Christmas 1917 - I. W. Harper Whiskey Advertising Pocket Calendar Book Booklet

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Christmas 1917 - I. W. Harper Whiskey Advertising Pocket Calendar Book Booklet
Condition is used, with a year's worth of wear and tear. It belonged to a grocer in New Mexico named C.C. Powell, who used it every day in 1917 to log in his orders and sales.
Despite its extensive use, it's still in pretty good shape. It looks way better than you or I will when we're 105 years old. And reading Mr. Powell's entries is fascinating.
Just as fascinating is the booklet itself. It's chock full of every kind of information you can think of, and some things you'd never think of. United States road maps. World maps. Exchange rates. Cooking tips. Postage rates. Emergency first aid procedures. Weights and measures. Money order rates. Foreign postal rates. Measurement conversions. "Useful information." Business laws. U.S. Department of Agriculture flags. City and State populations in 1900 and 1910. Information about each "warring" countries fighting World War One. How businessmen should dress. Lumber measurement table. Useful cleaning information. Weights of various grains. Antidotes of poisons. You won't believe how much information is crammed into this tiny 4 1/2" by 3" booklet. Simply fascinating.