In the 鈥淢y, How Things Have Changed,鈥� category (something I just made up on the fly), I鈥檝e found a few old newspaper items that would seem mighty odd if they were printed today.On June 7, 1941, was an advertisement for the movie 鈥淭he Great American Broadcast鈥� that used the phrase ...
Fox News has a brand-new enemy -鈥� beards.According to one of the co-hosts of the oft fact bereft Fox & Friends -鈥� Brian Kilmeade -鈥� Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl鈥檚 father, Robert, has a beard that makes him appear to be a Taliban sympathizer.鈥淚 mean, he says he was growing his beard ...
On Oct. 12, 2008, Samuel Wurzelbacher confronted Sen. Barack Obama while he was on a campaign stop in Wurzelbacher's Ohio neighborhood.Wurzelbacher asked, 鈥淚鈥檓 getting ready to buy a company that makes $250,000 to $280,000 a year. Your new tax plan鈥檚 going to tax me more, isn鈥檛 ...
I鈥檝e frequently mentioned the baseball legends who鈥檝e displayed their enormous talents on local ball fields.Dizzy Dean, Honus Wagner, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, the Homestead Grays, the Pittsburgh Crawfords, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants have all delighted local baseball ...
On this date 98 years ago, it was reported on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald that local hotelier George Titlow had collected $150 toward the town鈥檚 first ambulance.Private subscribers were being solicited around the area who would contribute $1 each (鈥渢he maximum amount that ...
<em>鈥淲hat鈥檚 in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.鈥�</em><em>William Shakespeare, from Romeo and Juliet</em>This is that rare occasion when I quote old Bill Shakespeare.Come to think of it, I鈥檝e ...