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The soapstone buggy/foot warmer was used by many people to warm their beds at night and oftentimes would be used to warm their feet while out and about in a sleigh or buggy. The soapstone bed warmer was in favor in the mid-1800s and gradually grew…

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L.C. Mercantile Co., Mendota, Illinois
"Strictly Pure Spices"

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Stamped "Squirrel Nut Cracker; Tyler Texas & Chicago"

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Printing on Front Side: "Illinois Sesquicentennial, 1818-1968, 150 Years of Progress"
Printing on Back Side: "Seal of the State of Illinois, Aug. 26th, 1818"

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Gauge Face; "The Webster Modulation System, Steam Heating," W. Webster & Co., New Jersey

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"We Done Good! We burned our mortgage! April 2, 1983"

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