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Old newspaper ads, articles, and anything else from the marvelous past (in the sense that I marvel at it)
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I never knew this existed - an ad for polio insurance from 1953.
September 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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This week's Nabisco feature: Devil's Food Squares. Not just one, but *two* yummy icings! (1956)
Black and white newspaper ad. On the right is an older boy, about six years old. on the left a younger one who is maybe 4. They're holding a box of cookies that says Nabisco Devil's Food Squares and the caption says "Let him have another, Mother, they're pure NABISCO cookies." The ad copy on the left reads, "A double-iced "COOKIE-CAKE!" NABISCO DEVIL'S FOOD SQUARES Not just one, but two yummy icings on NABISCO'S DEVIL'S FOOD SQUARES! The center is rich-tasting devil's food, then comes the sweet marshmallow icing...and all around that is the luscious chocolate-y icing! Couldn't be better!" Then two smaller images - one says NABISCO SUGAR WAFERS - the original party "special," with the very best filling! The other says NABISCO VANILLA WAFERS - flavored with pure creamery butter! Delicate, crisp, best!
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"CAT GIRL looks cute from front, crazy from back." I dunno why but this looks *hella* Lynchian to me. (1955)
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I've never heard of Tru-Ade but apparently it was around until recently. Looks like a Hawaiian Punch-type drink. (1960)
Black and white ad from 1960. The right side of the ad shows a glass Tru-Ade bottle. Middle of the ad shows a line drawing with a happy white woman smiling and holding a bottle of (presumably) Tru-Ade. Ad copy reads: "Cold 'N Golden Natural Goodness! Tru-Ade Always Best - Now Even Better! Vitamin C Enriched Not Carbonated For GOODNESS Sake, Take a Tru-Ade Break!"
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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If you're still looking for a Halloween costume, let me suggest these early 90s McDonaldland Masks from Germany:
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Halloween treats from 1951. I want one of the Spookles - a new kind of pickle!
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I spent the last three hours trying to make a lavender…. thingy. I think i achieved mediocrity but it was still nice to make something with my hands that I grew myself
Basically a bundle of lavender in a kitchen with ribbon around it
September 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I never knew this existed - an ad for polio insurance from 1953.
September 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Loyalty to the laws of the land is the bulwark of the "American way of life." (1956)
September 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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The person assigned the casserole beat desperately wanted to be writing about something more exciting. (1957)
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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"a low groan of mild protest" (1952)
September 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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When's the last time you had a Chum Chip, a Wisecrack or a Party Poop? (1950)
September 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Big news:

Snack Stack is back with a deep dive into the cultural history of Chicken in a Biscuit

It's weird, it's fun, it takes some surprising turns!

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The curious history of Chicken in a Biskit
Investigating the midcentury moment of meat-flavored crackers
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September 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I admit I didn't know Orange Crush was around in 1931!
An old ad, a drawing of a ridged glass bottle on the left and text reading "Orange-Crush Made from fresh oranges. Sold only in this bottle. Orange-Crush Bottling Co. Inc. Phone West 2816 For Delivery"
June 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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June 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Today we're looking at the book "Industrial Feeding Management" from 1945! Prepared by the Committee on the Nutrition of Industrial Workers, it's a book designed to help facilities design food services for workers.
June 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Perfect for Pride - a new gay spring salad! Recipe isn't the worst. (1940)
Magazine ad to sell jarred salad dressing. It's colorful in a kodachrome way. There are four stuffed tomatoes on a bed of lettuce. The headline says Now Gay Spring Salad for Four 37c. There's a recipe for the stuffed tomato salad on the right, but it's kind of hard to read at the size I found the image.
June 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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In love with the idea of cheese bobs. Crispy bacon wrapped around melted cheese! (1939)
Text: "CHEESE BOBS ARE GOOD AT ANY OUTING If your family is fond of cheese, these 'Cheese Bobs' served in butered buns are sure to be popular. Make them by cutting bacon strips in half and wrapping the two halves firmly in both directions around a piece of American cheese cut about 1/2 inch thick and 1 inch square; fasten with toothpicks. Cook on toasting forks or a grill, turning often until the bacon is crisp and the cheese is soft and creamy. Cole slaw is a good relish to serve with cheese bobs."
June 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Stainless steel teeth! Incredible! (1933)
Newspaper article: Stainless Steel Teeth Is Latest Dental Idea Some people carry little gold mines in their mouths. Now that gold has reached a prohibitive price, however, dentists have been seeking some inventive genius who could find or make a reliable substitute. Gold was used because of its malleable, rustless and practically indestructible qualities, and to find another metal with these characteristics seemed a forlorn hope, notes a writer in London Tit-Bits. Necessity has again mothered invention and a British inventor has designed an electric welder which makes stainless steel lie down and behave itself, just as easily and readily as gold. Steel dentures are now the fashion, and are better, cheaper and stronger than gold. The dental mechanic takes an ingeniously designed pair of pliers, holds the parts to be welded between the electrodes of the pliers, turns on the juice, and electricity does the trick to perfection. Thus the problem of making a hard metal act like a soft one is solved, and in future your teeth should cost less and last longer.
May 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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This is a lot darker than a lot of the content I usually post, but I found it really interesting (and relevant). And it DOES mention food... (1935)
Newspaper article: "Fraternity Curb Follows Gibe at Hitler's Eating Students' Union Backs Ban Decreed for Nazi Youth. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 9 - The picturesque university fraternities of Germany may become only memories. The German Students' Union ("Verein Deutscher Studenten") indorsed Von Schirach's decree that no Hitler Youth member may continue to belong to students' "corporations" or fraternities. The Nazi war on fraternities, which is seen as a fight on the wealthy industrial fathers of the youths, began July 5, when the famous old Borussia Fraternity Chapter at Heidelberg University was suspended for two years because the members had discussed humorously Hitler's manner of eating asparagus while Der Reichafuehrer was delivering a serious speech in Reichstag May 25."
April 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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From "Cool Drinks for Hot Days," 1936. I can get down with a grape shake or with fruitade, but I'll pass on the prune shake
Newspaper recipe: "Grape Shake - Beat 1 glass Grape Jelly to a liquid, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and blend well. Slowly beat fruit mixture into one quart whole milk. If desired, a few drops of mint extract or crushed fresh mint may be added before serving. Serve with an ice cube in each glass." Newspaper recipe: "Fruitade (serves 12) - Melt 1 glass Grape or Currant Jelly, which has been broken up with a fork, in 1 cup boiling water. Cool, and add 1-2 glass lemon juice (3 lemons), 1 cup pineapple juice (may be taken from 1 large can sliced pineapple), 3 cups cold water and 1-4 teaspoon mint flavoring or fresh mint leaves. Serve about 1-2 cup over 1-2 glass crushed ice. Garnish with sprigs of mint which have been dipped in powdered sugar when moist." Newspaper recipe: "Prune Shake - Combine one cup milk and one 5-oz. tin Strained Prunes, beating with a rotary egg beater. When thoroughly mixed, beat in 1-2 cup fresh or canned pineapple juice, and chill."
April 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I had some time away from the computer (out touchin' grass) but now I'm back to the old newspapers! Excited to be back to posting again :)
April 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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I don't know when the last time any of you saw a piece of pork in a can of pork and beans, but the last time I saw one, it was TINY. Certainly not enough for a sandwich! (1941)
Newspaper text, reading: "Thursday: Salt pork sandwich - had meat left from previous night's pork and beans, and fried it crisp for sandwich."
April 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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April 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Apparently it was "PO" before "BO" caught on. (1943)
An old ad - the copy reads "A DAB A DAY KEEPS PO.* AWAY New cream positively stops *underarm Perspiration Odor"
April 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM