18-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Saturday, July 5, 1913:Ruth and I went up to McEwensville this evening. I wanted to go up to church. There was a festival, so I went there for awhile, but didn’t have a very good time.
The satisfying beverage—in field or forest; at home or in town. As pure and wholesome as it is temptingly good .
Delicious—Refreshing
Thirst—Quenching
Demand the Genuine—
Refuse substitutes.
Send for Free Booklet.
2-A
At Soda Fountains or Carbonated in Bottles.
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA.
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
It sounds like fun to go to a festival on a Saturday evening after a hard week of work. Why didn’t Grandma have a very good time?. . . Did her sister Ruth enjoy herself?
What foods did they eat at the festival? Was Coca Cola sold?
Oh, Sheryl, I almost missed this delightful post! I love vintage advertisements. Ha, the use of language :’ to insure complete success’: no one dares to have a picnic without coca cola now! . Thanks, Johanna
My husband has a Coca Cola collection–meaning signs and other memorabilia. Seeing the decades of that advertising all at the same time really shows the trends in our culture.
A Hundred Years Ago 
Oh, Sheryl, I almost missed this delightful post! I love vintage advertisements. Ha, the use of language :’ to insure complete success’: no one dares to have a picnic without coca cola now! . Thanks, Johanna
The old advertisements are so much fun!
Wow, a summer festival sounds like a good time but maybe there was nobody there in her age group.
I agree–It seems like someone who she was hoping would attend the festival wasn’t there.
My husband has a Coca Cola collection–meaning signs and other memorabilia. Seeing the decades of that advertising all at the same time really shows the trends in our culture.
What a fun collection!
Yeah, but it’s starting to take over certain parts of the house . . . .