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Desert Sun, Number 166, 16 February 1970

The New York Times, 06 Apr 1900 (page 5)

#vintage #newspapers #alcohol #ads #advertisements

"The doctor just misunderstood me," said Dr. Weaver. "I said parents' blood, not parrot's blood."

!!!

San Jose Evening News (San Jose, California), 26 Jan 1931 (page 13)

#vintage #newspapers #unbelievable #medicine

Coke! Where?

Oh, that kind...

San Jose Daily News (San Jose, California), 4 Feb 1888

#coke #advertising #vintage #newspapers

The Manning Times (Manning, South Caroline), 18 July 1888

#newspapers #vintage #sports #baseball

Indiana State Board of Health Advertisement - "I Am Death," from 1912

#vintage #poster #health #death

Quite an outlook on life in this paper...

From the "Hogwallow News" column.

Crittenden Record Press. (Marion, Kentucky), 27 June 1907

(Found by researching a tweet from @tweetsofold)

#vintage #newspapers #philosophy #humor #blackhumor #darkhumor

Take that, "you scientific ginks!"

Mountain Advocate (Barbourville, Kentucky), 18 June 1915

#newspapers #vintage #germs #science #ginks #food

No more worries about donuts rolling away!

Not the snappiest of ad copy though.

The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.), 20 February 1920

#newspapers #vintage #food #ads #donuts

Mistaken for soap?!

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer (Bemidji, Minnesota), 28 December 1921

#newspapers #vintage #food #haggis

From large housekeeping feature on pigs, including a recipe for "Homemade Headcheese." Mm mm!

The New-York Tribune. (New York, New York), 5 December 1920

#newspaper #vintage #food #pigs #pork #headcheese

From "Local Doings in Tabloid Form"

The Day Book (Chicago, Illinois), 5 February 1914

#newspapers #vintage

From an opinion piece titled "Don't Buy Ugly Dolls For Your Babies," by one Arthur Rockham, A.R.W.S.

Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, Nebraska), 4 December 1914

#newspapers #editorial #vintage

From "Help Wanted - Male" column.

The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.), 8 October 1914

#innuendo #helpwanted #job ads #newspaper #vintage

For advice published nearly 100 years ago, not all of it is that bad. I'm not sure what a bedroom door mat is supposed to do for your health though.

The Day Book. (Chicago, Illinois), 27 February 1914

#newspapers #vintage #health

The Day Book (Chicago, Illinois), 27 February 1914

#vintage #newspapers

The Day Book (Chicago, Illinois), 27 February 1914

#vintage #newspapers

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