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"Listen, Joe - I almost forgot about Mother's Day. Send me another case of Three Star."
"Listen, Joe - I almost forgot about Mother's Day. Send me another case of Three Star."

"Listen, Joe - I almost forgot about Mother's Day. Send me another case of Three Star."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1930
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink wash
DimensionsObject: 10 9/16 × 11 9/16 in. (26.9 × 29.4 cm) Sheet: 10 9/16 × 11 9/16 in. (26.9 × 29.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1813
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"And oh! The sweetest little pills! Three times a day in water - or was it six times? - I don't know. Anyway, I've got a rundown condition and an awful lot to talk with you about."
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"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
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"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."
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"Please don't send me no more packages unless I have asked for them."
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"Dear Heavens, Eldred, do be careful! This is Mother's Day."
"Dear Heavens, Eldred, do be careful! This is Mother's Day."
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1927
"This is where Ernestine used to live with Mr. Roberts. I sometimes wonder about poor, dear Mr. Roberts."
"This is where Ernestine used to live with Mr. Roberts. I sometimes wonder about poor, dear Mr. Roberts."
Alan Dunn
1930
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"Listen, Eth - I got to go - will you take this forty-six but forty-nine hip for me?"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
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"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
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1954
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