The audio version of this Pinch of the Past was first shared in Episode 36: Guest Parker J. Cole & a Review of Hope Between the Pages by Pepper Basham
House Hold Items
“Sears, Roebuck and Company is a retail giant with 19th-century roots as a mail-order business operating in rural America.”
You’ve seen the old hurricane lamps. Well, they weren’t run on nothing. Kerosene oils were in high demand back then. Sears and Roebuck sold this as well. According to one ad: “We do not sell less than a barrel of kerosene oil… no charge for parrels. Barrels contain about 52 gallons.”
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