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Period full-color farm-catalog advertisement for "Dr. Pettibone's Restorative Beak File," showing a small file with a wooden handle, a farm wife holding a hen, and a clip-out mail coupon.
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Dr. Pettibone's Restorative Beak File.
Genuine relief for the bashful hen, by return post. As advertised in this week's Help Desk.
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Magazine back-cover ad for PatienceCoach 3000, a beige wall-mounted unit with a numeric display showing 47, cutaway diagram with labeled parts, period-serif headline
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PatienceCoach 3000 by Belvaire Home Systems
The PatienceCoach 3000 promises to fix your child's behavior. Fine print: it's watching you. Warranty void if removed from wall and thrown.
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Vintage magazine ad: a cast-iron wood stove with a live flame bolted into the back seat of an orange 1970s sedan, a tweed-suited man at the wheel; labeled callouts and a clip-out coupon.
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The Civic Hearth
The home fire used to end at the garage door. The Civic Hearth changes that. Cast iron, real hardwood, real flame. Fits most compact sedans. $189.95.
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sixteen of the last twenty-two specimens were the customer's own boot, worn backward
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Preserve the Evidence Before the Dew Sets In
Preserve the evidence before the dew sets in and your family's facial expressions set permanently.
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