Vigorously good, Coca-Cola - June, 1914

Now, with only a hint of cocaine!

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A man's drink, a woman's drink, everybody's drinks. Coca-Cola. Vigorously good--and keenly delicious. Thirst-quenching and refreshing. The national beverage--and yours. Demand the genuine by full name--Nicknames encourage substitution. Whenever you see an Arrow think of Coca-Cola.

Wrigley's gives pleasant, regular aid to your teeth - May 5, 1914

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"The 'Seal of Purity' makes every package of Wrigley's Spearmint a perfect humidor." "I keep my cigars perfect in an air-tight box. This beneficial tidbit is kept perfect with an air-tight seal." Keep this always fresh, delicious, beneficial tidbit always handy. Give pleasant, regular aid to your teeth, breath, appetite, digestion. Look for the spear. Buy it by the box for 85 cents--at most dealers. Each box contains twenty 5 cent packages. They stay fresh until used. Chew it after every meal. It's clean, pure, healthful if it's Wrigley's.

Budweiser spells temperance - May, 1914

Perhaps he doth protest too much?

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Bismarck--the "Greatest of the Germans". Bismarck, like all Germans, prized Personal Liberty as the breath of life--a NATURAL RIGHT to be guarded and defended at any cost. Among our millions of law-abiding German-American citizens there is not a man who does not consider it insolent tyranny of the odious kind for any legislation to issue this command: "Thou shalt NOT eat this--thou shalt NOT drink that." Germans know that there is no evil in the light wines and beers of their fathers. EVIL ONLY IS IN THE MAN WHO MISES THEM. Fifty-seven years ago, ANHEUSER-BUSCH founded their great institution upon the tenet of the Constitution of the United States. During these fifty-seven years they have honestly brewed an honest beer--the kind that has added to the temperance of nations. Their great brand--BUDWEISER--is demanded throughout the world. Its sales exceed any other beer by millions of bottles, proving it to be in a class by itself.

Saturday Evening Post - April 4, 1914

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Happy Valentine's Day - February, 1914

Happy Valentines Day, Detroit. Wish we were there.

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Cleanliness: The National Past-time

What better place to begin to relive the year 1914 than in 1913. Every December, year-in-review lists are in vogue, and 1913 journals are no exception.

The most popular method of offing oneself was
carbolic acid (a disinfectant, readily available at
pharmacies, that causes severe chemical burns
and Oscar-worthy death scenes--think "drain
cleaner" from "Heathers").

Of the more tantalizing stats, the Detroit Free Press reports some record-breaking highs in "necrology" (obituaries) in the Detroit area for 1913. In particular, there were 569 lives lost violently; 106 suicides (both numbers a bit higher than the national average); a doubling of drownings, homocides, and automobile deaths (which, for the first time, exceed injuries by any other vehicle, horse-drawn or otherwise); and a rise in train and miscellaneous fatal accidents (including drinking poison mistaken as medicine).

Just to put the stats into perspective: Detroit in 1913 is already a prospering manufacturing center and is about to get more so thanks to the coming boom in the automobile industry. The city has been growing by 3,000 people a month for a few years, and has reached 80% of its 2010 population, but packed into 1/3 of the space.