Monthly Archives: April 2019

Garage Sale Formula

April 4, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

From antiques, vintage clothes and typewriters to garage tools, Tupperware and grandma’s dishes, yard sales are as unique and diversified as the people who hold them. Yet, there is one common denominator. . . they are a lot of work. A sale done right is a great way to rid … Read More

Boilers Were Close But No Cigar

April 4, 2019 | by Steve Nicewanger

Despite a 42 point effort by backcourt phenom Carson Edwards, the Purdue men’s basketball team went down to defeat in overtime to the number 1 seeded Virginia Cavaliers 80-75 in the round of the NCAA Championship tourney at KFC Yum Center Arena. The Boilers gave Virginia all they wanted in … Read More

Paper

April 4, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

“Welcome to the house of newspapers,” my daughter whispered to my newly-minted granddaughter as she settled her onto my futon for the first of what would be many days of care. The rustling of back issues of The Weekly View was the soundtrack of a dying art form: the production … Read More

Coughing up Bullets — A Civil War Tale for the Ages

April 4, 2019 | by Al Hunter

So you say you have a scratchy throat? Runny nose? Nagging cough? Blaming all those hugs, handshakes and office hours for catching a bug? Well, here’s a reminder that it could be worse. This reminder reaches all the way back to the Civil War and comes with a twist that … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: April 5-11

April 4, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, April 5, 1919: Since last April when prohibition came to Indiana, homemade concoctions for the real stuff have been developed. “Old John Barleycorn” adherents have experimented making some strange and fancy substitutes for domestic use. Home-brewed beer made from a so-called extract of malt and … Read More