Questionable Advice & Advertisements

~ Kent’s New Commentary: A Manual for Young Men, by C.H. Kent, 1880

~ The Millinery Trade Review, 1917
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~ The Whittier News, December 5, 1903
via Whittier Digital Library

~ Good Housekeeping, December 1943
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“…see how Crisco-frying makes those Franks in Blankets brown and crisp. And they’re so digestable even children may eat ‘em!”

~ The Standard Guide to Florida, 1910
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~ The Psychology of Mental Disorders, by Abraham Myerson, M.D., 1928

~ Bullene, Moores, Emery & Co’s Illustrated Catalogue and Shopping Guide, Fall and Winter, 1886-1887
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“Improved genuine Alaska Down Bustles, lightweight, and yet capable of extending heaviest garments according to fashion.”

~ A Guide to the City of Baltimore, H.W. Corwin, 1869

~ November 1924
via Grace’s Guide
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I would like to take this opportunity to apologize in advance to everyone who has nightmares about evil monocle-wearing monkeys as a result of this post.

~ Beaver Valley Times, November 4, 1946
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“And for this intangible thing that we call “sex appeal,” there seems to be no substitute.”

~ 1937
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“You’re never alone when you ride with a genuine Ford radio in your Ford V-8. The news of the world, sports, music, drama - a turn of the dial and they’re yours.”

~ Salaspin, July 1917
via Grace’s Guide

“Replaces German aspirin”


Notes from aspirin history: Bayer, a German company, first patented Aspirin on February 27, 1900. The name Aspirin came from the ‘A” in acetyl chloride, the “spir” in spiraea ulmaria (the plant they derived the salicylic acid from) and the ‘in’ was a then familiar name ending for medicines.

Aspirin was first sold as a powder. In 1915, the first Aspirin tablets were made. Interestingly, Aspirin ® and Heroin ® were once trademarks belonging to Bayer. After Germany lost World War I, Bayer was forced to give up both trademarks as part of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. (source)

~ Chicago Mail Order Catalog, 1933
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~ The Review of Reviews, April 1900
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“Best Preventative against The Bubonic Plague in the World”