The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59988   Message #959374
Posted By: Giac
26-May-03 - 02:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Odd Headlines
Subject: RE: BS: Odd Headlines
From a small-town weekly in the 40s:

WCTU President
Gives 5-Pint Speech

(For those unfamiliar, it's an acronym for Women's Christian Temperance Union)


One I still have somewhere, 36-point type in an ad for a drygoods store:

Stretch Cocks
2 pairs for $1

~;o)