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Johnny and his dog
This bit of Dayton history is a reblog from a post on our sister site, Raising a Super Dog, that I published a while back. And by a while back, it’s possible I may mean about ten years ago or so. I’ll publish the story as it happened back then, complete with photos. At the…
Clara and the Language of Stamps
Clara was missing her friend, Elizabeth, who might as well have been a thousand miles away. Though Elizabeth was living in nearby Piqua, a stretch of about thirty miles from Dayton, the trip by Western Ohio’s interurban trolley would be an all day affair in 1907. Besides there were so many chores at hand and…
The Grass Widow Scandal
I know, I know. This is a bit of a downer story. But take a moment to read through this article, won’t you? Because I wanna talk about it. Ok, first of all. OMG. A horrific tale of a child possibly murdered by his own mother. But you know, this also is sensational journalism at…
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