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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This proclamation, which may have given an idea to Tobacco Tycoon George Washington Hill ("Lucky Strike") and his ad writers, was made in 1891. That was when the Pinkham business was booming and its ads were appearing in newspapers all over the U. S. At first, back in the 1870's, the Vegetable Compound's virtues were hidden under bushels of handbills. It was Lydia's son Will who first discarded the handbills, introduced the Compound in newspaper advertising columns. In the midst of mounting bills for printed circulars, Will was sent to Boston to cash...
...part payment of a debt. In the hard times after the panic of 1873 Lydia, who never liked doctors, began to fix it up, pass it out to eager neighbors. The first bottle was sold in 1875. When Lydia got the idea of printing her picture with the ad, she soon became best known woman in the U. S. Pictures in newspaper offices were scarce; Lydia Pinkham's portrait often doubled for such stars as Queen Victoria, Actress Lily Langtry. But "Lydia never uttered a word of protest...
...front mirror drops; the hole flashes past the camera lens; the pose registers on the film. An attendant sends the films to New Haven for developing, retouching and printing on cabinet size pictures. Cost of one dozen PhotoReflex prints is considerably under standard studio rates. Greater is the ad vantage of the subject's being able to see how he or she is looking, without the embarrassment of some one else looking on. Animals and children are "natural" before the unseen camera...
...Advance-Rumely has $7,598,287 of notes receivable (mostly money owed it by farmers) and inventory of $3,831,651 and it appeared doubtful whether either notes or inventory would be accepted at their face value. Allis-Chalmers, however, is in a strong enough position to operate Ad- vance-Rumely even during a continued deficit period, and should the farmer again come upon good times Allis-Chalmers would benefit from a distribution system which Advance-Rumely has built up during the past 15 years. The acquisition also rounds out the Allis-Chalmers agricultural line, adding Advance-Rumely...
...clubs in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Denver, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, St. Louis, Los Angeles. Together they claim a membership of more than 600 bankers, lawyers, salesmen, manufacturers, who would rather paint pictures than play golf in their spare time. Admission rules vary be tween the cities. The New York club ad mits no one under 30 (average age 45), no one who is not actively engaged in business...