July 16th, 2007
I wonder if anyone is still trying to make one…
From the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue, 1897:
No 15324. The Rival Rat Trap, made of steel wire, japanned. Size 15 inches long, 7½ inches wide, 6½ inches high. This trap is made with a self-locking, tilting, platform, so when a rat is once inside, he cannot escape. The bait holder is supplied through a lid at the top, and it displays the bait alluringly to rats. It is strong and has been proved a reliable rat catcher, free from all objections common to other traps. Price, each….. 72c
No. 15325. Rat Trap. This is an excellent trap, thoroughly well made from double tinned wire. Size, 6×11 inches. Each….. 25c
No. 15328. Revolving Mouse Trap, made of heavy steel wire. Each….. 15c
No. 15329. This is the most successful mouse catcher ever invented. One mouse sets the trap for the next one that comes along; will hold several. Price, each….. 10c
Choke Mouse Traps, round pattern.
No. 15331. 5 holes, each, 5c; per doz….. 54c
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July 13th, 2007
From the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue, 1897:
52076. Ropp’s Commercial Calculator. Saves labor, time and money; simple, rapid, reliable; adapted to all kinds of business, trades and professions. It is unquestionably the most useful, complete and practical work on the science of arithmetic ever published. It is the only work of its kind that has survived the test of time and acquired a national reputation.
No. 1, bound in waterproof leatherette….. $0.18
No. 2, in fine colored cloth, with pocket….. .35
No. 3, in elegant leather, with pocket, silicate slate and account book….. .70
No. 5, fine seal grain, gilt edges….. 1.00
52078. Vest Pocket Edition. Bound in extra red linen cloth….. .18
Seal grain leather….. .35
Postage extra 5c each.
More information about this little book is available here.
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July 12th, 2007
From the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue, 1897:
Dr. Rose’s French Arsenic Complexion Wafers
OUR SPECIAL PRICE
Per box, 40c; per dozen, $4.25. OUR SPECIAL PRICE
For larger box, 79c; per dozen, $8.00
RETAILS GENERALLY FOR MORE THAN DOUBLE THE PRICE.
PERFECTLY HARMLESS when used in accordance with our directions, it possesses the “wizard’s touch” in producing, preserving and enhancing beauty of form and person in male and female by surely developing a transparency and pellucid clearness of complexion, shapely contour of form, brilliant eyes, soft and smooth skin, where by nature the reverse exists. Read the rest of this entry »
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