Showing posts with label newspaper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label newspaper. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

The Funeral 'Bus' - Mysteries in the Cemetery

Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona) · 19 Jul 1898


We are not sure who this could be, but he certainly is very thorough to think of his own "funeral bus".  Can you solve our mystery?   

 

Friday, July 17, 2020

Male and Female Brains - A 1893 Perspective

Arizona Republican.  (Dec 2, 1893).  Male and Female Brains.  Phoenix, AZ

A......uh......very limiting 1893 perspective........

Friday, April 24, 2020

U of A Tuition Free! - 1893





How things have changed........



Picture from:  The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]), 03 March 1894.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.






Friday, April 10, 2020

Table Etiquette - 1889

Arizona Daily Star.  (1889, September 26).  Table Etiquette
Tucson, Arizona.


(click on picture for a larger view)


So at what point does your host or hostess know that you are "pretending" to eat the dinner?......

Friday, April 3, 2020

Complexion and Constipation Corrector - 1894




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Cures constipation and clears up your skin......hmmm.  





**We do not endorse any ad for medical treatments.  Ads are placed for historical and anecdotal purposes only.  


Picture from:  The Oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.), 14 June 1894.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
<https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85032933/1894-06-14/ed-1/seq-7/