“A New Pocket Fastening - Mr. J.W. Davis, formerly of Reno, Nevada, but now
residing in this city [San Francisco] has just received through the Scientific Press Patent
Agency, letters patent for an improvement in fastening the seams of pockets. The improvement consists in the employment of a metal rivet or eyelet for fastening the seams.
“Simple as this device seems, nevertheless it is quite effective, and we do not doubt that his manufacture, of overalls especially, will become quite popular amongst our working men, as the overalls are made and cut in the style of the best custom made pants. Nothing looks more slouchy in a workman than to see his pockets ripped open and hanging down, and no other part of the clothing is so apt to be torn and ripped as the pockets. Besides it slouchy appearance, it is inconvenient and often results in the person losing things from his pockets.
“Levi Strauss & Co. of this city are sole agents for the new manufacture, and will soon place them in the market in large quantities, so that our miners, farmers and workingmen can supply themselves with superior overalls.”