OpBe Breakfast Coffee 1 Pound Value
An advertisement offers Opereo style breakfast coffee in one pound units at a standard price of 38 cents per pound. A two pound sale is advertised at 39 cents.
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
5
An advertisement offers Opereo style breakfast coffee in one pound units at a standard price of 38 cents per pound. A two pound sale is advertised at 39 cents.
An early advertisement touts Symond's Inn Cocoa as made from pure cocoa beans and unadulterated. It lists standard price for a half pound at 25 cents and sale price for one pound at 26 cents.
An old classified snippet lists household remedies with bulk pricing such as 2 for 16 cents and 2 for 26 cents plus other 2 for deals. The text imitates a marketplace ad with scattered pricing and vendor filler.
The ad outlines a promotion running Friday Saturday and Monday May 18 19 21 1917. Pay regular price for any advertised item and receive another of the same kind for one cent. The plan aims to boost distribution while sacrificing profits for consumer benefit.
Bouquet Jeanice Talcum Powder offers a blend of tuberose violet heliotrope geranium and other flowers. The copy advertises standard price for one can and a sale offer for two cans.
White fabric-finish writing paper with narrow tinted border on paper and envelopes. Envelope is new cut and paper is regular correspondence size. Borders come in assorted colors. Standard price for one box is 40 cents.
A vintage sale ad offers two for bargain pricing on Liggett’s Opera Tea. It promotes 200 cups of tea and highlights low per half-pound price at 88 cents.
A vintage ad lists 10¢ dozen thumb tacks two dozen clips for 6c two for 6c cork grip penholders two for 6c 40c Tangara fabric paper two for 6c Sorority Linen Writing Paper two for 5c Lord Baltimore Linen Writing Paper two for 26c High-grade Lead Pencils two for 6c.
An old classifieds snippet lists items such as American Beauty hot water bottles, Flo-Fast syringes, Stork nipples and nursing bottles, Ear and Ulcer syringes, Sunshine rubber gloves, Priscilla bathing caps, Elkay straw hat cleaner, Ko-Ko-Ka nets, Spearmint toothpaste, A B C Seltzer, Mother Krob’s Cold Remedy, and Cold Tablets with two for pricing in cents and a few odd notations. The page emphasizes small bulk deals like two for prices.
Metropolitan Magazine advertises Bret Harte novels in four volume set at standard price. Single year Metropolitan subscription and Bret Harte package offered together for two dollars. Reader urged to consider frontier life stories as real human interpretations.
An idlehour sweets feature advertises a 114 lb box of Jelly Gum Drops Toasted Marshmallows Jordan Almonds wrapped Honey Nougat and Wrapped Carmels priced at one box fifty cents two boxes sixty one cents five and liggett chewing gum two for six cents liggett's mints also offered two for six cents
L. S. Riely of The Rexall Drug Store in Corydon Indiana promotes hot water bottles. The item is marketed for home comfort with emphasis on reliability and convenience.
A vintage advertisement lists Violet Dulce and Harmony brand cosmetics and soaps with bulk pricing. Items include powders, talc, vanishing cream, shampoo crystals, toilet waters, and medicated soaps offered as two for lower prices. Prices range from 10 to 50 cents, with multiple two for deals across many products.
Frank Millen an 88 year old unmarried farmer, despondent over ill health, killed his father mother brother and sister in law at their Elkton Kentucky home last Thursday morning and then hanged himself. He left a note to executors stating to sell all live stock. The coroner was summoned before his death. A long local item follows about area notices and university summer courses, a sale of 829 acres on the Ohio River, a kitchen shower for Mr and Mrs Ray Funk, and names of attendees.
The report tallies Britain's daily war outlays at 37 250 000 dollars. Other items note Thaw treated in Philadelphia, prisoners in Germany, New York City Hall fire damage, assassination attempt on President Menocal, and various regional obituaries, strikes, and prices. May days include wheat prices around 3.07 to 3.11 and a mass Selective Draft registration holiday in New Jersey.
Eli Grable, a prominent Van Buren Township young citizen and Indiana University graduate, was found dead in bed after an evening of letters and reading. Coroner Poindexter led an inquest, ruling death from pulmonary hemorrhage. he was about forty, survived by many siblings, with both parents deceased.
The Louisville New Albany and Corydon Railroad Company calls its annual stockholders meeting at the Corydon office in Indiana on Monday June 4 1917 from 5 to 2. Walter Lahn secretary notes directors to be elected and other business to be handled.
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