1899 Ad Cover & Contents - Dennis Telephone Receiver

This was in my "Idaho Box" posted here. (As always, click on any image to get to larger versions.)





Inside the envelope is a short letter dated August 11, 1899, from C.W. Dennis of Kings Ferry, NY, to "My Dear Boy" James Wright in Omaha, NE:




I love that it is typed on the back of this advertisement form letter for the Dennis Telephone Receiver:




Also enclosed is a short handwritten request for reference dated August 24, 1899, from L(?)C. Stanley of Davenport, IA, to Nebraska Moline Plow Co.:




The response from Neb. Moline Plow Co. is written on the back:

I find it interesting that the return address of the sender reads "King's Ferry, NY" as opposed to the postmark which reads "King Ferry, NY".

Upon further checking, the town is correctly "King Ferry, NY" (no "s") and the post office is still in operation today:



Of course, back in the day of that cover, the post office was a bit less "modern":

Neat cover and contents! I wonder what an Omaha Stamp is as per stated in the first letter (looks like a ditto sheet don't it?)

I'll have to admit I had to look this up to be sure but the "Omaha Stamps" referred to were actually the Trans-Mississippi issue of 1898, as referred to in the following article:



It makes quite a bit of sense when you consider the date of the stamps versus the date of the letter/note referred to in the above scan.

(Edit: I'd bet this would make for a good trivia question in a stamp club meeting!)