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TIME-MACHINE TOWNS PART 2

YESTERDAY WE VISITED THREE U.S. Small Towns residing in time-machines of sorts. Today in Part 2, dailypassport’s Marissa Kozma describes three more of these towns, one in my native Ohio, … Continue reading

September 15, 2024 · 1 Comment

RUM-RUNNERS OF THE AIR PART 1

THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION and its enforcing Volstead Act, 1919, prohibited the manufacture and sales of alcoholic beverages. Note, however, it didn’t outlaw the possession or consumption of … Continue reading

February 29, 2024 · 3 Comments

TEXAS GUINAN—NOT JUST ANOTHER INDICTED B.S. ARTIST PART 2

MAMIE, A YOUNG LADY FROM WACO, (sounds like the start of a salacious limerick, eh?) gained fame with a name change to “Texas” (out the window goes the rhyme). Today … Continue reading

August 27, 2023 · 1 Comment