January 16, 2009

GETTING BALD? (Jan, 1960)

The 60′s were a tough time for Professor Xavier. He had to take whatever work he could get.

GETTING BALD?

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STOP LOSING YOUR HAIR – DAND-R-X your hair & scalp Nationally Advertised Since 1945 DOCTOR’S AMAZING DISCOVERY FOR HAIR AND SCALP. (Aid to improve condition of scalp and hair growth). Why spend hundreds of dollars and time visiting fancy offices for treatment? This doctor’s amazing discovery may be used in the PRIVACY OF YOUR HOME — IN A FEW MINUTES — ONLY ONCE A WEEK — made from a SPECIALISTS PRESCRIPTION. Read the rest of this entry »

MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST (Apr, 1957)

LOL cat caption contest?

MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST

$10 Award ………………Bavarians By John H. Livingstone, Carmel, Calif. Rolleiflex camera. Plus X film. Ml at 1/100 sec. exposure.

$10 Award………………..Tea Time Taken with a 4×5 Speed Graphic; two flashbulbs with Panchro Press film, 1 /200th at f-22. Peter L. Klawson, Kalamazoo, Mich. Read the rest of this entry »

Gasoline Brightens Car Carpets (May, 1932)

Then dry with a kerosene heater!

Gasoline Brightens Car Carpets
AFTER removing the dust from the floor carpets of your car by beating or by use of the vacuum cleaner, you can brighten them up by rubbing their surface with a sponge that has been dampened with gasoline. Best results are obtained by not having the sponge too wet.

No Arms (Apr, 1947)

No Arms yet he enjoys the sport of bowling and even hung up a score of 96 at duckpins on his very first try in a Washington, D. C, bowling alley. The ingenious device is the invention of Harold A. Carlson, 45, who lost both arms as a youth in a railroad accident. He is shown above all set to swing a duck ball down the lane for a strike. A rubber suction cup, attached to his arm prothesis, holds the ball. At the proper part of the swing, a trip device lets the ball go. Carlson says that all parts for the invention were bought at variety and bicycle stores.

Best Mechanics will Win if U.S. Fights Japan (May, 1932)

Filed under: War — @ 10:41 pm
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1932
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Best Mechanics will Win if U.S. Fights Japan

War clouds brewing in the Pacific point to the day when America may become involved in battle with Japan. Nobody is eager for such a war, but if it ever comes the result will be decided by war machines built by American and Japanese mechanics—two fundamentally different types of genius. Read this keen analysis from the pen of a noted naval expert.

by LIEUT. JOHN EDWIN HOGG
U. S. Naval Reserve

AS THESE lines are written international diplomats are gathered together at Geneva. They are assembled at the world’s first general disarmament conference, ostensibly to work out a plan for preventing armed conflicts between nations. The God of War looks down from a neighboring planet upon a world bristling with every possible device for killing the greatest number of people with the least effort. And in Shanghai war rages between Japanese and Chinese troops. Read the rest of this entry »

January 15, 2009

Nuxated Iron Makes Strong, Vigorous, Iron Men and Beautiful, Healthy, Rosy Cheeked Women (Jun, 1917)

Nuxated Iron Makes Strong, Vigorous, Iron Men and Beautiful, Healthy, Rosy Cheeked Women

Dr. Howard James, late of the Manhattan State Hospital of New York and formerly Assistant Physician Brooklyn State Hospital, says:

“Iron is absolutely necessary to enable your blood to change food into living tissue. Without it, no matter how much or what you eat, your food merely passes through you without doing you any good. Read the rest of this entry »

MI’s Wonderful Car-Boat (Apr, 1957)

MI’s Wonderful Car-Boat

Turbine-powered cruiser of the future travels on either highway or waterway.

SOME DAY in the near future a long, sleek car with a bubble canopy will drive down to the water’s edge and then splash right in. Once afloat, its wheels will retract and the driver, shifting from gears to a jet thrust; w Read the rest of this entry »

GUARDING AGAINST “SUPER-ENTHUSIASTS” (Jun, 1917)

Huh? Someone want to explain the headline?

GUARDING AGAINST “SUPER-ENTHUSIASTS”

One of the Armed Police Boats

These gasoline police launches, carrying machine guns and trained operators, now are scurrying back and forth in the waters of New York Harbor. Over one hundred veterans of the Spanish-American war-members of the force—are detailed to this duty, which is guarding the wharves and shipping against a repetition of the disastrous explosions and fires of the past few months. Read the rest of this entry »

Swimming Strokes Taught From Outboard Powered Raft (Aug, 1931)

Filed under: Sports — @ 10:15 pm
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1931
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Swimming Strokes Taught From Outboard Powered Raft

AN OUTBOARD powered swimming raft was the unique means employed by Johnny Weismuller at Miami Beach, Florida, during the past season to teach beginners the theory and practice of the new swimming strokes. The pupil is swung between the U-shaped opening of the raft in a canvas belt, and as the craft moves about under power of the motor the novice goes through the proper strokes as demonstrated to him by Weismuller.

Two outstanding advantages of the scheme are that the swimmer is always held at the right level in the water and that he easily learns the forward motion—the hardest of all to learn in swimming. The raft is also used as a marker or turning buoy in swimming races.

SEX IN THE SCHOOLROOM (Jan, 1960)

Filed under: General — @ 10:13 pm
Source: Inside Story ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1960
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As far as I can tell, this article has nothing to do with schools. Though apparently there were a few teachers who turned on the side. This would never happen today because of how well we now pay our teachers. I do love the picture on the bottom of the second page. I think that woman was the inspiration for blowup dolls.

SEX IN THE SCHOOLROOM

Carnal capers, even murder, run rampant in our schools!

A California high school teacher made national headlines recently when Tie livened up classroom curriculum by conducting a “Little Kinsey” sex survey among his 30 physiology students.

His sin quiz got Cecil Cook suspended on charges of immoral and unprofessional conduct and set off a furor among his students and fellow teachers at Van Nuys High School, Los Angeles. Four coeds said they were “shocked” by the questions and school officials thought the passion poll was “improper.” Other students, teachers and parents thought the quiz was perfectly all right. A few even felt it “was of tremendous importance” as a guide to proper sex education techniques. And Cook himself described his survey as “a search for moral standards.” Read the rest of this entry »

STAINLESS CHOPPERS (Apr, 1957)

Wow, this is actually the second guy I’ve seen with homemade stainless steel dentures. Here is another from 1937. I wonder how common this was.

STAINLESS CHOPPERS
STEELY SMILE of John Gilpin, village blacksmith of Livingston, Mont., is really friendly although strangers are sometimes awed by it. Gilpin broke a set of store teeth 16 years ago, replaced them with rugged stainless steel.

Side Car Attached to Tricycle Adds Fun for the Children (Jul, 1930)

I love the name of the sidecar. Nothing says fun like a Kiddy Tub.

Side Car Attached to Tricycle Adds Fun for the Children
THE use of side cars and rumble seats is now being extended to children’s vehicles, thus cutting down the expense of parents by making one vehicle serve two children. A recently patented children’s tricycle with a side car attachment suitable for carrying an additional passenger is pictured in the photo at the left. Children of small weight can be carried without adding perceptibly to the burden of the driver or to the wear of the machine. The vehicle is durably constructed of wood and metal and has an attractive appearance. It will prove a great boon to children who have a smaller brother or sister to take care of.

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