Tag: newspapers

1957 article about lung cancer
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Smoking causes WHAT??

   August 16, 2023  0 Comments on Smoking causes WHAT??

STURGEON GENERAL SAYS SMOKING IS FISHY! Imagine it’s March, 1957. You are relaxing after work, listening to a ball game…

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War is over, let’s go nuts

   April 20, 2023  0 Comments on 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…

1956 Mopsy comic
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Worst. Play. Ever.

   November 7, 2021  0 Comments on Worst. Play. Ever.

I don’t blame Mopsy for taking the theater seat to recoup some of her money for seeing “New Play”. That was a real stinker.

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Don’t let a broken leg slow you down!

   September 23, 2021  0 Comments on 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 car and fashioned a support for his cast

Little girl wants a horse (Postwar magazine feature)
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Take your medicine, Gladys. I don’t see any horses.

   June 13, 2021  0 Comments on 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…

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No bull!

   May 4, 2021  0 Comments on No bull!

Chuck saved his money and got an old Chevy. Not to be outdone, Jimmy Carpenter got a Cattle-ac.

Green Giant, Jolly
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The stuff of nightmares

   March 2, 2021  0 Comments on 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,…

TV listings 1963
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Annette? Yogi? Fried Chicken?

   February 20, 2021  0 Comments on 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….

Ripple shoe ad
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Wait until the other shoe drops

   November 10, 2019  0 Comments on 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….

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Alternative to WAZE

   October 16, 2019  0 Comments on Alternative to WAZE

Since cellphones with the WAZE app installed did not yet exist in 1906, motorists of the day resorted to using…