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“Put your “duds” in our “suds”” might have become a TV commercial jingle today. In 1916 it was ink on paper. The steam laundry of yesterday was mostly replaced with the dry cleaners today. Most just use the home based washer dryer as casual ware needs little care.

The Punta Gorda Herald eventually spun into a number of directions, but can be found today here: http://www.yoursun.com/

This advertisement is from the March 30th, 1916 edition of the Punta Gorda Herald. At the time the newspaper was only published on Thursdays, as is still common for most weekly newspapers 100 years later.