Sometimes I’m researching buttons in old newspapers online, when something bizarre catches my eye. Here, for you amusement or astonishment are a couple such gems.

The Daily News (Perth), 17th September 1941 page 25.

Advocate (Burnie), 23rd December 1937 page 4.

What is she? A domesticated animal? Is he likewise domesticated? Does he really love her for her tea-making qualities? Wrong in so many ways …

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