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Item [1] promotes Fairbanks' Standard Scales. Includes 3 trade cards; image depicting young girls weighing a doll on a scale; image of young men weighing timber on a scale; image of men weighing hay on a scale; advertisements for Fairbanks' Standard Scales; address of Fairbanks & Co. at 311 Broadway in New York; and images of men and children in period dress. Damaged: small hole and cut marks, white residue [either paper remnants from previously being attached by glue to another paper or mold damage]. No recipes.

Item [2] promotes F.W. Seastrand products. Includes catalog of products available for sale by agents; images, descriptions, and prices of the Paper Supply Pencil, Ezy Vac Cleaner, Auto Lantern Globe, and other products; images of men and women in period dress; and information and advice for the selling agents. No recipes.

Item [3] promotes Triner postal and family scales. Includes images, descriptions, and prices of Triner postal and family scales; information on Triner scales and the Triner company; and contact information for Allsteel Scale Company, Inc. in New York City. No recipes.

Item [4] promotes Batavia foods. Includes images of serving suggestions and woman in period dress; contact information for E.J. Cross & Son in Flint, MI; and miscellaneous recipes using Batavia foods. Sample recipes: cherry angel food cake, black cherry and banana salad, and maple fandango.

Item [5] promotes wines and liquors. Includes contact information for C.L. Richardson & Co., Inc. in Boston; cocktail recipes, with bases of gin, whiskey, brandy, scotch, sherry, port, applejack, and rum, and other alcoholic drink recipes; information on champagne, wine, whiskey, gin, rum, liqueur, and beer and ale; history of the origin of drinking terms; quotes about alcohol and drinking from famous personas; images of product packaging; advice on serving and storing wine; and index. Sample recipes: champagne cocktail, Atlantic stinger, and the circus.

Item [6] promotes Fortnum & Mason. Includes catalog of products available from Fortnum & Mason; contact information for the Fortnum & Mason store in Piccadilly, London; description of the store, including list of departments and restaurants by floor; descriptions and prices for gift baskets, produce, flowers, canned goods, meats, cheeses, desserts, tea, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, and other food-related products; delivery information; and laid-in order form. No recipes.

Item [7] promotes economical cooking. Includes menu suggestions; miscellaneous recipes; and advice on thrifty meat buying. Sample recipes: tuna mornay, Florida vegetable bake, and hamburger pie. Marked 10/60.