It wasn’t just American companies that were riding the crokinole craze of the 1890s. Above is a blurb from the Kingston Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ontario), March 9, 1898. The Schultz board is rather unique with its stamped wood grain design, produced with India Ink. No other manufacturer used the design so they are easy to identify. This is all the paper had to say about the order which impressed some journalist to at least write one sentence about it. The Schultz Bros. Co. must have had their hands full since they produced an array of products like ladders, washing machines, blinds, boxes, doors and builders’ supplies among other ‘novelties.’
