Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1895 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Advertising. Advertising is no.t an outcome of modarn necessity, but is a very ancient practice. The British Museum possesses a collection of old Greek advertisements printed on leaden plates. The Egyptians were great advertisers. Papyrus leaves over three thousand years old have been found at Thebes describing slaves and criminals who had run away, and offering a reward for their capture; and at Pompeii ancient.advertisements have been deciphered’-on th* walla.