We all know that advertising helps pay for the media we enjoy like streaming TV, Facebook and other social sites, radio, magazines, and yes, newspapers such as this one.
In 1914, advertising appeared throughout the newspaper, including the front page and op-ed pages where we don’t typically see advertising these days. For example, on the front page of the March 20, 1913 edition of the Ridgeway Journal was an advertisement for seed potatoes by Stoner’s Drug Store. The next week (March 27, 1913) , a clothing store in Ridgeway named Campbell & Bartlett advertised their little boys’ woolen suits would last twice as long as other company’s suits for boys. Several pages later, in the “Local Mention” column, we learn that Mrs. Bessie Brock of Eagleville came to visit at the Jim Brock home, Otta Richardson went Bethany to visit his sister, Gold Medal Flour was on sale, a baby girl was born to the Inks family and Campbell & Bartlett could clean that clothing for you to keep it looking good. I was amused to see that the “social media” hasn’t really changed all that much.
