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		<title>Oh, You Never Knew It! &#8211; April 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Border Bike and Walking Trail is actually the paved-over remnants of a moat that briefly surrounded the southern half of the city in the early 1940s, connecting to the East Patterson River. During the debate over whether to enter World War II, isolationist Mayor Dixon Webster Dell ordered city workers to dig the moat in a peculiar attempt to protect the city from invading Germans or Japanese and to, as Dell put it, &#8220;block the way of our young men who would populate this foolhardy internationalist endeavor.&#8221; The moat, proving to be an environmental and public-health annoyance, was capped with concrete and asphalt in 1945. No plaque exists to mark its time surrounding the city. - C. Gaines The 17th annual Running of the Cats made Alex Tuttle a winner this past weekend. Thanks to some fancy footwork and deft use of a squeaky toy, Tuttle navigated a particularly aggressive field of felines. The herd, estimated at close to 100 cats, was the largest in the Running’s history with cats outnumbering spectators two to one. Asked about the small crowds, event organizer George Rechter admitted he was perplexed. “Who wouldn’t want to watch grown men chased by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, You Never Knew It! &#8211; Feb. 14</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: It was on this day in 1981 that the city attempted to hold its first and only World War II reenactment. The site was the field at St. Peter’s Armory, the country’s only National Guard facility named for a Catholic saint. The city mustered a majority of its male citizens for the exercise, but the reenactment of the 1943 Battle of the Kasserine Pass never happened. Early in the day of the reenactment, Councilman Stephen Townsend, playing the part of Gen. George S. Patton, was surveying his “troops” when he came upon local accountant Tim Considine, who was preparing to leave the battlefield because of a sudden migraine headache. Councilman Townsend, caught up in the moment, smacked Considine in front of a group of nurse’s assistants (there to play the part of field medics) from the local hospital who happened to be walking by. Witnesses said Councilman Townsend said something about refusing to countenance “cowards and deserters in my army.” Word of the incident spread quickly around the battlefield, eventually making its way to Mayor Karl Montgomery, who was playing the part of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mayor Montgomery strongly suggested that Townsend apologize to the shocked accountant, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, You Never Knew It! &#8211; Jan. 31</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Factoryville]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: On this date in 1981, near the end of his third term, City Councilman John Rondo tearfully admitted at a press conference that he was illiterate. This came as quite a shock to most people, particularly his constituents. He revealed how he had faked it for much of his life and had relied for eighteen years in Council on a &#8220;really good memory&#8221; and aides briefing him extensively, as well as top assistant/campaign manager/co-head of the Plumber&#8217;s Union Harlan Meeks doing most of the reading for him. The confession helped to tamp swirling accusations of impropriety and gain election for another term, partially due to the ever-popular pity vote. But, in early 1984, the discovery of a long-closed library account and a series of photos in the News of Rondo browsing the mystery section at the downtown Brentano&#8217;s (headline: &#8220;WHY, JOHNNY CAN READ!&#8221;) made the fourth term his last. His death in 1985 also played a part. An ex-wife later revealed that the entire episode was a hoax. :: Friday is Groundhog Day, which means the Tiphorn Family Restaurant in Lower Factoryville will be having their annual &#8220;Groundhog Sandwich Feast Fest Day.&#8221; Don&#8217;t worry, no cute furry animals are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, You Never Knew It! &#8211; Jan. 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: In 1918, an accident at the Jackson Independent Pharmaceutical Company caused a tank to burst, releasing 1.7 million gallons of the company&#8217;s patented Menth-O-Lux mentholated topical creme (a similar but different-enough-so-as-to-avoid-legal-action competitor to Vicks VapoRub) down Pikers Hill, in the Benson Park neighborhood. The initial six-foot-high wave damaged nearby buildings and killed eleven people and three horses, with the resulting four-foot-deep river of slightly clear muck ensnaring many more as it slowly flowed down hill to the old Lewison Quarry, which had years before become a spring-fed lake. The cleanup took weeks, with virtually the entire city smelling, as the Evening Ledger reported at the time, &#8220;like the sleeping chamber of a weak asth-matic child.&#8221; To this day, people visit the small observation dock at Lewison Quarry during cold and flu season, convinced that the vapors actually do some good. They are more likely to be inhaling oil from automobiles and trolley cars which were discarded in its almost bottomless depths by the city until the mid-1950s. :: With winter weather finally hitting the area this week, the local chapter of PETA has released its schedule of upcoming action events. If you are prone to wearing fur or fur-related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, You Never Knew It! &#8211; Jan. 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Most people naturally assume that the city’s first public vending machines were the chicken leg contraptions installed along Soldier Boulevard by the Vendmate Company in 1925. Not so! Predating even those beloved tin hulks were the Vend-O salt dispensers that first appeared in 1922 in front of the Oriental Library. Day and night, the image of irascible mascot Jacktar the Old Salt charmed passerby from sandwich boards with his slogan “Buy Some Salt!” Late-night carousers lined up after performances at the Opera Building, jostling for paper cones of salt. Alas! By 1923 vandals had hooliganized every last machine and Jacktar smiles on us no more! - B. Grossblatt :: The localized power outage that hit the 15-1800 blocks of Portage Street for a few hours Tuesday afternoon and evening caused some businesses to close early, but not Carson&#8217;s Tavern, at 1729 Portage. The taps were working and the barkeep knows math pretty well, so folks stuck around and the owner, Bud &#8220;Carson&#8221; Carlson, saw no need to shut down. It was kind of a nice respite­­- ­­no juke box, no beeping cash register, just a few folks sitting around the small place, reminising about power outages and disasters of [...]]]></description>
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