Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Every old house owner gets surprised now and then. Sometimes the surprises are bad, like when you discover a broken drain pipe. And sometimes the surprises are good, like when you find buried treasure in your yard. If you're lucky, the good surprises outnumber the bad.
I can't ...
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Sunday, September 4th, 2005
The rooster doesn’t have the same marketing power he once did. That’s my guess, anyway, after finding a very old newpaper ad for Marvels Cigarettes stuck to a shelf in my basement storeroom. The ad features a rooster logo and the groan-inducing tagline, “Quality worth crowing about.”
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Friday, September 2nd, 2005
For my first history entry, I’m starting with one of the most obvious mysteries from the house’s past: the basement storeroom.
Just past the boiler, tucked into a corner of the basement is a storeroom lined with shelves like the one pictured above. Along the edge of the shelves ...
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