Comments on: Kids! Get rich selling Cloverline Salve! http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html Stories, quotes and anecdotes. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Pa. resident http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html#comment-1286601 Pa. resident Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:25:25 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve/#comment-1286601 Lots of mistakes in this article. Not sure where this writer got the idea about adults recruiting kids, because he’s wrong. I have a penny postcard and a premium catalog from 1925 right here to prove it. Furthermore, the company paid to advertise in comic books so they could reach kids directly.

]]> By: Betty Moran http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html#comment-1116904 Betty Moran Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:55:41 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve/#comment-1116904 I have all the pictures & 12cans of Salve. My Pharmacy ordered the salve for me. Now $3.85 a can

]]> By: Al Sandefur http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html#comment-935497 Al Sandefur Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:28:32 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve/#comment-935497 I was born and raised in Geneva, KY. My Grandmother (MaMaw) sold Cloverine Salve and got me my first Telescope, which was made of cardboard. She wanted me to get interested in astronomy so I would be sure and see Haleys Comet when it returned in 1986. Well it worked, I got interested and taught astronomy for some time. In 1986 I had a 11 inch Celestron mounted in a dome in my back yard just outside of Kansas City, KS. When the comet reappeared from it’s journey around the sun, I had seven school buses and twenty or so cars parked on my fifteen acre backyard at 3 am. We had a great time, what wonderful memories, thanks to Cloverine
Salve which by the way, is one of the great cure-all’s of all time.

]]> By: Marlene Smith McKinney http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html#comment-714810 Marlene Smith McKinney Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:12:58 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve/#comment-714810 I sold Cloverine Salve door to door during the 1940s summers, while attending elementary school. We lived at the Aluminum City Terrace in New Kensington, Pa. It was a community housing Alcoa Aluminum workers, & still exists today as condos. Ladies would be so excited to see me, saying “Marlene, I hoped you would sell Cloverine again this summer!” I am 73yrs. old & living in CA. In this day of computers, I wondered if I could find any info on Cloverine Salve. Thanks for the prizes & for the memories!

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html#comment-239014 Carolyn Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:03:17 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve/#comment-239014 I have never used this salve, but in going thru my mothers belongings I found one of the tins. It has Price 25 cents. Are these tins collectibles and how old would the tin be that sold for 25 cents?

]]> By: Rosalie M. Ash http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html#comment-116476 Rosalie M. Ash Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:34:13 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve/#comment-116476 I sold Cloverine products back in the early 1950s. I had no competition in our area so I had a pretty lucrative business. I received a lot of premiums including a bicycle which my brother promptly stole and sold to a friend for $5.00. My parents made him get the bike back but it had been wrecked by then. I also sold Grit, a newspaper, with lots of tidbits in it, together with voluminous ads. Today, I am almost 70 and have fond memories of my childhood and earning those prizes.

]]> By: Linda Smith http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html#comment-103921 Linda Smith Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:42:35 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve/#comment-103921 I was just writing my memories of early “jobs” and decided to find out what I could online about Cloverine Brand Salve. Even though I wasn’t from Appalachia, I was a kid who went door-to-door selling the tins. I had forgotten about the pictures..although I don’t think they were all religious by the ’40′s. What fond memories I have of those innocent days of yearning for “gifts” and the satisfaction of earning them myself. I think my mother actually sold it in the late 20′s/early 30′s.

]]> By: Laura http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html#comment-64720 Laura Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:43:14 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve/#comment-64720 Ah yes, I remember Cloverine salve well, it smelled so good
and was a cure all for just about all skin problems. I
cannot believe that they are selling it.. But I am going
to buy some if I can find a local store that sells it, so
far I have not been able to find one, not Walgreens or
Walmart.. Guess I will keep looking.

Does anyone remember Hadacol..? I used to sell that door to
door as a kid..They took it off of the market because of
the alcohol content, I believe…

]]> By: Bob Garton Sr. http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve.html#comment-12983 Bob Garton Sr. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:33:33 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/05/kids-get-rich-selling-cloverline-salve/#comment-12983 When I was 9 or 10 years old and living in Philadelphia,I got into selling Cloverine Salve and really loved it.I liked the religeous pictures we had to give to customers and they really helped sell the salve.I was watching an old Andy Griffith show with my son where the town boys got involved in selling salve.It really brought back memories and I was telling my son about my experience with Cloverine.I decided to research it on my computer and was delighted to see that it is still available.I couldn’t believe it.I’m 81 years old now and the nostalgia was great!If the archives still list your kid salesmen by name,that would be something.I really enjoyed the stories about Appalachia.Thanks for the memories. Bob Garton Sr.

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