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W. B. Engle to Leroy L. Little and Albert Britt, January 4, 1922

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  • In a letter to All Outdoors editor, Leroy L. Little and Outing Editor Albert Britt on January 4, 1922, W. B. Engle sends requested samples of his product for testing. If the product meets with their approval, he will write up an advertisement. This letter was sent onto Horace Kephart with a note from Britt asking him to try the samples.
  • Delicious yet wholesome Tasty but nutritious »♦»» An appetizer, dessert or a whole meal GOOD EATIN' AUTOING, CAMPING OR AT HOME Nature's Food-Confectio, REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. PENDING W. B. ENGLE MANUFACTURER AND DIST 433 First National Bpzj Mi tor M&.t Leroy L. Little, All Gutdagrs • p^ • Albert Britt, J8dlt«r*p __Qut ing, _. New York City. • A. manr; $ for your /the Outing Dear Sirs:- Your favor of 9/19/31 firam yovT. drly reed* and was requested to send sample testing bureaus and am doing so under separate cover* Polishing Cof ^L<r/M<^ W\ ii^> A Am sux'e you will live this as several years ago I sent soma to the editor of All Out Doors an^ he wrote ha was much pleased but I had not taken up the commercial point then. a For your information'will say it contains absolutely no adulterants, not even sugar, but #1 is made antirely from TV-tea and ilaoj .ads si on figs, prunes and raisins from Calif, with about 1/5 of Calif, almonds, all carefully blended, jrd'WBifl "a-1 cured to right corbie i ,acy. §% ha» about 1/7 of orange Irlosson honey, candied, from Calif* Shuld 1H-3 to Vnow which you prefer and which you thin> the public would like best. Itf it meets with your approval vindly inform me and X will arrange when you give a write up In your testing bureau, to atart my advs. but will hava to arrange to have asupply ready to mail in response as I am. just getting it started. Thanking you for a full report which I trust and believe will be favorable, I am, Very truly, . . Ql/*-7 O \Jj&,L*r^- * I found that shelled almonds retail for jjifa a pound, ana of course dreid fruita are high, especially dates. Considering that people Pay $1*^0 for candy made from 5c sugar and cheap chocolate etc. tm£ that in Seattle tney are selling tons of fruit oa>e at $1*25 Per pound made much cheaper than my product, what price coul^ I get th?; public to pay, per pound delivered in the U.S. in your opinion? What do you think of the Commercial pssibllitles, not only for Outers but for the homes, for children to tabo place of candy an^ for dessert Part of the time. Try a little after your dinner in place of a dessert and see if it doesnt give the SATISFYING sweet taste most of us seeiii to crave then.

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Horace Kephart

Background and Early Career Horace Kephart was born in 1862 in Pennsylvania, but spent much of his youth in Iowa. He went on to achieve success in two careers. Trained as a...

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