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  • World War II posters frequently emphasized Victory or home gardens to supply U.S. citizens with some of their food.  It is spring.  The economy looks like it is in for...

    Dig For Victory

    Posted on 14 May 2012 | No Comments
    World War II posters frequently emphasized Victory or home gardens to supply U.S. citizens with some of their food.  It is spring.  The economy looks like it is in for...

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  • Advertising campaigns have always been inventive.  Enter the 1930’s advertisement for Byrrh Wine.  Black cats always cause trouble in mythology, so obviously, one should be the cause of the collapse...

    Save the Byrrh

    Posted on 11 May 2012 | No Comments
    Advertising campaigns have always been inventive.  Enter the 1930’s advertisement for Byrrh Wine.  Black cats always cause trouble in mythology, so obviously, one should be the cause of the collapse...

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  • War.  It always seems to be war that creates a recorded history about otherwise obscure locations in the world.   It is true about the Balaklava region of the Ukraine in...

    The Calvary at Balaklava

    Posted on 10 May 2012 | No Comments
    War.  It always seems to be war that creates a recorded history about otherwise obscure locations in the world.   It is true about the Balaklava region of the Ukraine in...

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  • With their tours completed and enough points to qualify for rotation back to the states, a group of G.I.’s express their delight in anticipation of leaving La Harve on 25...

    Heading Home from Le Harve

    Posted on 5 May 2012 | No Comments
    With their tours completed and enough points to qualify for rotation back to the states, a group of G.I.’s express their delight in anticipation of leaving La Harve on 25...

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  • Mrs. Julia (Mary) Hansen was a widow. She was struggling to support her 9 year old daughter when the “purity squad” raided her home in Utah.  Even though she had...

    Sick Widow Jailed for Whiskey in Room

    Posted on 3 May 2012 | No Comments
    Mrs. Julia (Mary) Hansen was a widow. She was struggling to support her 9 year old daughter when the “purity squad” raided her home in Utah.  Even though she had...

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  • Apparently, advertisers and tobacco companies in 1896 were crazy.  Imagine asking your wife to stop by the tobacconist to buy a plug of Battle Ax.  According to the 4 July...

    Battle Ax Plug

    Posted on 2 May 2012 | No Comments
    Apparently, advertisers and tobacco companies in 1896 were crazy.  Imagine asking your wife to stop by the tobacconist to buy a plug of Battle Ax.  According to the 4 July...

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  • Crazy people jumping out of perfectly good airplanes have always fascinated me.   Modern technology tends to keep them alive to repeat the process time after time inmost cases. However, historically,...

    France ~ The First Parachute

    Posted on 1 May 2012 | No Comments
    Crazy people jumping out of perfectly good airplanes have always fascinated me.   Modern technology tends to keep them alive to repeat the process time after time inmost cases. However, historically,...

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  • Apparently, even the original design of umbrellas weren’t  designed to withstand a gust of wind from underneath.  Centuries later, we see that not even a priest could rescue a poor...

    The Winds Must Blow

    Posted on 25 April 2012 | No Comments
    Apparently, even the original design of umbrellas weren’t  designed to withstand a gust of wind from underneath.  Centuries later, we see that not even a priest could rescue a poor...

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  • We don’t read about the War of 1812 as much as that conflict warrants.  Genealogy researchers work hard to find records of their ancestors in the Civil War, World Wars...

    The Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812

    Posted on 16 April 2012 | No Comments
    We don’t read about the War of 1812 as much as that conflict warrants.  Genealogy researchers work hard to find records of their ancestors in the Civil War, World Wars...

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  • Midway through his second term as the Utah Territorial Governor, Caleb Walton West received a letter requesting executive clemency and the release of Nellie Berlin from prison. Nellie had been...

    Nellie Berlin ~ I Recommend Executive Clemency

    Posted on 12 April 2012 | No Comments
    Midway through his second term as the Utah Territorial Governor, Caleb Walton West received a letter requesting executive clemency and the release of Nellie Berlin from prison. Nellie had been...

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