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Johnson Outboard Motors 1927

Johnson Outboard Motors 1927

Joyful Hours of Relaxation are Yours when water-motoring with a Johnson
You who love the waters know the lure of wave-lapped shores—the joyful hours of relaxation that lie in peaceful pools—the thrill of spray-tossed bow and foaming wake —the joys of water-motoring.
This summer go water-motoring with a Johnson at the stern of your [...]

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Obtaining a Patent 1930

PATENTS TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHT

THE VICTOR BUILDING: Our New Building Nearly Opposite U.S. Patent Office Specially Erected by Us for Our Own Use
OUR OFFER FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUR INVENTION
YOUR FIRST STEP—The inventor should write for our blank form “RECORD OF INVENTION.” Before disclosing your invention, a sketch and description should be made on our “Record [...]

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8 Reasons to use Checks in 1925

BANKERS SUPPLY COMPANY CHECKS 
How a checking account helps you get ahead – in 8 ways!
You’ve thought of a check-book as a convenience. . . Now learn how it furthers financial success
THE way to handle money efficiently, say authorities and successful people, is to determine in advance just where each dollar is going. Thus you spend [...]

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Shorthand vs Dictaphone 1925

DICTATE TO THE DICTAPHONE
With shorthand he couldn’t keep “caught up”
How much more freedom does a man get from office routine when he uses The Dictaphone than when he’s held down by shorthand?
Read this story of Horace W. Davis—then note our coupon offer
CHIEF executive of so important a concern as Ansco Photoproducts, Inc., manufacturers of the [...]

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Hoover Vacuum Cleaner 1927

The Hoover 
Why spend yourself on what a machine can do ?
Every woman has been through it—that thankless job of housecleaning—that wearisome and joyless toil that faces her spring and fall.
Dragging dust-cloths and stepladders through the house, stooping and straining to reach under furniture and over moldings, wrestling with smudged draperies and such.
Some women suffer it [...]

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Atwater-Kent Radios 1927

Atwater-Kent Radios
MODEL 3S, 6-tube ONE Dial Receiver, less tubes and batteries. $70. Speaker, Model H, $21. Other ONE Dial Models, $85 to $140. Radio Speakers, $16 to $23.
ANY ONE who can make and sell a million of anything in four years must be making a product which satisfies those who use it.
Atwater Kent Radio does [...]

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Tropic-Aire Car Heaters 1929

TROPIC-AIRE
The Original Fan-Equipped Hot Water Automobile Heater
LET the freezing weather come! Let the cutting wind sweep down from the North! You’ll feel none of the outside cold as you drive along, if your car is equipped for winter with a Tropic-Aire
It fills the car with the genial warmth of June. For no source of heat [...]

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The 1927 Orthophonic Victrola

The New Orthophonic Victrola
The human voice is human on the New Orthophonic Victrola
A GREAT artist sings in concert, and thousands press for admittance. Many wait in line for hours. Some are turned away, disappointed. Attend the concerts, by all means, but enjoy these same golden voices in your own home. . . whenever you wish [...]

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