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Tag Archives: history

July 11, 2025

Cracker Jack – The Oldest Snack In America?

Life 1896, baseball, Borden, candy, caramel, Chicago, Cracker, Cracker Jack, family, food, Frito-Lay, history, Jack, life, molasses, peanuts, popcorn, price, prize, recipes, toy 34 Comments J P
January 31, 2025

500. Or Is It Five-Hundred?

Humor, Life 500, blog, history, milestone, news 29 Comments J P
January 3, 2025

It’s Still True – Being Raised By Germans Is A Thing

Uncategorized Christianity, germany, history, Indiana, travel 33 Comments J P
May 18, 2024

JP’s Book Report – May, 2024 Edition

Life 1984, Aleph, books, Borges, Calvin, calvin-coolidge, Coolidge, Faust, Flannery, Goethe, history, Nineteen Eighty-Four, O'Connor, Orwell, politics, Shlaes, The Violent Bear It Away 29 Comments J P
August 28, 2020

The Original Audio Format War: Cylinder vs. Disc

Life, music, Uncategorized 78, Amberol, Bell, Berliner, black, blue, Brown, Columbia, crank, cylinder, disc, Edison, Emile, Gold, Gramophone, Graphophone, history, Moulded, music, phonograph, record, shellac, stylus, Thomas, Victor, Victrola, wax, wind-up 16 Comments J P
September 20, 2019

Two Graves

Life Arthur, cemetery, Chevrolet, Dillinger, gangster, Gaston, grave, history, Indiana, Indianapolis, John, Louis, marker, monument, racer, stone 20 Comments J P
March 24, 2017

My Favorite Neighbor – Living Next Door To A Legend

Life 1918, aviation, Clarence, Colonel, Cornish, Curley, history, Indiana, oldest, pilot, record, World, World War I, World War II 9 Comments J P
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