Big Election Held
Lum and Abner · March 1, 1940 · 14 min · 2,282 words
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If coffee makes you nervous, switch to post-em. The makers of post-em, the favorite mealtime drink in millions of American homes, present those two lovable old characters from the health country, love and abner.
Tonight we'll give you a brief glimpse into the life of Joe Hill, one-time star salesman for his company, married to children well on the road to success. Customers like Joe Hill because he was this kind of person.
Yes. Well certainly Mr. Green, be glad to. No, no trouble at all. I'll see that you got your order today if I have to deliver it myself. Now that was Joe Hill of several months ago.
But listen to him now. Hello? Yeah? Say what do you think I am an errand boy? I can't help it if you haven't got your order yet. Sure sure I'll check on it but you needn't blame me.
What a change that man. When it turned him from a pleasant, likable person to a touchy, irritable grouch. His doctor said it was nerves, coffee nerves. Of course, it would be ridiculous to tell you that coffee sets everybody's nerves on edge because it just isn't so.
Lots of people can drink coffee with no harmful effects at all, but lots of others shouldn't touch it. So if you're grouchy and irritable, or if you can't sleep or have nervous indigestion, and you suspect coffee nerves may be to blame, or even partly to blame, By all means switch to postum. Postum can't possibly fray your nerves.
It contains no caffeine or stimulant of any kind. Get postum from your grocer today. Enjoy the distinctive, full-bodied flavor that's postum's own. And after a fair trial, after drinking postum instead of coffee, for two weeks, see if your nerves aren't lots steadier.
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