Monthly Archives: February 2022

100 Years Ago: Feb. 4-10

February 3, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, February 8, 1922: Five pneumonia deaths and one influenza death have occurred in the last twenty-four hours according to Dr. Herman Morgan, secretary of the Indianapolis public health department. He further stated that with forty-five pneumonia and influenza deaths having been recorded in the last … Read More

Nellie Fox, Sparkplug of the Go-Go White Sox, Part 3

February 3, 2022 | by Al Hunter

It was Saturday, January 22, the big day had arrived. It was time for the Joanne & Nellie Fox Estate Auction at Kenny’s Auction House in Chambersburg, Penn. At 11 degrees with a wind chill below zero, baseball was likely the furthest thing from anyone’s mind. After passing three snowmobiles … Read More

Don’t Forget to Powder Your Nose

February 3, 2022 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

The post-war years of the 1920s were a time of economic growth for the United States. Disposable income among the middle class, which had been nearly nonexistent in the previous decade, was now on the upswing and items considered only affordable for the affluent now became a part of the … Read More