Watkins: 50th Anniversary Almanac Home Doctor and Cook Book

Item Information

• Description
  Astronomical calculations; zodiac signs and constellations; planetary and lunar positions, visibility, and stories (vague astronomy); eclipses; weather signs, forecasts; calendar events; astrology; planting, harvesting times; veterinary remedies, etc. Images of selected pages from this item are available. Searchable text is only available for the title page, index, and/or contents pages. Chapter headings: Gathering the Materials and Manufacturing the Product - Distributing the Goods and Keeping up the High Quality - The Watkins Man and Satisfied Watkins Customers - Veterinary Remedies and Toilet Articles - Pure Grounds Spices and Flavoring Extracts - Cooking Suggestions and Meats - Bread and Vegetables - Poultry and Game and Salads - Cakes and Sandwiches and Sundries - Frozen Desserts and Pies and Puddings - Candies and Preserves and Pickles - Appetizing Dishes for the Sickroom and The Home Doctor - Fifty Years Progress; Banking by Mail - Accounts with the Watkins Man; Images of Branch Offices.

• Item ID
  CK0035
• Product
  soap
  spices (ginger, pepper, mustard, allspice, sage, cloves, red pepper, etc.)
  flavoring extracts
  baking powder
  Watkins Liniment
  Blood and Skin Alterative Tonic
  Vanishing Cream
  Cough Medicine
  Laxative Wafers
  Face Cream
  Lax-Tone
  Gen-De-Can-Dra.
• DCMI Type
  Still Image
• Title
  Watkins: 50th Anniversary Almanac Home Doctor and Cook Book
• Company
  J. R. Watkins Medical Co.
• Genre
  advertisements
• Date
  1917
• Subject
  Children
  Culture--African/African-American
  Misc. Recipes and Patent Medicines

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