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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.


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Showing 3 results for Shupert, Perry L..
ID1001
Title of ArticleObituary
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
DateJuly 20, 1998
PageA6 (See also Obituary Index)
SubjectsShupert, Perry L., Speedy Alka-Seltzer

ID74015
Title of ArticlePerry L. Shupert
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
History #Elkhart Truth Collection
DateDec 24, 1949
SubjectsShupert, Perry L., Miles Laboratories, Business

ID76286
Title of ArticlePerry L. Shupert
Noteshttps://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/2229/rec/1
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationElkhart Truth Collection
Picture CaptionPerry L. Shupert, Vice President of U.S. sales of Miles Laboratories (1949) and President of Sales and Advertising Executives Club of St. Joseph Valley (Sept. 1957). In 1951, he changed the Alka-Seltzer mascot's name, Sparky, to Speedy to align with that year's promotional theme,
DateNo date given
History #epl_truth_photograph_966
SubjectsShupert, Perry L., Miles Laboratories, Speedy Alka-Seltzer, Alka-Seltzer