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From the March 28 1908 edition of the The Los Angeles Times, "Towle's Circus":



And from the "Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office":

14,092 — Title: "TOWLE'S CIRCUS BRAND." (For Molasses.) The T. iv, Lk M ..:-i i: Stbup Comfant, St. Paul, Mian. Filed February 17,1908.