The hyperbole in this Seattle discount menswear store ad from 1917 could be run in a contemporary paper with hardly an edit. I wonder if there are stone tablets waiting to be dug up advertising CRAZY ENKI'S END-TIMES TOGA OUTLET.
Discount menswear ad, 1917
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