Wednesday, March 20, 2013

In my previous blog I mentioned the scrapbook of art patterns my great grandmother kept by glueing newspaper clippings into a 1913 Watkins catalog.

It is fun to look through those pages that did not have something pasted on them.  Some have almanac information for each month of the year.   There are ads for the Watkins products  but often the 'ad' is in the article for how to use the product.   It is interesting to read some of the 'medicinal' ads,  with the products being good for self diagnosis of what ails the reader. 

Other pages have household tips and recipes.   Check out this page of recipes for different kinds of candy.

 
 Some of these sound diet breakingly delicious.  Maybe you would like to try one.  Then, as you sit back and enjoy, think back to what life might have been like in 1913.
 
...to be continued.
 
 
 


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