Description:
Advertising card for Mirror Traps for rats and mice, sold by John F. Halladay & Son, Wholesale Grocers, showing drawing of mouse approaching a trap.
Caption on front: RATS AND MICE ARE QUICKLY CAUGHT BY ...MIRROR TRAPS. BUY THE BEST IT WILL PAY YOU. "Hello! What's this? Another chap wants my dinner, eh? Well I guess I rather think I'll take that myself." FOR SALE BY--JOHN F. HALLADAY & SON, Wholesale Grocers BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.
Caption on back: MIRROR TRAPS Are Rat and Mouse Exterminators. QUICKEST AND SUREST TRAP ON EARTH. MIRROR TRAPS ARE THE MOST PRACTICAL. BECAUSE - They are Decoy Traps. The Mirror Quickly and successfully Deceives the Rats and Mice. BECAUSE - When Raised the Trigger is Not Exposed like other traps. BECAUSE - The Springs and other Working Parts are Concealed, therefore the Mirror Traps Do Not Arouse Suspicion as others do. BECAUSE - THEY CATCH THEM ANYWHERE - They never require to be covered when set. BECAUSE - They are the SAFEST AND EASIEST to set. When you buy MIRROR TRAPS, you buy the best. OVER