1897 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog, Books Department

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

To wrap up a month of Revisiting Relaxation, let's drift back through one of your favorite sleep-inducers, the Sears Catalog. Tonight's selection is a perfect pick for this podcast, and confirms that, truly, Sears was the Amazon of 1897.

Follow and chat with us on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/boringbookspod

Support us on Patreon and get exclusive perks:

https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod

Music: "Heaven Be Here," PCIII, is licensed under CC

All Boring Books for Bedtime readings are taken from works in the public domain. If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, send a recommendation on Twitter, on our website, or on Patreon. I'd love to hear from you!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Good evening and welcome to boring books for bedtime. I hope tonight's installment provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep for once.
0:15.0	So lie back, adjust your volume. Take a nice deep breath, and off we go.
0:26.2	Tonight we're returning to one of the earliest things read
0:29.2	on this podcast.
0:31.2	We're reading from the Sears Roebuck and Co Incorporated Consumers Guide,
0:37.0	Number 104, published in 1897. That's right, it's the Sears catalog. And tonight we're browsing through
0:48.7	a section with particular relevance to this
0:55.0	particular relevance to this podcast.
0:59.0	Sears Roebuck and Co Incorporated, Book and Stationary Department
1:03.5	We present to your notice, one of the most complete book departments in the country.
1:09.6	And if interested in anything in this line, we believe it will pay you to carefully read the following pages.
1:17.0	Note the illustrations and descriptions and particularly the prices. This department from a
1:25.3	comparatively small beginning has grown to one of the first branches of our
1:30.3	business. We are able to make our contracts on the basis of very large
1:35.8	quantities direct with the publishers and printers and at such favorable prices that we can offer you everything in books, including all standard
1:48.2	works and publications, at even less money than the average dealer is in the habit of paying.
1:55.0	We have endeavored to make everything plain by showing small illustrations of many books, stationery, etc. as drawn by our artists direct from the photographs,
2:08.0	and to so describe that you can order as intelligently as if you were in our store selecting the goods from stock.
2:16.6	There is perhaps no class of merchandise which bears a larger profit to the retailer than books and stationary.
2:25.0	What his profit is, you can readily ascertain by comparing our prices with the prices charged by retailers.
2:35.7	To save this profit, it is only necessary to send your orders to us, and your order and your correspondence will have the prompt and careful attention of either
2:47.8	the manager or one of his able assistance.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sharon Handy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sharon Handy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.