Memories

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Ahhh Memories…..

1955: Actual Headlines or Ads

A gentle act, a gentle help, a gentle thing, can say so much. That’s why gentleness is what modern taste demands in cigarettes. And why today’s Philip Morris, born gentle, refined to special gentleness in the making, makes so many friends among our young smokers.

(wow do I feel the need now)

Announcing Crosley’s new SUPER-POWERED 7-League Chassis with Zoom-a-tenna. Here is a built in antenna that zooms up for a BETTER Picture… Zooms down for Neatness. 

(technology was never this good)

Columbia Record Club.. Enroll me as a member and send me my FREE Gift for joining..

(some things never change)

We took the freezer chest out..so that you can put an extra bushel of food in.. New Crosley SHELVADOR “100”  100% Refrigerator….. with automatic defrost..

(let’s see ..you take out the freezer, no ice cream, no frozen treats?)

Chevrolet’s RED-HOT hill-flatteners!  162 H.P. V8-180 H.P. V8.. See that fine fat mountain yonder? You can iron it out, flat as a flounder…and easy as whistling!

(Okay I feel the need for speed now)

New Greaseless way to keep your hair neat all day. Hunting for a new greaseless hair tonic? New Vitalis tames hair with V-7, the unique grooming discovery that’s not a mineral, vegetable or animal oil.  You can use it every day-yet never have an over-slick, plastered down look.

(hmmm I see the picture. Read the ad, look at the picture and you know what ! Call off the war in the east! We found oil!)

Most powerful cold medicine you can buy without a doctor’s prescription!  Sold only in drug stores by registered Pharmacists $1.00. Coldene is unlike any other medicine, for it does not rely on the limited power of one or two ingredients but unites the powers of several potent DRUGS..

(Lights, many lights, they move on my body.. You are moving slowly.. Hey why are you flying like that…)

US Races for a SUPER Missile.. In remote stretches of the U.S. last week, strangely clad men at secret research bases were rushing tests for a weapon which could well decide the outcome of any future war.. An ICBM warhead does not need to hit its target with bull’s-eye accuracy, for its thermonuclear blast can do lethal damage within a radius of 10 miles.

(I feel so much more secure)

New! No milk to heat. Just add water for luscious hot chocolate drink! Mixes instantly! Saves your regular milk supply. Carnation brings you the first COMPLETE instant chocolate flavored drink.  MAGIC CRYSTALS.

(ok, I am sold no milk, phony chocolate ..mm mm good)

What a difference a new sink makes!!  Same room..same space.. but look what a new Youngstown Kitchens Cabinet Sink did for this kitchen.. You can do it, too… for just pennies a day.

(okay, a sink with a counter , might work out)

Here’s a way to go after INFECTIOUS DANDRUFF!!!.. Listerine Antiseptic kills “Bottle Bacillus” germs by the millions!!!!  Brings relief where others fail.

(okay, now we use it to get rid of bad breath)

A remarkable TRUE SPY STORY… Now A GREAT MOTION picture.. Roaring across the CinemaScope Screen comes Walt Disney’s newest action-filled motion Picture. The GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE.

(ok, I did a double take… no mouse, no musketeers, no animation, but the copy makes me want to go see this movie…a TRUE SPY STORY  Disney style)

ARAB vs JEW  Is Egypt afraid to fight? Does Israel want a war? What’s behind the daily headlines from the middle east? Who is right? What can be done to prevent a conflagration and yet do justice? Here is the situation as seen by LOOK reporters sent to get the story from each side. Their dispatches give a vivid picture of the hottest spot in the world today!

(same old same old)

Just 1.69 to 3.69 buys Blue Bell shirts! Smart, comfortable, washable- made to a man’s taste. A shirt that’s cool and handsome as can be, to wear tucked in or out!

(I guess we wore skins before the advent of shirts eh)

What we know of cancer! New chemical to depress the number of white cells in the blood. One of the best is Nitrogen mustard (is the same poison gas developed for use in World War II. ) Surgery and radiation are still the treatments of choice. Is there a relationship between allergy and cancer?? There may be! It is likely that there is more than a single cause for cancer!

(It seems after 50+ years we would have a better understanding of prevention or cure)

School battle Turns to Law.. Kentucky Towns halt integration. Where mob threats and then mass boycott had failed to halt the attempt at integration at two Kentucky schools, legal maneuvering last week succeeded, at least temporary.

(I’m glad I live in Canada)

PROTEIN!! Kellogg’s new food discovery. Concentrated protein in a new ready to eat cereal form.

(ok weight lifters eat the stuff)

We have come a long way from the hype, the pizzazz, the incredible discoveries era? I find that the more things change, the more they stay the same… Our attitudes to personal respect of others has changed, our world wars have changed in structure, but not attitude and people still want to make a difference in the world. Maybe if we keep looking at our past, our failures.. We might discover a future of respect, of honesty, of understanding to everybody.