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About Arthur Rodman’s “Jingles” booklet
Arthur Rodman was my grandfather, on my mother’s side. He was president of the Banker’s Engineering Co. He had a knack for writing jingles, which he clearly didn’t want deemed as “poetry”. You’ll see his explanation in the opening of the booklet.
In 1916, he “published” a booklet that was handed out to friends and business acquaintances, mostly for fun, with a hint of business prospecting.
So this fragile booklet wouldn’t totally deteriorate from age, I decided to digitize the pages and capture his jingles on this web page, for all to see.
Though it references his own family and business, there is nothing too personal inside, but gives a glimpse into life in 1916.
I’ve chosen to try to reproduce it as closely as possible, including any of his original typographical errors, indicated with “(sic)”.
Thanks to my cousin, Doug Cole, for bringing the “Jingles” booklet back to my attention and inspiring me to do this project.
Use the Table of Contents links below (on each page, too), or page through the booklet, consecutively, with the links to the next page, at the bottom of each set of Jingles.
[NOTE: Images are CLICKABLE to see it up larger, in a separate tab, so you can closely examine the original.]
Enjoy!