9 Vintage Junk Food Ads That Look Ludicrous Today (PHOTOS)

9 Vintage Junk Food Ads That Look Ludicrous Today (PHOTOS)
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Though it may seem bizarre now, the cocaine drop was offered as a cure in late 19th and early 20th century ads, complete with doctors helping to push the product. And if it wasn't cocaine, it was … It just is. This campaign began in the 1920s. See … Read more on Huffington Post

To some Mennonites in Mexico, Russia looks like Promised Land
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Unlike the Amish, many Mennonites use gasoline-powered vehicles and cellular telephones. Some Mexicans admire the … Some 7,000 of them boarded chartered trains to Mexico in the early 1920s. They largely settled in an arid … Beginning in the late … Read more on Kansas City Star

Another View: 5 reasons to the thankful
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The causes of the Great Depression of the late 1920s and 1930s are still being debated. Not so much for the Great Recession of 2008-09, triggered by the bursting of a U.S. housing bubble. That makes news of … This year, it barely registered. The … Read more on Alexandria Town Talk