Tag: newspapers
Take your medicine, Gladys. I don’t see any horses.
Folks were flush with postwar cash in 1946, and they were asked what they would like to splurge on. This little girl wants a horse…
The stuff of nightmares
I don’t know how old I was when the television introduced me to the “Green Giant” with his booming refrain, “HO HO HO! GREEN Giant!”…
Annette? Yogi? Fried Chicken?
The paper says the Mickey Mouse Club is on at 5:30 on channel 9, and Yogi Bear on channel 13. It’s 1963, so no Tivo,…
Wait until the other shoe drops
These “Ripple” shoes probably were fun and different to wear, and maybe changed a person’s gait in a positive way. Years later, say 1970 something,…
Alternative to WAZE
Since cellphones with the WAZE app installed did not yet exist in 1906, motorists of the day resorted to using confetti flung across the roadway…
War is over, let’s go nuts
It’s 1946, the war is over, and Look magazine asks people what they want. to buy. Because apparently everyone has piles of cash now. They…
Missed opportunity
Consider the case of C. B. Moore, Optometrist. WHY did he not take the GOLDEN opportunity to hang out his shingle as C MOORE OPTOMETRIST…
The Bricklayer’s Excuse- True story?
Fans of novelty music have all heard “The Bricklayer’s Song”, I have always thought of it as mere clever lyrics, so imagine my surprise when…
Don’t let a broken leg slow you down!
P.W. Berge of Reno, Nevada, was not a man to let a broken leg slow him down- he just took the door off of his…