Here's a precursor to the "tinfoil hats" of those shielding against mind control by governmental or paranormal forces.  In 1920s England, tinfoil hats were a fashion statement.  From Popular Mechanics, 1927.

Remember that famous ad featuring polar bears drinking cola?  Turns out that was a mixer, as we learn in these earlier ads from Jugend, 1910.

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.  From Jugend, 1908.   Also very much of interest: The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

From Jugend, 1912.

"Here is no place for you."  From Jugend, 1909.

Where submarines come from, via Jugend, 1912.

An antlered money bag takes a bullet but crosses the U.S. border.  From Jugend, 1907.

Whether or not the earth is flat, the United States was put on an acre of paper in 1924.  From Popular Mechanics.

Here's a precursor to The Skipper from Gilligan's Island.  From Jugend, 1910.

This can actually happen.  When Hurricane Matthew destoyed my home last October, a case of alcohol washed into my yard.  The garbage man asked if he could have it, so I gave it to him.  From an ad in Jugend, 1910.

You've heard that the money you touch is dirty, but here's why: money is squeezed out of people.  From Jugend, 1909.

"The ego's strategy is always to blame the iceberg for being in the way" (Eve Eschner Hogan).  From Jugend, 1912.

The better champagnes hatch from eggs, as we learn in Jugend, 1907.

You've heard that a group of eagles is called a "convocation."  A mixed group of national animal symbols is called a "Byzantine system."  From Jugend, 1906.

The spirit of vodka will have you seeing double-V's.  From Jugend, 1908.