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The term ‘a stick in the mud’ is believed to have originated from the literal meaning of a stick getting stuck in the mud, making it difficult to move or progress. Over time, this phrase evolved to describe a person who is seen as unprogressive, stubborn, or resistant to change. It is often used to refer to someone who is hesitant to try new things or adapt to new situations, much like a stick firmly lodged in the mud, refusing to budge.
— ChatGPT in April 2024.
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Protein!
Kellogg's discovers a great new high-protein food in a delicious new ready-to-ear cereal form.
Kellogg's of Battle Creek.
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Kellogg's
"won its favor through its flavor".
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Always ready for Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes
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Manufacturers of Pure Spanish
Also manufacturers of Ardenter Mutard for Table and Medical Use.
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Licorice
Big Sticks in Little Bits.
In Little Sacks.
The Mellor & Rittenhouse Co.
218 N. 22d St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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'Golden Shred'
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Toute la gamme
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Why did you change to Camels, Linda Darnell?
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Everybody needs soup!
Luncheon, dinner, supper.
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A soldier and civilians
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Camels
Costlier Tobaccos.
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Arlene Dahl
Robt. Burns Cigarillos.
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Modiano
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Light up a Lucky... it's light-up time!
Luckies Taste Better -- Cleaner, Fresher, Smoother!
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You get a lot to like with a
the filter cigarette with the unfiltered taste.
It takes might good makin's to give you unfiltered taste in a filter cigarette. That's the flavor you get in the famous Marlboro recipe from Richmond, Virginia. Plenty rich, plenty mild and through the pure white Selectrate filter.
Why don't you settle back and have a full-flavored smoke?
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Gott strafe England! 1914/15
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Camel's real taste satisfies longer!
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J'ai Prié le bon Dieu de L'accorder, taujours
Le plus parfait banheur en chacun de tes jours.
Petit Jésus, protégez mon petit xxx.
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Papier a cigarettes
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"Austria" written in Russian
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Piles of rusty artillery shells, perhaps a "new" photo
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..du soleil dans un verre..
Cognac Monnet.
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