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Author: None identified. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: Dr. Miles Medical Company. Product advertised: Dr. Miles products, including Alka Seltzer and Nervine. General notes: Booklet with testimonials and advertisements for various Dr. Miles products, and various short articles about disasters at sea (Titanic, Lusitania, etc.). Includes advertisement for Haywood and Boone, Druggists at Main and Mangum Streets, Durham, N.C.

Author: Cox, Palmer. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: George A. Clark. Product advertised: Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton thread. General notes: Illustrated booklet with poems outlining many uses of O.N.T. thread for sewing clothing, shoes, and other fabrics. Contains racist depictions and offensive terms describing non-white cultures in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Author: None identified. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: George A. Clark. Product advertised: Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton thread. General notes: Illustrated booklet with nursery rhymes, adapted to promote O.N.T. thread.

Author: Walker, Henry Cragin. Illustrator: MacBrayne, Frances. Published by: Bruce Humphries, Inc. Product advertised: None specifically. General notes: Appears to be a generic handout from an unnamed bank encouraging children to be thrifty and persistent.

Author: Belding Bros. and Co. Illustrator: Chicago Engraving Company. Published by: Belding Bros. and Co., Chicago, Ill. Product advertised: Belding Brothers silk and hosiery. General notes: Advertising booklet for children, with drawings on each page designed for copying.

Author: None identified. Illustrator: Berube, Phil. Published by: National Association of Manufacturers, New York. Product advertised: American manufacturing and machinery. General notes: Comic pages explaining American industrial and manufacturing growth, and promises of capitalism.

Author: None identified. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: C.I. Hood and Co., Lowell, Mass.. Product advertised: Hood's Sarsaparilla. General notes: Alphabet poem about ailing white beauty Alice who was cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Contains racist caricatures of Black people.

Author: None identified. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: Hershey Chocolate Corporation. Product advertised: Hershey chocolate and Hershey Chocolate Corporation's legacy. General notes: Illustrated short volume about the discovery and uses of the cacao bean, and manufacturing of chocolate. Includes chapter on Milton Hershey's investment and development of Hershey, Penn., and the modern amenities it offers.

Author: Lally, A.V.. Illustrator: Ogden, H.A.. Published by: Chase & Sanborn. Product advertised: Seal Brand Coffee and Fine Teas. General notes: Illustrated history of Plymouth colony, including the first Thanksgiving "attended by Massaoit and ninety of his braves", with advertisement for Chase & Sanford at the back.

Author: Jones, Acetylene. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: Union Carbide Sales Company. Product advertised: Acetylene generators and lights. General notes: Short history of light, from sunlight to development of artificial lights, ending with "new Acetylene" lighting for homes.