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4009 [[stamped]] AUG-8 1924 [[/stamped]] [[letterhead]] Clothing Furnishings Shoes B. OPPENHEIM and CO Leaders and makers of low prices since 1876 North Manchester, Indiana Dry Goods Ready-to-wear Rugs [[/letterhead]] Contest Letter Aug-6-24 W A. Burpee & co haveing used Burpees seeds for a number of years and this as usal used your 6145 Lawn Grass and I believe I have the cleanest Best Lawn in our City 539 Cas Lettuce have used this seed only for years. 121 Beet Seed 696 onions and our Dwarf Peas was the best ever and the Flower Seeds was all you claimed for them after our early vegatibles were gone I dug trenches and set out 264 of your self Blanching Celery and they are doing fine and the Matchless Tomatoes Growing on Posts through hoops hand loaded with fruit of course Still Green my Garden is 16 x 40 ft so you see we make good every inch work in Store 10 hours every day and rest when I work in my Garden I certainly have had 100 percent Profit and Pleasure untold also I our Peppers and Pimentos do Burpees seeds grow I believe yes everyone Truly yours [[signature]] Wm Van Alstyre [[/signature]] North Manchester Ind
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