Grandma's Shopping List, May 1923

I'm not sure how it happened, but April slipped by without my doing a "Grandma's Shopping List" post!

So, without further ado, here's one for May...

As I look through my vintage magazines each month, I'm constantly amazed by how long some products have been around. Oftentimes, the ads will indicate that the product has already been around for years before the date of the magazines in which they appear.

The advertisements for items in today's post are all from the May, 1923 issue of The Ladies Home Journal. In its early days, this magazine was a whopping 11 inches by 14 inches. Scanning full page ads took a great deal of hair-trigger adjustment, and even then I managed to lose a bit along the edges. I hope you'll enjoy this month's edition of "Grandma's Shopping List" despite my less than perfect scans :)

Wesson Oil - This ad includes a recipe for making mayonnaise using Wesson oil that sounds yummy. I wonder if Florence Henderson ever made mayonnaise with Wesson Oil...



Pyrex - My goodness, you can choose from 100 styles and sizes of Pyrex (at least in 1923 you could)...


Oreos and Fig Newtons - Did you know that they were made by the Uneeda Bakers at the National Biscuit Company (better known nowadays as Nabisco)?...


Kotex - In 1923, Kotex were made of Cellucotton, which was developed for bandage use during World War I. Incidentally, many other magazines in the 1920s wouldn't publish advertisements for sanitary napkins...