By Henry J. Pratt More than 180 years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, the publishing firm of Truman and Winthrop B. Smith signed a textbook contract with William Holmes Mc-Guffey, a dour disciplinarian and relatively unknown homespun philosophy professor. The contract obligated McGuffey to prepare six school books—a primer, a speller and four readers. When the now-famous contract was approved in […]
September 5 252nd Anniversary of the first session of Continental Congress (1774) September 7 Labor Day –Always first Monday in September September 9 Congress renamed the nation “United States of America” (1776) September 11 Patriot Day – 25th Anniversary of 9/11 attacks September 13 Always observed first Sunday after Labor Day Grandparents Day September 18 Congress establishes the U.S. Air […]
Our August What Is It fooled a lot of people. So many thought it was a glass caster which was put under a furniture leg to protect the floor. It is actually a salt dish. Time was when the salt cellar or salt dish honored the table on which it sat, and also honored the person who sat before it. […]
Editor’s Note: Hard to believe but life is teeming around us. The latest excitement regards the bees. We knew we had bees going in and out of our house near the garage, we just didn’t know how many we had. We called a beekeeper who was more than happy to help re-locate the creatures. It turns out we had […]
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