{"title":"Mail-order men’s health \u0026 stuff for salesmen","description":"\u003cp\u003eA short list of June new arrivals. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/f03a20231da3\/haec-city-10346706?e=f4d7e91f17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eView the mailing list roundup (\u0026amp;\/or subscribe) at this link.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-stomach-and-its-trials-a-handbook-of-human-health-containing-simple-clear-and-familiar-truths","title":"The Stomach and Its Trials: A handbook of human health, containing simple, clear, and familiar truths","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreen cloth 8vo, 111pp. Bright gilt-stamped cover with exciting typography and triple! exclamation! points! Lacking rear free endpaper, about 10 pages with pencil marks, else Very Good with upper corner bumped throughout and light surface wear to cloth. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePastedown signed \"Mrs. Barnard(?), with note on ffep, \"Belle, read page 91.\" Two plates and multiple in-text illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssentially a 111-page ad for Eno's Fruit Salt, in the guise of a generalized treatise on health. Includes the reverse psychology \"Advice to would-be suicides,” among the bounty of dubious advice. \u003c\/span\u003eA handful of footnotes throughout the text endorse other products available from  R. H. and J. Pearson, including \"portable vapour baths\" and \"masticating machines... to those especially who are minus teeth they will be very valuable.\" Among hints to mothers, \"Two tea-spoonfuls of whisky mixed with half a tea-cupful of cream is very nutritious\" (53) and that children should not wash within two hours of eating.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eno, J. C. [quackery]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46394500677782,"sku":"Q2292","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-2copy.jpg?v=1779657537"},{"product_id":"dr-j-h-mcleans-book-of-useful-information-with-weather-forecasts-and-storm-chart-by-rev-irl-r-hicks-the-storm-prophet","title":"Dr. J. H. 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Hicks. \"Tar Wine Lung Balm\" (does not contain opium!) and \"Volcanic Oil Liniment\" were among McLean's offerings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[patent medicine]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46396558934166,"sku":"Q2383","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-11_f5059cec-eb17-4f46-8f93-60e37cd7feb0.jpg?v=1779807309"},{"product_id":"echoes-from-the-prairies-and-the-hills","title":"Echoes from the Prairies and the Hills","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBlue cloth 12mo, 36pp. Color vignette mounted to cover; Very Good+ with light scuffing to the mounted illustration, light rubbing to tips and a band of sunning to the upper rear board. Inscribed by the author to C. B. Wagner, Esq. Alphonso Moser Gher (1856-1913) was a teacher and newspaper writer associated with the \u003cem\u003eCarlisle Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eVolunteer\u003c\/em\u003e (and its continuation, the \u003cem\u003eHerald\u003c\/em\u003e). He served on the School Board from 1894 until his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe\u003cem\u003e Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, arguably biased given Gher's association, described 'Echoes' as, \"thirteen delightful poems of western romance and eastern realism, effectively and impressively portrayed and evidencing a keen appreciation by the author of the themes embraced in the collection.\" (\u003cem\u003eCarlisle Evening Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, 12\/24\/10, p7).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGher had published other historically-informed works, including \u003cem\u003eThe Missing Empire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Old Trail and The New\u003c\/em\u003e, and took particular interest in the Carlisle Indian School. Several of the poems have footnotes explaining their historical context, sometimes based on a single event (like the reunion of Governors Brady and Burke organized by Gen. 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February, 1895)","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuarto, wraps printed in pale blue, 48pp. Very Good with vertical crease throughout volume, sunning to rear wrap, else crisp and clean. Original order blank tipped in. The first 10 pages comprise the \"news\" from the trade, edited by Nelson H. Grover, including reports on the annual meeting of the Walker-Stetson-Sawyer Co. and bios of famous men, like patent medicine superstars J. C. Ayer and C. I. Hood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the volume is a catalog of merchandise, heavy on women and children's clothing and accessories, and household goods. Includes corsets and supportive aids, like the \"Cluze Patent Thumb\" compression glove, and \"Parker's Arctic Socks--A preventative of coughs, colds, pneumonia and kindred troubles.\" Marketed especially to retail shop owners, it includes cash register and shop display ads. Wonderfully varied and profusely illustrated. A scarce catalog, represented by any issue in only 5 institutions, and only 3 with pre-1900 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[trade catalogs, sales ephemera]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417191665814,"sku":"Q2388","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/APC_7320.jpg?v=1780863630"},{"product_id":"january-1894-trade-revivers-underbuy-undersell-osbornes-shoe-manufactory-circular","title":"January, 1894. Trade Revivers. Underbuy. Undersell. (Osborne's Shoe Manufactory circular)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBroadsheet folded to 12.5 x 10 inches, creased from being further folded into sixths. (8) pages, uncut. Creasing and short snags to edges, with approx. 2\" narrow loss at the outer edge of one fold. One ms correction. Great graphics and plenty of optimism from a company about to be in turmoil. On January 30, 1894, the large shoe factory printed on the circular was destroyed in a fire, alongside the historic Lynn Hotel. (\u003cem\u003eLowell Daily Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, 1\/30\/1894 p.9) In rebuilding, Osborne ran afoul of the labor unions by paying sub-standard wages to construction workers (\u003cem\u003eDaily Item\u003c\/em\u003e, 7\/28\/1894, p.5).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"After the storm comes the calm,\" but that does not remove the effects of the storm. It gives the opportunity to repair the damage and devastation wrought by the tempest. So after the panic comes returning confidence; but here again the helping hand must come in and do the work which confidence helps make effective. We congratulate our friends who have weathered the financial tempest, and now, with light ahead, we are ready to help them push onward into the bright sunlight of prosperity again... \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[advertising, ephemera, trade catalog]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417191731350,"sku":"Q2389","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/APC_7313.jpg?v=1780861541"},{"product_id":"rubber-paint-company-manufacturers-of-the-best-paint-in-the-world","title":"Rubber Paint Company, Manufacturers of the best paint in the world...","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo date, ca. 1890-1900. (8) page sample chart, unfolds to 6 x 13 inches. With 30 mounted color chips of rubber-based paint, advertised as long-lasting solution and suitable for both interiors and exteriors. Previous owner's stamp in one margin, else Very Good+ with minor wear at the folds. Generically titled, possibly OCLC \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e83959791 (1 copy), which gives 1890 date. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Rubber Paint Co. was initially based in Cleveland and shifted operations to New York, references to them at the Nassau St address appear into the early 1900s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[paint chip samples]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417191895190,"sku":"Q2398","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-101_edaa9216-9153-4b14-99fe-529c2f9026a9.jpg?v=1780859609"},{"product_id":"our-martyred-president","title":"Die Lebensgeschichte von Wm. 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With \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e16 pages of text in German, 46 in English, and 16 in Swedish, with 64 pages of illustrations interspersed. Sample \"texoderm\" faux-morocco spine (in German) mounted to rear pastedown. The book was offered in all three languages in the same binding styles and prices. Arbour records 8 canvassing dummies for \u003cem\u003eOur Martyred President\u003c\/em\u003e, 3 that include specimen pages in German and Swedish, but none with a non-English binding (nor any under this title, nor in OCLC).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[canvassing dummy, salesman samples]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417191600278,"sku":"Q2399","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-130_e8ba15cf-4b02-4bac-acf3-9dfa7980df99.jpg?v=1780857474"},{"product_id":"blaine-and-logan-cover-title-life-and-public-services-of-hon-james-g-blaine","title":"Blaine and Logan (cover title). Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e...the brilliant orator and sagacious statesman. The bosom friend of the lamented Garfield, and now the choice of the nation for President of the United States. Prepared with great care by his friend and associate, H. J. Ramsdell, Esq. Also, The Life of the Courageous Soldier, Famous Senator and Nominee for the Vice-Presidency, Gen. John A. Logan, by Ben Perley Poore.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHubbard Brothers, publishers: Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City: A.L. Bancroft \u0026amp; Co., San Francisco, Cal. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCloth 12mo. Copyright Alfred Hamilton, 1884. Very Good with sunning to spine and board edges, rubbing to extremities, cloth frayed at tips. Spine design stamped on rear cover, no other binding samples; terms describe gilt edges as only style variation (2 prices). 16 blank subscriber pages. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePencil inscription to first blank, \"[J. H.?] Herb, Rough \u0026amp; Ready, Penna. 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A rival Blaire\/Logan biography was also sold by subscription, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe life and public services of our greatest living statesman, Hon. James G. Blaine to which is added The life of Gen'l John A. Logan\u003c\/em\u003e by Vincent Cooke.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ramsdell, H. J. and Ben Perley Poore [canvassing book]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417191633046,"sku":"Q2400","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-16_cb458494-7f33-4cb4-bea9-fcf946cb834e.jpg?v=1780855093"},{"product_id":"t-dewitt-talmage-his-life-and-work-biographical-ediion","title":"T. 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A curious copy of the scarce prospectus, with small text clippings related to animal cruelty pasted in the margins and blank areas on pages 4-11. The \u003cem\u003eJones Readers\u003c\/em\u003e were developed by L. H. Jones, Principal of the Michigan State Normal College. They were promoted, \"without being didactic, the books are strongly ethical and wisely instructive.\" They presented recognized literary works, rather than invented stories or moral tales, thus cultivating a passion for literature, not just the skill of reading, and teaching ethics and morality separate from religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Throughout the series emphasis has been placed upon the ideals of right and noble living. The great apostles of these principles — Wordsworth, Ruskin, Carlyle, Emerson, and Browning — have furnished more than thirty of these selections.\" There is no name, but the owner of this copy obviously cared deeply about its directly addressing humane treatment of animals:\"\u003cstrong\u003eTeachers throughout the country will testify to the need for lessons which shall inculcate kindness to dumb animals and to the weak and helpless.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the new series of \"The Jones Readers\" there are no less than eighty lessons dealing directly with this subject, yet they are so skillfully subordinated to the general plan that the emphasis does not seem misplaced or out of proportion.\u003cbr\u003e    No other world topic has in it so many elements which should be brought before our young people as the Peace Movement\u003cstrong\u003e. True patriotism and the principles which make for natural righteousness demand more consideration than ordinary text-books suggest.\u003c\/strong\u003e In \"The Jones Readers\" special attention has been given, particularly in the later volumes in the series, to the study of this great subject.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[education]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417191764118,"sku":"Q2402","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-14_9c1a6f6a-b9b4-4b11-a635-bf8c86be42f0.jpg?v=1780859268"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-knowledge-grolier-society-circular","title":"Grolier Society direct mail advertising for 'The Book of Knowledge'","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eUndated, ca. 1926-1930 based on contemporary ads and mention of the \"Sesquicentennial Grand Prize.\" Printed letter, business reply card, and illustrated broadsheet in original mailing envelope. 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Heavy soil to the original mailing envelope, offsetting to the letter from the postcard, about Very Good. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAccording to the register of U.S. postmasters, Sproull had been appointed postmaster of Tunnel Hill, Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1910 and held the position until his death in 1937.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCivil service exams had been in place since the Pendleton Act of 1883, but fourth-class postmasters, who primarily served rural communities in conjunction with an existing retail or farming operation, had been largely exempt. A series of reforms under Taft and Roosevelt in 1904-1908 had already reclassified many of the fourth-class postmasters as civil servants. Wilson required all applicants to pass exams, but his legacy in postal reform is based on discriminatory policies and racial segregation. Still, the I.C.S. circular uses the exam, and potential confusion about postmaster regulations, as a fear-mongering tactic: \"You have heard of President Wilson's order requiring Fourth-class Postmasters to take a Civil Service examinations...This means that you may lose your position... A half-dozen men are probably after your office already. And one of them will get it \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eif you let him\u003c\/span\u003e\" (emphasis theirs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eRef: Fuller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe American Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e (1972) 324-325.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[advertising, direct sales]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417488576662,"sku":"Q2404","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-64_2a45b937-346d-4b34-a812-bae84e4106fd.jpg?v=1780850468"},{"product_id":"a-boy-at-fifteen-before-and-after","title":"A Boy at Fifteen: Before and After","description":"\u003cp\u003eNarrow 12mo, 68p. 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M'Call","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417524097174,"sku":"Q2312","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-15_d5b234e2-9769-4ac2-ae2c-da8d6b514257.jpg?v=1780868673"},{"product_id":"the-state-medical-institute-circular-and-intimate-questionnaire","title":"1902 State Medical Institute of Fort Wayne circular and intimate questionnaire","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTwo typed leaves, one of S.M.I. pictorial letterhead, with self-addressed return envelope and original mailing cover, postmarked May 31, 1902. Very Good with original creases and light edgewear; soil and chipping to envelope only. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSigned \"Dr. R.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCorrespondence from the State Medical Institute of Fort Wayne, Indiana, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003esent to a man in New Carlisle, Ohio. The company advertised home cures for men's health troubles (an example from the April 19, 1902 \u003cem\u003eCincinnati Post\u003c\/em\u003e is included for reference). They offered a free trial, with full treatment sent C.O.D. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe letter acknowledges remittance and congratulates his \"wise decision in this grave matter\" and encloses an intimate questionnaire to be returned “ten days before you are out of treatment.” It includes questions like, \"Is the discharge, during coition, quick or slow?\" and \"Is there any increase in size of parts?\" alongside more general questions about whether he's had an improvement and from what difficulty he most suffers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe recipient fortunately did not follow up, nor discard the sensitive questionnaire, offering\u003cstrong\u003e a rare look at how mail-order medicine played out for those who responded to ubiquitous ads. It's also a perennial cautionary tale about consumer privacy and data. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe State Medical Institute kept the addresses of everyone who responded to their ads on file. When the company relocated to Cleveland in June 1903, \"in the hurry of packing its goods, it accidentally forgot to take away these packages and express addresses from its rooms.\" The King Medical Company of Fort Wayne \"secretly and fraudulently secured\" the information and started their own \"King Medical Institute\" with the customer list and was sued on the grounds that data was the result of $100,000 S.M.I. spent in advertising (\"L. A. 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Pages 69-104 are entirely comprised of testimonials in small print, dated 1913-1917; post-dating the printed copyright. With circular on pictorial letterhead dated February 25, 1918, which was mailed along with the book, lightly soiled and tattered at the ends. \"Written by men whose advice on rupture is entitled to every bit as much consideration as the best optometrist's advice on what kind of glasses to wear.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[men's health, assistive devices]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417524162710,"sku":"Q2385","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-12_b937378d-ce1e-47ea-8437-a528e954eccc.jpg?v=1780867727"},{"product_id":"affirmations-and-how-to-use-them","title":"Man's Mission on Earth...","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Series of Lectures on Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs, as delivered at Dr. Kahn's Museum of Anatomy and Medical Science.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNew York: Isaac Goldmann Co., Printers, 1904. Wraps, 12mo, 123pp. Chipping to covers, occasional dogearring and staining in text, VG-. Later printing of the 1902 first edition, which was revised in 1905. A men's health treatise with bad news about masturbation and STI’s, and some harrowing illustrations. At the end of the text, Drs. Kahn \u0026amp; Jordan advertise their confidential treatments, with consultations done in their New York offices, or by mail! Cure-by-correspondence was offered in English, Latin, Spanish, French, German, Russian, and Scandinavian for $3, including analysis of urine sent by mail (pity the unsuspecting postman).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bush, David V.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417524195478,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-52_1c01831f-64ef-416f-a6f1-9b76db11cccd.jpg?v=1781011985"},{"product_id":"gift-book-for-young-men-or-familiar-letters-on-self-knowledge-self-education-female-society-marriage-c","title":"Gift Book For Young Men; or Familiar Letters on Self-Knowledge, Self-Education, Female Society, Marriage \u0026c.","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAuburn: Derby \u0026amp; Miller; Buffalo: Derby, Orton \u0026amp; Mulligan. 1853. Seventh thousand, first edition printed in 1852. Cloth 12mo, 312pp. Frontis engraving of George Washington. Blind embossed boards with gilt stamped spine, about Vet Good with bumping, fraying to spine ends, intermittent foxing, stain to rear board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAlcott uses vague language to keep within the confines of modesty, but warns boys against the generations of misfortune that will result from \"impurity\" (\"The sins of parents, at least in their consequences, are visited upon children unto the third and fourth generation—probably to the twentieth\"). He especially cautions against self-indulgence, as described via volcano metaphor, before the age of 25, and advises against over-heating: \"In general, let your motto be, Keep cool, keep cool\" (175-178).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alcott, Dr. Wm. A.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417524261014,"sku":"Q2405","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-48_5a868141-fe6e-46d4-bd4e-906a871f6aab.jpg?v=1780872421"},{"product_id":"mailed-advertising-from-the-palmo-company-offering-a-free-trial-of-palmo-globules-5-items","title":"Mailed advertising from The Palmo Company, offering a free trial of Palmo Globules (5 items)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMailed advertising materials offering a free trial of Palmo Globules to \"sufferer(s) of those most common and distressing symptoms of so-called Bladder Weakness, Urethral Irritations or Prostate Trouble.\" In original mailing envelope postmarked Feb. 23, 1927. Printed letter explaining the unusual opportunity to try a much praised treatment without cost,\" with a graphic of the box in lower corner; coupon postcard with photo of a man (presumably H. D. Powers) in the corner; self-addressed return envelope and a smaller \"Free Proof Coupon\" envelope for enclosing a dime and attesting \"I have never used them before.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCited for false advertising by the FTC, per the 1932 Annual Report: \"Harry D. Powers, trading as Palmo Co., Battle Creek; Mich., a distributor of “Palmo Globules,” an alleged cure for bladder trouble, cystitis, and general debility, agrees to discontinue representing that any definite proportion of men are afflicted with prostatic trouble, unless such representation is based upon authentic information; to discontinue representing that the treatment will cause the user to sleep all night, without a qualifying statement to the effect that this is true only when the sleeplessness is due to bladder and urinary irritation; and to discontinue representing that the preparation will produce a soothing or healing action that will convince the most skeptical, when such is not the fact.\" (p.233)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[patent medicine, advertising]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417524293782,"sku":"Q2406","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-15_7c8fb40d-6057-4ba1-9066-9d44816ae27a.jpg?v=1780871982"},{"product_id":"hoods-sarsaparilla-book-of-parlor-games","title":"Hood's Sarsaparilla Book of Parlor Games","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNo date, ca. 1890, with one testimonial mentioning an 1889 event. Printed wraps, 12mo, 16pp. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAttractive pictorial wraps with red inked edges. Near Fine with minor soil and bumping at corners, contents crisp and clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText printed in double columns, interspersing game instructions with testimonials to Hood's successes with no visual delineation, creating some amusing moments (could the \"Mammoth Sneeze\" be a game \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e an health concern? The games include \"Shouting Proverbs\" (p12), in which the words of a proverb with the same number of words as players. Each player is assigned a word and shouts them at the same at a player who's been asked to leave the room, who must identify the proverb. \"Blowing the Feather\" and \"Roman Statue\" are among the other promises of a good time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[patent medicine, games]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46418405556374,"sku":"Q2397","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-165.jpg?v=1781994796"},{"product_id":"w-d-holterman-fancier-aristocrat-chickens-catalog","title":"W. D. Holterman, Fancier [Aristocrat Chickens catalog]","description":"\u003cp\u003eStaplebound quarto in debossed wraps, 32pp. Decorative green borders on each page, otherwise b\/w with copious halftone photographs. Very Good with faint creasing to wraps, small nick at the lower spine and shallow loss to the bottom rear edge including the last 3 leaves, foxing to outer pages. No date, last page mentions a 1920 award. Not in OCLC. Four-panel folding view of \"Holter's Roost: The Home of the Aristocrats,\" showing several octagonal barns and little chicken coop tents dotting the fields. Charming in its enthusiasm for the glamorous prize-winning chickens, including an illustration captioned \"One of My Beauties Enjoying Life,\" and a picture of a young woman with a chicken captioned, \"Which one is the real Aristocrat?\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[glamour poultry]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46418405589142,"sku":"Q2407","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-64_65597ba7-b840-4b4d-a65e-3a362b9a5fae.jpg?v=1781201897"},{"product_id":"circular-prospectus-for-pentons-list-second-hand-tool-exchange","title":"Prospectus \u0026c. for \"Penton's List\" second-hand tool exchange","description":"\u003cp\u003e6 items, including original mailing envelope addressed to \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSpringfield Cupola Co. in Springfield, Ohio. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSent in advance of the first issue, the mailer includes general prospectus information, a blank form for submitting \"Wants\" and subscription slip. Postmarked January 26, 1900, it was cutting close to their expected February debut. The dedicated classified publication reflected the proliferation of new enterprises and manufacturing operations at the turn of the century, and the ingenuity of John A. Penton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Realizing that in this country there are thousands of manufacturing establishments who are constantly in need of a secondhand machine or appliance of some kind, and that there are, again, thousands who have something of that character to dispose of, without any medium existing for the sole purpose of bringing both buyer and seller together, we have decided to commence, about February 1st, to issue a publication devoted to that purpose.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenton immigrated from Canada to Detroit as an ironworker, eventually becoming\u003cspan\u003e president of the Machinery Molders' Union and editor of their journal, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoundry\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1892. He moved from Detroit to Cleveland in 1901 and established Penton Publishing in 1904, bringing together \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethree local trade magazines: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIron Trade Review,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoundry,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarine Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The company grew to become one of the largest trade magazine publishers during the 1920s and survived, in various forms, into the 2010s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNYPL records copies of Penton's List from 1907-1913 and notes it was consolidated into the \u003cem\u003eIron Trade Review\u003c\/em\u003e in 1914. NYPL has the only holdings under the title. Back issues of \"Penton's List\" are listed in the 1909 Library of Congress \"Want List of Periodicals.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Ref. \"Penton Media,\" Case Western University Encyclopedia of Cleveland History online)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[trading the tools of trades]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46418405621910,"sku":"Q2411","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-66_d96a4303-898d-420f-bb61-b0f63d54e8b9.jpg?v=1781022351"},{"product_id":"catalogue-of-practical-and-scientific-books","title":"June 1, 1910. Catalogue of Practical and Scientific Books...  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An interesting reflection of technical literature for many subjects now merely considered crafts (like dyeing, painting, and confectionery). Baird died in 1912. This edition not in OCLC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[trade catalogs, publishers, bookselling]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46420283588758,"sku":"Q2414","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-76_56ed0995-5497-478e-ac2a-01d098b8cdcc.jpg?v=1781203547"},{"product_id":"the-life-of-the-apostle-paul-cover-title","title":"The Life of the Apostle Paul (cover title)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e(Reading, Pa.: Pilger Book Store, ca. 1880). Pamphlet stitched and set in a blind embossed cloth case binding with gilt-stamped title, 12mo; 39pp. page between 24-25 skipped in pagination. Near Fine with slightest rubbing to tips; front pastedown inscribed \"St. John's Luth. S. S.\" with chromo calling card of Flora A. Fisher and small paper remnant. Copiously illustrated, including maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNo stated publisher info, but it is printed in the same style, and with the same decorative ruling, as books published by the Pilger Book Store in Reading, Pa., and comes from that area. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe title is listed in the publisher's catalog on the last page of the \"Luther-Jubilee Book\" (1883), indicating it was available in multiple binding styles, but appears otherwise unrecorded. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePilger Book Store was run by August Bendel, who published and sold religious texts in German and English for the local Lutheran community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[Pilger Book Store]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46420668842134,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-82_5d45ec4f-b4e9-4f3a-b90c-db6d52137748.jpg?v=1781211134"},{"product_id":"hunter-co-s-special-circular-to-agents-dealers-peddlers-and-all-who-wish-to-make-money","title":"Hunter \u0026 Co.'s Special Circular to Agents, Dealers, Peddlers, And all who wish to Make Money","description":"\u003cp\u003eHunter \u0026amp; Co., Hinsdale, NH, ca. 1869. 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They sold directly to sales agents on a cash basis, rather than commission on sales or subscriptions. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[canvassing ephemera]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46420701511830,"sku":"Q2416","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-61_886bf940-3c13-4c84-bcd3-4436168386a0.jpg?v=1781215983"},{"product_id":"hunter-co-s-special-circular-to-agents-dealers-peddlers-and-all-who-wish-to-make-money-copy","title":"Publisher's postcard promoting their \"School Edition\" of Charles Dickens' Child's History of England","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePostcard, 3 x 5 inches, mailed to \"Theol. School, Meadville Pa.\" with a partial, illegible cancel. 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