Author: Maher & Grosh
Title: The Latest out! New Whistle and Call, the Develine
Description: Toledo, Ohio, s. n. 1895. First Edition. Leaflet, n. d. (1895); 6 3/4 x 3; single sheet, text to recto only; thin, off-white stock, printed in black; illustrated with an engraving; light outline of a pencil erasure to upper margin, else very minor wear; very good to near fine condition. Published by a company in Ohio, known for producing cutlery, knives, firearms, etc. presumably to advertise the newest product they would carry, the leaflet touted the virtues of the Develine - a siren whistle for cyclists, patented in 1895 by the Mossberg Wrench Company in Attleboro, Mass. It read, in part: "For an ear-piercing, soul-harrowing, nerve-shattering noise, with which nothing that nature produces can compare, we recommend this new whistle. If you wish your neighbors to rush for their shotguns, dogs to start for the cellars, cats to die of envy, and all living beings to start up in heart-broken protest, buy one of htese and blow it.. Very good .

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