Bits and pieces 'Farmer's Handbook' -- a 1921 reference

Patricia Johnson of Big Prairie recently shared with me a 32- page booklet she came across that had been distributed by the Wayne County National Bank back in 1921. The 87-year-old "Farmer's Handbook" was a ready reference for area farmers and was "made possible by the businessmen ... whose names and suggestions will be found distributed throughout this book."

The advertisers included ...

-- Chiropractor J.E. Carpenter whose offices were at No. 207 Peoples Savings

& Loan Building, Wooster.

-- Gimbel & Campbell, specializing in the Dodge Brothers Motor Car ("Gasoline Consumption is Unusually Low. Tire Mileage Unusually High").

-- Marsh & Mayberry Tires (Goodyear and Hood), located opposite ...

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