Foley's Family Almanac And Health Book 1917. Published by Foley & Co, Chicago and printed in the U.S.A. . 36 printed pages including ads for Foley's patent medicine products.  The almanac covers the 1 year period from July 1917 to June 1918.

Condition:  The almanac is in overall very good condition. Good overall visual appeal with vibrant blue and yellow graphic colors on the cover. Light foxing/spotting along the edges and small spots on the cover.   Interior Pages: Clean, intact, with uniform age-toning (yellowing) expected for newsprint paper of this era. No tears, missing pages, or spine splits.   

Details: Foley's Family Almanac and Health Book (1917) is a vintage household almanac published by Foley & Co. of Chicago, combining a traditional yearly reference guide with health-related information and advertising for the company's patent medicines. Like other editions in the series, it features such almanac staples as weather predictions, horoscopes, and calendar information, along with entertaining diversions and family-oriented features like the rhyming "alphabet for children" and "health hints for everybody".

A particularly interesting aspect of this booklet is its extensive advertising for early 20th-century remedies, including products promoted for coughs, digestive complaints, kidney problems, and other common ailments. These advertisements offer a fascinating glimpse into the patent medicine industry and the health beliefs and marketing practices of the period. In 1917, patent medicines were widely advertised as treatments for numerous ailments, often with claims that would not meet modern standards for scientific evidence. Some contained alcohol or other active ingredients, and their effectiveness and safety varied considerably. Almanacs like Foley's combined ordinary calendar and household information with promotional material for proprietary remedies, making them useful examples of how patent medicines were marketed to the public.

Today, Foley's Family Almanac and Health Book is a collectible piece of early American advertising and printed ephemera, especially appealing to collectors of antique almanacs, vintage patent medicine advertising, and Americana.