• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Because classified ads used to pay for the paper.

    Heck, ‘The Advertiser’ used to be a popular name for newspapers.

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      11 months ago

      You would sometimes pick up a newspaper specifically for the ads. You might be looking for a job or a car and that was a good starting place.