A hundred-year-old issue of American Cookery magazine contained an advertisement for kitchen clocks. To get a clock, people could send $1.50 plus sell seven subscriptions to the magazine, or they could just send $5.25 and not sell any subscriptions. I wonder how many people sold subscriptions to get a clock at a reduced price. I can’t imagine being able to sell subscriptions to seven people.
Actually, I don’t think that I’d purchase one for the full price either. I haven’t had a separate kitchen clock for many years. I just use the ones on my stove and microwave, but, of course, they didn’t yet exist in 1926, so if I went back in time, maybe I’d want one.
The clocks contained pendulums, and needed to be wound every eight days. 1926 was before the era of electric and battery-operated clocks.
There are probably a few still stashed away in attics…or antique shops!
I think it would be hard to sell all those subscriptions. I have to have a clock in every room, even the garage, and preferably analog.