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A Few Ads for Chester Township Businesses

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1921 Advertising Plate from Pearl Arnold's Furniture and Crockery Store

Early Chester Township businesses were as creative in their advertising as business today.  The major difference between these early ads and those of today was the sole reliance on print media - newspapers, play bills, calendars, stage curtains, window signs, wagon signs, and others.   

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The top of an advertising calendar.

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Ad in the May 09, 1902 Coopersville Obserber

The following rhyme is from an ad for W. A. Lovelace Dry Goods

 

   "Come to me for Dry Goods, your hosiery and your sox.

Come to me for all your shoes, in new toes, plain or box.

    Come to me for notions, your buttons or your pins.

Come to me for underwear, whether thicks or thins.

    Come to me for crockery, your saucers, cups or plates.

Come to me for hats and caps, all of recent dates.

    Bring me your butter, also bring your eggs.

Take in exchange a pair of pants to cover up your legs.

    To make a long, long story short, your eggs and butter bring

And come to me for what you want, I keep most everything.

    And one thing more of great importance, I never forget to utter,

If I have not mentioned it before, I want your eggs and butter."

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Chester Township
Ottawa County
Michigan, USA