If you haven't spent time on Google Books, I recommend doing so. Searching some old issues of Popular Mechanics from the 1930s, I came across this ad for a potato chip manufacturing machine. It ran several times, and Vita-Seald was a franchise-ish potato chip company around that time.
Here are five things that stood out to me. It's interpreted as if this were run today, not in the Depression-era, where this was an option considered by many out-of-work men. 1. The Logistics of It All If it wasn't clear that this was an ad for a potato chip machine, the large metal hopper visual clears it up. I'm sure most folks had room for this in their pantry. The logistics of this are puzzling: how do they deliver the vat? Does it come in pieces or assembled? If not, who assembles it? Does it come with instructions? Where do you get the oil?
Where does he keep all of the machines to ship? 2. The Syntax and Phrasing This could be a function of the 1930s typesetting, a cost-per-word issue, or broken English. "I Give You Complete Set-Up" is direct, to the point, article-free, and funny. 3. The Random Capitalization Why was MINERALIZED something worth emphasis? Are there minerals that I can sprinkle on today's chips, to see if it makes a difference? If you said a potato chip was mineralized today, what would happen (aside from sales skyrocketing)? 4. The Forcefulness of the Author Reading this reminds me of the Video Professor infomercial of the 1990s. How does he know there are 38 outlets in my hometown to which I can deliver the chips? I'm pretty sure there's 40 where I live. Write him at once! 5. The Idea of Manufacturing as a Path to Riches In the 1930s, perhaps this made sense. Now, it seems like a bit much to bite off. Plus the whole cooking 50,000 pounds of potato chips this week. if I could only get my hands on 25 tons of potatoes.