A crummy commercial from the originator of crummy commercials

 I saw this post on the Face Radio Premiums group by Larry Zdeb:

And of course had to try decoding the messsage:

But whoever had owned the ring left it on the correct combination so the decode wasn't hard:

00000000011111111112222222
12345678901234567890123456
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hfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimv  no kid can resist the taste of rich chocolate ovaltine
fkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvh
kxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhf
xdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfk
dpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkx
poejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxd
oejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdp
ejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpo
jbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoe
btnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoej
tnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejb
nqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbt
qzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtn
zguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnq
guyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqz
uyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzg
yrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzgu
rcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguy
caslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyr
aslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrc
slwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrca
lwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcas
wimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcasl
imvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslw
mvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwi
vhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwim

Otherwise it would have required trying up to all 26 combinations.

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yes Ralphie, another crummy commercial

Decoding has been blogged about here previously:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/05/lives-there-heart-so-un-kid-like-that.html

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/09/kids-actually-did-de-ciphering-in-1941.html

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm