Wednesday, July 17, 2013

How to chop down a tree and stop a mad dog with a walking stick: The bizarre 'lifehacks' tips found on cigarette packets 100 years ago

Via WiscoDave

Handy tip: The Ogden Cigarette card advises people to use a 'scout's staff,
  • 'How To' series of cards produced by Ogdens and Gallaher's in the 1910s
  • Gave customers tips on emergency situations and everyday concern

  • Packets of cigarettes are not the first place people today would look for health and safety tips. 

    But as these cards show, smokers were given bizarre lifehacks when they lit up.

    Among the tips contained in the cartons are practical pieces of advice that are still useful today, such as lighting a match in the wind or removing splinters.

    More @ Daily Mail

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