Coal News" -- Faux Newspaper Advertising

Toledo, Ohio: Solon Coal Co, 1905. Very good. Toning, short tears, horizontal letter fold.. Printed advertisement for The Solon Coal Co., mimicking the format and style of a newspaper. Includes columns praising the product, jokes and amusing poems, and even a coal-themed weather report: "Rain, or shine, snow or hail, Our coal will get there without fail." Features a "Bargain Sheet" on the last page with coal prices. Printed bifolium (6.25" by 5.75"), pp. 4, a couple in-text illus. including cartoon newspaper man on front page.