If it wasn’t for the courageous service of the Buxton Company in winning WWII you would be speaking German right now. Unless of course you are German then you would be speaking a mélange of Turkish and Esperanto called Terspronkish.
Life December 13th 1943
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One of Gahan Wilson’s first published cartoons.
Collier's August 3, 1955
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“It’s good to have another happy family again. So just don’t do anything stupid or your mother will get to see up close and personal just what yer innards look like. Y’dig?”
Annette: Sierra Summer by Doris Schroeder Illustrated by Adam Szwejikowski 1960
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Gott im Himmel Helga, ist time to cut back auf the Dexedrine.
Schulkockbuch Für Den Gasherd (School Cookbook for Gas Range) by Dr. Oetker 1963
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What possible go wrong?
Colliers's April 29, 1955
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Questions Children Ask by Edith Ernest Bonhivert 1959
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They thought a Honeymoon Suicide together would be so romantic but all they did was traumatize a plaza full of tourists.
Vogue February 1, 1947
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Popular Mechanics September 1952
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Nob Hill Coffee: Now With More Mouse Bones!*
*Made from genuine free range owl pellets.
Family Circle March 1948
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A books you very likely don’t have on your shelf #210 & 211
Covers by Herbert Roese & Sanford Kossin -- 1947 & 1972
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Market testing showed that they needed to change the brand name to this after customers were less likely to buy motor oil called VeeDee.
Collier's August 3, 1955
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A teenage girl is terrorized by a haunted musical instrument in Ukulele 2: Flea For Your Life! Coming soon to a theater near you!
Today's Woman Home Decorating Guide by Charles H. Henderson A.I.D. 1951
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McCall's Needlework & Crafts Spring Summer 1970
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“Let’s see, I have my keys, my wallet, roll of Certs, lighter, condoms, hand gun. Oh Supreme Court, you pack of fools, you have no idea the Pandora’s Box of Hell you’ve opened.”
Butterick Pattern Book Spring 1951
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I had to look up what a “six-gore casual” is, now I know something I will never need again.
Columbia: Knights of Columbus Magazine November 1964
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Tony thinks “That’s strange, it looks like the sun is setting but it’s only early afternoon. And isn’t that the direction of New York City?”
Thine is the Glory illustrated by Mary Royt 1958
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“Trust your mother dear, don’t you worry, there is no such thing as a chain mail curse. By the way have you shown the doctor that weird green mole?”
Family Circle March 1948
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