"A Torrid Extravaganza" the ad declares. "Daring Glamorous Beauties in Risque Dances."  In Gadsden, Alabama, in 1941? We...

Well, here we are at my 1000th posting on this blog since March 2014. Scary.  I thought I would devote this one to a bit of family history. ...

In recent months I've gone through numerous 1930s and 1940s issues of the Gadsden Times. My grandmother Rosa Mae Wright saved these publ...

You know, you can find some interesting stuff in the advertisements in old newspapers. Even juicy stuff. Case in point: these three ads from...

Let's take a journey through some newspaper palmistry ads, shall we?  The advertisements below are all the relevant ones I've spott...