Early 20th C. Butcher's Hog Splitter with Twine-Wrapped Handle by Foster Bros. playbill from a factory warning light

from a factory warning light to an airport runway indicator

and a rectangular weighted base

The WLS Dinner Bell was a Country & Western Music program that was on WLS Radio during the 1930's through the early 1950's and was sponsored by Prairie Farmer magazine

The serial numbering system may have started at 500

White in 1886 in Worcester

Early 20th C. Butcher's Hog Splitter with Twine-Wrapped Handle by Foster Bros. playbill from a factory warning lightc. 1900s; Foster Bros. & Chatillon Co. Fulton, NY Forged iron hog splitter with a heavy broad blade and hand wrapped twine grip. This formidable butcher's tool, measuring over three feet in length, was designed for breaking down livestock with efficiency in an era before mechanized processing. The wide blade carries the weight needed for splitting bone and carcass, while the wrapped grip provided the user with added traction in blood slick