Midlife Musings

A blog by John W. Kennedy

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Prestigious Occupations

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

I chuckled recently when my sister-in-law Betty found an 1898 edition of Harper’s Weekly among some belongings in a closet when we visited recently.
Many of the advertisements sounded like some of the empty promises today’s marketing gurus make, such as one for “genuine health underwear.”
One ad seemed both funny and sad. It offered a booklet […]