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More ephemera for the collection.
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WWII gas ration book, Army Air Corps ( precursor to the Air Force) birthday card and a warning from Uncle Sam.
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Vintage political.
And then there was this strange little booklet about the different lodges. When you read it, start with the number on the top… it’s a countdown.
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I’ll spare you the entire book…
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Long live the Elks! They know how to hold their liquor.
And finally, my personal favorite…
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An ad from the St. Louis chemical company famous for its miracle cures and odd skeleton graphics. Many products contained quinine and heroin but this particular flyer is for Antikamnia. The formula varied over the years but the main ingredient was acetanilide, a coal tar derivative which caused cyanosis… turning patient’s extremities blue from a lack of oxygen. Deaths were reported as early as 1891. No miracle there I’m afraid.
The flip side.
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River's world..... 
Wallace/Nixon was the first and only time my parents voted differently…
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Can’t blame them there.
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So the maccabee, the odd fellow and shriner couldnt handle the pace, among others, but who was the last guy standing? Some wacky little items you got there.
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We like wacky.
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Long live the Elks! Now that’s a conclusion I didn’t see coming. People be weird.
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They are definitely that.
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Better living through chemistry…pharmaceutical companies are just chemical companies with a less-onerous name. Elks be crazy.
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I’m not sure I’ve ever known an Elk. But now I really want to.
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The hidden history of America in ephemera, who knew? lol
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I did. We have piles upon piles of it.
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We have lots of chemical companies trying to kill us in St. Louis. Antikamnia was a new one on me… very interesting choice of a mascot.
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It’s fabulous. Fatal side effects not so much.
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Weird, and weirder.
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Tis the Genuine – I like that part.
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That lodgemen book could almost work in my classroom – the rhyming, the counting… so kid-friendly.
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Everything but the subject matter, yes.
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