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Herbert Hoover–perhaps a better classical scholar than president–famously promised “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”. Well, in this example of thrift and austerity, we see a summer cottage offered for sale for $375.00 (disassembled plus freight), with room for a car, and even for a family. A small family.
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