Over the years, the News, our local tabloid format daily paper, has become well known for its front page banner headlines. Some call them brilliant, some call them tasteless, but whatever your opinion, it’s a fact that the News is…
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Friday Facts: Max, Stca Fyadirf, Yzumitelno!
:: Greatest decennial population increase (1950 – 1960)- 201,610 :: Actor James Robard once described the City as “The place where my heart has a home.” He had previously said the same of New Orleans, Louisiana and Tucson, Arizona. ::…
What’s Happening! Feb. 8-14
A select listing of notable events around the city in the next week, culled from local publications: Feb. 8 Devil and Ms. Milveaux book reading/signing– Author Margaret Milveaux reads from her locally best-selling book, 7:30 pm, Woldman Heights branch library.…
Friday Facts: Ring-O-Ding-A’s, Sauerkraut, Mini-Marshmallows
:: Number of years between the founding of the city and its incorporation- 19 :: This Sunday marks thirty years since the closing of the Hearth’s Delight Confectionaries factory, here in the heart of the city. Here are some of…
Oh, You Never Knew It! – Jan. 31
:: 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…
Friday Facts: Meanwhile, at the Pioneer Square Strip Mall
:: Sister city featured on municipal signage on December 6, 1941- Mihara City, Japan :: Sister city featured on municipal signage as of December 9, 1941- Newcastle, England :: Hanna-Barbera animator Clark E. Pantuso reportedly modeled the design for the…
Friday Facts: Only Eight So Far (Fingers Crossed)
:: For the fourth time in ten years, the number of homicides is equal to less than half of the days in the year at this point. Police Commissioner Nelson Apperbee will be holding a press conference to celebrate this…
Oh, You Never Knew It! – Jan. 17
:: In 1918, an accident at the Jackson Independent Pharmaceutical Company caused a tank to burst, releasing 1.7 million gallons of the company’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…
Oh, You Never Knew It! – Jan. 10
:: 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…
Friday Facts: It’s a type of purple
:: Twice a year, under an assumed name, architect Frank Gehry sets up an office in a strip mall on Watson Glenn Road and consults with homeowners for $25 an hour. He uses the name “Arthur Gilgreen.” :: The men’s…