Today’s Vintage Ad With Unexpected Cats. It even rhymes!

Matrimony. (St. Louis Post Dispatch 1908, via @_newspapers)

Model Y Standard & Model 3 Standard are here

Meanwhile, in the world of goats... (St. Louis Post Dispatch 1908, via @_newspapers)

Backs turned looking down the path: Olive Percival and friend in the garden of their Los Angeles home, circa 1916. (Via @UCLALibrary) #MewseumMonday

In which author Elizabeth Byrd describes how an experiment with a Ouija board led to romance. https://t.co/GZCx3v1Q9K

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#Thismonth 1838 the "New York Review" commented on Poe's "Arthur Gordon Pym":

Today’s Vintage Ad With Unexpected Cats. And a very stylish one, too.

I think this is what’s called, “Burying the lede.” (Wisconsin State Journal 1947, via @_newspapers)

In other news, all of St. Louis wants to see you dead. (Via @_newspapers)

The ABCs aren’t half as much fun as they used to be.

#OTD 1833 the "Baltimore Saturday Visiter" announced that Poe's "MS Found in a Bottle" was the winner of their short story contest. He received $50.

Good morning!

Today’s Vintage Ad With Unexpected Cats. This is one of those where everything seems “off.”

In which a medieval scribe starts his day with the classic words, “Cursed be the pesty cat that urinated over this book during the night!" And yet another kitty makes #Caturday history. https://t.co/9UKcjgwpXe

Our #Caturday Feline of the Week is Minnie. Her “forever home” was a ship. Emphasis on the “forever.” (New Orleans Times Picayune 1934, via @_newspapers)

This week's #Caturday scorecard: French cook: 0 French cat: 1 (Western Morning News 1895, via @_newspapers)

It's #Caturday!

#OTD 1849 Neilson Poe wrote that his cousin Edgar "had seen so much of sorrow...[his death] can scarcely be said to be a misfortune."

Weekend Link Dump: Ghost ships, dollar princesses, lonely tombs, haunted bridges, the world’s longest fingernails & more! https://t.co/vgBGNAzvu8

Today’s Vintage Ad With Unexpected Cats welcomes our Weekend Drunken Kittens! 😉