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<p>[QUOTE="wcubed, post: 1297697, member: 12663"]Nope, not clutter at all. You asked a good question. In this day and age, it is inconceivable that a person would get free furniture just for buying soap.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, that is exactly what Larkin did. It may have been a smaller piece of furniture, perhaps a chair or a small desk. Think of it as making a bulk purchase. For that, you got free stuff. $10 worth of soap back then was ALOT of soap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wcubed, post: 1297697, member: 12663"]Nope, not clutter at all. You asked a good question. In this day and age, it is inconceivable that a person would get free furniture just for buying soap. Yet, that is exactly what Larkin did. It may have been a smaller piece of furniture, perhaps a chair or a small desk. Think of it as making a bulk purchase. For that, you got free stuff. $10 worth of soap back then was ALOT of soap.[/QUOTE]
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