Old Ad of the Week: Hot Tamale!

Source: Chicago Tribune; Nov. 21, 1937

Cora: The Bullet Hole (5)

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Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1925. Coles County, IL.

By August 5, Cora Stallman had been dead for five days, but investigators seemed no closer to finding out how that had happened. The truth continued to evade them like a silver fish in a summer pond, always a second beyond their grasp.

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Old Ad of the Week: Still Single

Source: Chicago Tribune; July 18, 1937

Unearthed: Dorothy Eagles (Pt 1)

Friend to the friendless.

I’ve been dying to write this one.

Dorothy Eagles’ name was in those scraps my husband brought home, and this was the first photo I found of her.

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Old Ad of the Week: Mr. Coffee Nerves

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Chicago Tribune; Oct. 13, 1940