Questionable Advice & Advertisements

~ Canada Dry Ginger Ale ad, 1972
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“Ginger Ale Tastes Like Love”

After sharing a ginger ale The Man and the Long-Haired Hippie reached a new understanding and vowed to be bestest friends forever.

~ San Rafael Cook Book, 1906

~ Correct Social Usage: a Course of Instruction in good Form, Style and Deportment, by Eighteen Distinguished Authors, 1906

~ The Review of Reviews, April 1900
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“TASTES LIKE SALT.
IS SALT.”

~ Flagstaff Arizona Telephone Directory, September 1943
via Arizona Memory Project

“Drink A Bite To Eat At 10, 2 & 4 O’Clock”

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A 1919 Oreo Cookie Ad

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~ Mrs. Rorer’s Diet for the Sick, 1914

~ The Habit, 1917 (Salina Kansas High School)
via Internet Archive

~ Mackenzie’s Ten Thousand Receipts, In All The Useful And Domestic Arts; Constituting A Complete And Practical Library, 1867
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~ Evan’s Ale, Cosmopolitan v.49, June - November, 1910 
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“A Crust of Bread and a Glass of Ale have been found by an English Gov’t Commission to contain the maximum amount of nourishment and to make the perfect meal.”

~ How to Cook Shell-Fish, by Olive Green, 1907

~ The Retail Druggist of Canada (1915)
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~ Tennessee State Fair Official Souvenir Program and Guide, 1907
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“A Coffee of such exhilarating and palate-tickling flavor that it makes you thankful for life”

~ Women’s Athletic Association Handbook, 1939-140 (Anderson College, Anderson S.C.)

~ The Whittier News, Whittier California, Wednesday August 23, 1911