Friday 27 November 2015

Incidentally Archived: Newspaper Ads

If you're not already jaded from an inundation of Black Friday advertisements, you may enjoy our first installment of "Incidentally Archived."

These are newspaper ads that happened to fall on the same page as an important news article or within a notable edition. The ads were therefore archived along with the relevant story. 

Our favourite is a 1912 ad for Chiclets chewing gum:

The Toronto World, 17 July 1912

Chiclets are not made of horse-mint or swamp-mint.
A beneficial sedative for the nerves of Indoor People, they can also be used for covering one's modesty.


Other categories include...modern conveniences:

Canadian Illustrated News, 16 Feb. 1878

Canadian Illustrated News, 16 Feb. 1878

The Toronto World, 21 May 1911

...cereal products

The Catholic Record, 17 July 1912

Luscious, feathery cornflakes

Extension, July 1911

Extension, July 1911

The Globe, 17 July 1912

Canadian Illustrated News, 16 Feb. 1878

...clothing

The Irish Canadian, 13 June 1877

The Irish Canadian, 13 June 1877

The Catholic Record, 17 July 1912

The Evening Telegram, 12 May 1911

The March of Modern Ingenuity

Catholic Register and Canadian Extension, 18 May 1911

...travel

The Mail and Empire, 17 July 1912

The Globe, 17 July 1912

Did you know that mosquitoes are unknown in the Muskoka Lakes?

...home remedies

The Toronto World, 21 May 1911

Canadian Illustrated News, 16 Feb. 1878

The least convincing before and after?

Extension, July 1911

This is the age of drugless healing.
Beware of dangerous imitations.

Canadian Illustrated News, 16 Feb. 1878

The Globe, 17 July 1912

You are feeling old, and you begin to look it.

...and pest control.

Catholic Register and Canadian Extension, 25 July 1912

All that indescribable nastiness.


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