Antique Newspaper Articles & Advertisements - Updated: 4/9/08

Over the course of the last 25 years, ruinedmetropolis.com has explored many places and collected many things. In those years I have managed to find (not buy!) and collect a wide variety of antique newspapers and publications. In fact, I now own about three dozen antique newspapers, dating from 1899 to 1946.

The purpose of these pages is to share some scans of advertisements, clippings and sometimes even articles from these old papers. These will be of interest to anyone who enjoys history, and may even be of assistance for those who need historical information for certain roleplaying games.

I hope you enjoy this growing effort; drop me a note in the guestbook (top menu) or use my contact page (Webmaster link at bottom of page) and let me know what you think. You have permission to copy and use these scans - just remember, some of them are large; sizes are given below. If you do use something from these pages, drop me a line.

Advertisement From The Dallas Semi-Weekly News, October 1899

The Dallas Semi-Weekly News, Dallas, Texas; Volume XV. No. 4 (October 13)

Grow The Hair! An ad for hair growing formula and furniture, including a canopy bed for under seven dollars! (page 8; .JPG image; 174x555; 29 KB)

Advertisement From Farm Journal, September 1908

Publisher Information Not Available Due To Poor Condition

Colic Cure; Absorbine; Elkhart Buggies and Harness Get a complete buggy for $63.50! (page 326; .JPG image; 492x532; 97 KB)

Advertisements From Farm and Ranch Magazine, 1912

Farm And Ranch; Farm And Ranch Pub. Co. 2311-2317 Main St., Dallas, Texas. Vol. 31-No. 50 (December 14).

Rambler Automobile Made by "The Thomas B. Jefferey Company" of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Features gasonline and electric motor! Page 7. (.JPG image; 778x1099; 203 KB).

South Bend Watch Made by the South Bend Watch Company of South Bend, Indiana. Ad states in part, Frozen in ice; keeps perfect time. Page 11. (.JPG image; 340x541; 53 KB).

Pope Motorcycle Company A product cloud featuring Pope Motorcycles, a feed mill, feather beds, and seed advertisements. Page 17. (.JPG image; 157x650; 41 KB).

Apperson Automobile Made by the Apperson Bros. Automobile Company from Kokomo, Indiana. The 55 mph model will cost you $2000...in 1912, of course. Page 17. (.JPG image; 504x631; 93 KB).

Finds A Social Center A reader contributed this article. He speaks of the effects of news magazines on the farm culture and sees these publications as a social center, valuable to those who live in sparsely populated areas. Page 17. (.JPG image; 175x473; 29 KB; text of the article has been transcribed).

Christmas Music On The Farm "...a splendid opportunity to bring the best music into the Christmas celebrations, and also into the daily lives of the country people, is provided by the talking machine." Page 17. (.JPG image; 176x575; 37 KB; text of the article has been transcribed).

Gombault's Caustic Balsam "A marvelous Human Flesh Healer and a never failing remedy for every known pain that can be relieved or cured by external applications." Page 17. (.JPG image; 331x455; 51 KB).

Post Toasties Cereal "...delightful and really fascinating." Page 20. (.JPG image; 169x461; 20 KB).

Victrola Talking Machine "Will there be a talking machine in your home this Christmas?" Prices in 1912 ranged from 15-200 dollars. (.JPG image; 572x641; 89 KB).

Advertisement From Farm and Ranch Magazine, 1920

Publisher Information Incomplete (However, it is probably the same as the above; the paper is dated August, 1920).

Cream Separator and Avery Disc Plow Advertisement B.F. Avery & Sons of Dallas, Texas made these plows and boast "No ground too hard for them." (.JPG image; 695x674; 136 KB).

Advertisements From The Semi-Weekly Farm News, 1922

Vol. XXXVII. No. 27. Dallas, Texas; January 3, 1922

Lenin Reelected Head Of Soviet; and, perhaps not surprisingly, the vote was unanimous; page 1. (.JPG image; 208x650; 49 KB).

When Woodrow Wilson Courted His First Wife A cool little blurb about President and Mrs. Ellen Wilson, page 1. (.JPG image; 411x505; 53 KB).

Submarine Rules Are Agreed Upon An article about regulating submarine warfare, page 1. (.JPG image; 209x733; 49 KB).

Advertisements From Farm and Ranch Magazine, 1923

Dallas, Texas; June 2, 1923

Oakland Automobile Advertisement with the terribly high price of $995.00; page 23. (.JPG image; 562x700; 177 KB).

Kellogs Corn Flakes Advertisement "Come on and sit down. Kellog's are all ready to eat." Page 28. (.JPG image; 414x772; 140 KB).

Advertisement From The Youth's Companion, 1924

Perry Mason Company, Boston, Massachusetts; June 12, 1924; Volume 98 No. 24; Subtitle: A Weekly Illustrated Magazine For All The Family

American Telephone and Telegraph Company "The Bell System." Advertises the amazing technology called the "switchboard." Page 403. (.JPG image; 501x862; 116 KB).

Advertisements From Farm and Ranch Magazine, 1929

Dallas, Texas; December 14, 1929

Bell Telephone Advertisement proclaiming the benefits of having a telephone; page 25. (.JPG image; 448x802; 157 KB). The last line of the ad states, "The modern farm has a telephone that works rain or shine."

General Electric Advertisement lauding the benefits of electricity on the farm; page 27. (.JPG image; 673x1026; 201 KB).

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