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Latest mail order scheme targets merchants not the poor
A lengthy critique explains a mail order tactic directed at country merchants via a raven salesman. The plan uses a compact 9x12 style catalogue with unit pages to tailor local advertising and press into community outlets. The piece contrasts this with traditional retailers and mentions plays like The Rosary and Hall's Catarrh Cure as broader cultural notes.
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Tirmnter
Stegoke
mer‘Shem
Sears& tReebuck
Statatomie
Sears- Froebuck
Montgomery Ward
Iocel
Fats
Aeges