Inevitable Salesman and the windshield scrape
A salesman boasts a top speed of 120 miles per hour and swift stopping. The prospect asks what happens next, and the salesman quips that a putty knife will scrape you off the windshield.
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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1956
Page
6
A salesman boasts a top speed of 120 miles per hour and swift stopping. The prospect asks what happens next, and the salesman quips that a putty knife will scrape you off the windshield.
Dairy farmer members of the Inter-State Milk Producers' Co operative received cash compensation last week totaling 5,532.34 dollars for 10 to 12 days without a market during the Lancaster paratyphoid epidemic. Checks ranged from 56.89 to 687.81 dollars, distributed by field rep and Lancaster market manager Charles E Cowan.
Harrisburg reports the December 15 farm index shows meat prices mostly down while poultry eggs and grains rise seasonally. Hogs at $12.80 per hundred pounds are the lowest in about 14 years. beef cattle and sheep fall. calves up. eggs per dozen rise. milk price per hundred pounds down slightly.
Clues surface as readers seek the person who claimed a sandwich is meat surrounded by bread. The call goes out for information to locate the speaker who sparked the mystery and online chatter.
Philadelphia market unsettled with light demand and ample supplies. Prices listed for barred rocks, white rocks, capons, and turkeys. receipts show Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia totals. Wholesale quotes include broilers, pullets, hens, roosters, ducks, and turkeys with varying weights and grades.
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