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| From the New York City's Jewish Daily News, July 12, 1926. |
"Zeit Gezunt!" says the headline. "Be Healthy!"
This quarter-page ad for the "Natural Health Food Store" comes from the July 1926 Jewish Daily News, a favorite among Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants on New York's crowded lower East Side back then, almost 90 years ago. But the ad could have come from any health food store, then or now. People have always wanted to eat well, eat healthy, eat smart. But back then, long before claims were checked by any government agency like the US Food and Drug Administration, the chance of being fooled by smooth-talking nonsense was much greater.
