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The Burgh is the Word

“Buy in the ‘Burg” was an advertising slogan used in the Troy Times from 1924 to 1928 or so, with “Buy in the ‘Burgh” (with the h) from about 1929 to 1931. Troy Times. December 16, 1924: 3 col 1…. Continue Reading →

Bad Ghosts

Today being Halloween, a horror anthology film comes to mind in connection with the below news items. In Grim Prarie Tales (1990), James Earl Jones and Brad Dourif chew the scenery in the anthology’s wraparound segment as two men in… Continue Reading →

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