devised by himself and on this trial trip turned out several bushels of marbles in two hours, working at a rate that promises complete success for his new venture. Glad of it.