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Vintage Ad – 1909: Peterman’s Roach Food

Peterman's Roach Food Ad, Ladies Home Journal, July 1909, page 48.
Peterman’s Roach Food Ad, Ladies Home Journal, July 1909, page 48.

Peterman’s Roach Food and Other Verminicides

Peterman’s Roach Food – Entices from their hiding places roaches, water bugs and beetles. They it and die. Even if they walk over it, it kills them.

Peterman’s Did It

Peterman’s Discovery

-Kills bed bugs and their eggs instantly. Two styles – “Liquid,” to inject into cracks by the spout on the can; “Paste,” to be painted on any surface. Lasts a year and kills every bug that travels over it. A sure preventative.

Peterman’s Rat-Mous Food – Makes rats deathly sick. They leave the premises at once. Not a poison – no dead rats to become offensive.

Peterman’s Ant Food – Kills ants and fleas instantly.

Standard for 23 years. Insist on Peterman’s.

Send 25¢ for can if dealer does not handle it.

William Peterman, Inc.

Wm. Peterman, Pres., 54 West 13th Street, N.Y.

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