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In 1937, Mssrs Breisch, Miller, and Sexton joined forces to form the City Ice and Coal Company in Greenville, MS. Their business was created to, among other things, "Manufacture, prepare, cut, gather, collect, harvest, store, preserve, pack, keep, buy, sell, import, and export, trade and deal in, at wholesale and retail, all kinds of ice, including dry ice..." (From the Charter of Incorporation, State of Mississippi.)
This coupon book is my latest acquisition. It was good for 500 lbs of ice, delivered to the customer's home.
The newspaper ad is from the January 16, 1955 edition of the Greenville Delta Leader.
 

Thank you JP! I wasn’t expecting any kudos, but much appreciated., in fact, you made my week! I know that collectors are great people. Someday, I hope to qualify. Thank you for your comments, and the coins look great in your album! 

Hi all,
I just want to say that even though we see all the strange stuff and get the bad rep from a lot of others the regular members on this site are all good people and would do almost anything to help a fellow collector. I have many of those people that send me PM asking if I would like this or that and I always say thanks for the offer, but I will try it some other way. Just so you all know Denver mint coins are harder to find in the Northeast. Most of you know MR Bill 347 He is one of the good guys, he saw the 2009 D that I found to fill the last hole in my cent folder. Well, he hated that it was the only tarnished coin in the book. So, before I could say no thanks Bill, he sent me out the whole 2009 D BU set.
Thanks Bill it looks great.

So my, get this, Google account was suspended.  From precisely 12:23:23 - 0500 on Sunday, April 21. Reason:  "Someone may have used your Account to send out a lot of junk messages or done something else that violates the Google Service Agreement." 
"Click button for your detailed security check for further instructions."
So, I did.  Up popped up an advertisement from topantivirustech.com with an excruciatingly detailed narrative on five or six of the top anti-viral apps, each with their own overall rating on a 1 to 10 scale, with already discounted prices ranging from US$ 29.00 to a mind-boggling US$ 199.99 (save 29%) all presumably annual subscriptions. (Each was equipped with a button to access their website, apparently all based abroad, which I declined to click on.)
There was another button to click, "Learn more."
So I did (after backing out of the "detailed security check,") and again up popped up the same ad.
There was yet another button to click, "sign out," and up popped up that same, by now famliar, ad... and the nature of this anti-spam scam became apparent to me.
I confess to you, gentle reader, that I have committed an offense by omission!   Meaning, I have withheld a critical fact:  IT WAS I WHO WAS THE CULPRIT!!!
When the volume of spam I get balloons, I stop deleting, and time allowing, FORWARD this never-ending stream of Basura (garbage) Back to Sender. To innocent overtures like, "Hi, how are you?"  I reply, "To whom do I have the pleasure of speaking?" If this quickly descends into inappropriate sexual content, forgive me, I respond with vicious vitriol peppered with salty language.  Long story short: I give 'em a taste of their own medicine and when I receive a clueless response replete with phrases featuring flat affect, I issue my ultimatum: Kindly furnish me with your full legal name, DOB, SSN, street address, phone numbers, etc.
There are members on this Forum who have counseled us from time-to-time on the correct tack to take on such matters.  Problem is, I delete and delete until I summon up the nerve to take matters into my own hands.  Anyone remember Kurt's classic reply to my comment urging him to "Be Nice" (per Guideline rules)?  Briefly, he said, in substance:  "You do you; I'll do me."  🤣
TAKEAWAY:  GOOGLE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO GRANT SCAMSTERS (my word) UNFETTERED ACCESS TO YOUR ACCOUNT, AND IF YOU ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE HARRASSMENT INDEPENDENTLY, YOU WILL SUFFER A LAPSE IN SERVICE UNDER THE GUISE OF AN APPARENT VIOLATION OF THEIR SERVICE AGREEMENT.
Clever, huh? Pretty impressive racket. If you have experienced a similar ominous, inexplicable interruption of service due to an apparent "agreement violation," from Google, or anyone else, feel free to share it here.
For those who may be curious as to what "may" happen should an insane thought like clearing your cache and cookies enters your mind, tarry not. I will tell you:  you will [virtually] cease to exist, analogous to repeating all your years of formal schooling.  It's A Hard Knock Life.
(Posted at the sole discretion of NGC Moderation which may delete for cause, or no reason at all.  I am okay with that.)
 
 

1890-S Liberty Seated dime, NGC graded AU 58:

1877-CC 10C VF20