By Robert Reed   The grand holiday of Thanksgiving has been celebrated in many ways over the decades, and a surprising amount of it remains in memories of paper.   Trade cards, holiday postcards, magazine covers, menus, and colorful decorations have all faithfully carried the enduring Thanksgiving theme nationwide.   Historians have long noted that President George Washington delivered an […]

From the Chicago Tribune   The Impossible Dream isn’t just possible any more — it’s here. Embrace it, savor it, scream it from the rooftops. The Cubs are World Series champs!   Holy cow, how Chicago has waited for this. On the brink of elimination after Game 4, the Cubs stormed back and wrested victory from the Cleveland Indians in […]

By Maureen Timm On Halloween an old witch flies Upon a broomstick through the skies ‘N’ gleaming goblins dressed in white Go sliding gliding through the night ‘N’ big black bats with big black wings Go flop against the walls an’ things ‘N’ round eyed owls cry “Who-who-who” But-I’m not scared a bit, are you? By Elsie M. Fowler Traditions […]

By Peggy DeStefano In researching our family history, my sister Mary discovered that on our Knowles side we are descended from one bereft woman who was hung as a witch in 1651. This happened before the Salem Witch Trials. She was the second woman executed as a witch in the colonies. Though she was called a witch by her puritan […]