Newspaper Ads from the 'Roaring' Twenties."

10-11-1923: “J. C. Penney Co. 475 Department Stores. 326 Main St.- Zanesville, Ohio. THIS NEW STORE Serves You Well! Service means Satisfaction and Low Prices. This Store was established to give that kind of Service. It is a link in the World's Largest Chain Department Store Organization. It expects to succeed in proportion to the service it renders its customers. You'll like this store, for it is prepared to serve you well. J. C. Penney Co.”

11-10-1923: “The 1924 Model Studebaker Light-Six Coupe-Roadster... $1225. The 1924 Model Studebaker Light-Six closed cars are quality cars. They are built to endure-to give lasting satisfaction. Both body and chassis are produced in Studebaker plants where painstaking craftsmanship has always been the rule-and the practice.

By manufacturing complete motors, transmissions, axles, frames, bodies, tops, castings, forgings, and stampings, parts-makers' profits are eliminated from costs, and one profit only is included in Studebaker prices. Phone or call for demonstration. MORRISON MOTOR CAR CO. 218 Main Street.”

3-10-1924: “THREE-YEAR LUBRICATION The New Improved Longer Life for The Aerobell, the Scientific Way to Wash. Electric Vacuum Clothes Washer. The new AEROBELL lubrication system reduces wear to a minimum. Operating parts are continually covered by a film of oil. None of them is ever missed or allowed to run dry. A more smoothly and quietly running washing machine is hard to imagine. Examine a new AEROBELL at any of our stores. The American Light Co., 122-8 Main Street. Bell 2478.”

3-10-1924: “VARNISH and GROUND COLOR 75 cents (per) QUART. Wall Paper Cleaner 3 Cans 25 cents. Everything in Housecleaning Needs. FOGG'S Central Drug Store Fifth and Market. Phone 212. Motor Delivery.”

7-8-1924: “See 'Em Today, Sir. $2.50, $3.00, $3.50. STRAW HATS. A style to Suit Every Man, Plain and Fancy Braids, Rough or Smooth Edge. (Starting at $1.95). Mr. Man! - Come in today for your 'Straw.' We have a great variety for you to select from- included are Sennets, fancy Barkahalu braids in straight or saw edge brims. See a whole window full of them at $1.95. The A.E. STARR CO.”

12-3-1924: “35 cents-NOON LUNCH-35 cents. Wednesday-Fresh Pork, Sauerkraut, Mashed Potatoes, Rolls, Butter, Coffee, Tea or Milk...35 cents. -Waffles with Sausage...Steaks, Chops, Oysters. HAZEL GAYLE PULLMAN, Main at 5th-Downstairs. Under Baird & Shurts.”

2-25-1925: “-And then we label it HEINZ, one of the 57. Throughout fifty-five years of achievement in the making of wholesome, nourishing foods, the name Heinz has come to be more than a designation. It has come to mean a standard of quality, and as such is our greatest asset, to be safeguarded at all times, at all costs.

Every individual package is the gauge of the other millions of packages of Heinz 57 Varieties of Pure Food Products made for world consumption. There must never be the least deviation in quality. To slight one would be to belittle all. Therefore, the label goes on last. It is our own stamp of approval and your assurance that your money could buy nothing better.

Of all the things we make there is no Variety that is better known than Heinz Tomato Ketchup. It is ... different-it is better-it is the best that can be made. OUR NAME IS OUR GREATEST ASSET. When you come to Pittsburgh visit the Heinz kitchens.”

4-4-1925: “PLAYER PIANO ROLLS. A large shipment of Q.R.S. and Vocal style Rolls just received. -Come in and try them over.- THE MUNSON MUSIC CO. Everything Musical. Third and Main Sts.”

10-7-1925: “NASH-Leads the World in Motor Car Value. The New ADVANCED SIX SEDAN, $1485. SPECIAL SIX SEDAN, $1265. Outside and inside-in the engineering and the body craftsmanship-in completeness and quality of fittings and appointments-this new Advanced Six Sedan clearly leads its field. COLGAN & GRANGER NASH CO. Sixth at Bridge.”

8-14-1926: “QUALITY PLUS ECONOMY. To buy good food is an economy-Buying it at your A & P store is an added economy. MEAT MARKET-712 MAIN ST. Pot Roast Beef...12 ½ cents; Chuck Roast...18 cents; Hamburg...15 cents; Shoulder Beef Roast...20 cents; Rib or Loin Pork Chops...30 cents; Pork Roast...25 cents; Sirloin Steak...28 cents; Veal Chops...23 cents; Veal Stew...15 cents.”