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From Pagan to Playin'

The History of Halloween

By Jennifer Thompson

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Childhood Memories

By Ella Goethe Henry

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Before it was Wrigleyville - Part 2

by Mike Fak

This story is the continuation of a story published in the August 2005 issue of U.S. Legacies magazine and reflects a dream Mike had about his childhood.

To read Part I Click here

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OLD TIME REMEDIES

Ma Mayfield

Johnnie Headrick Mayfield age 57 in 1945

By: Joe Mayfield

During the 1940s and 1950s people had to have a way to take care of the everyday things that occurred, from cuts, to burns, or just a splinter. There was no way to go to the doctor every time someone had a scrape, or scratch, it was necessary that they know what to do to take care of themselves.

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Before it was Wriglyville - Part 1

BEFORE IT WAS WRIGLEYVILLE

by Mike Fak

Authors Note: I was born in 1948 in Chicago Illinois. Until 1960 I lived at 3824 North Sheffield, just a block and a half from Cubs Park. The following is a compilation of memories that for whatever reason I found myself compelled to turn into this story.

A picture of Mike Fak in 1955 outside Horace Greeley School yard.

By Mike Fak

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LETTER FROM A FARM KID

LETTER FROM A FARM KID, NOW AT SAN DIEGO MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT.

Dear Ma and Pa,

I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the

Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to

join up quick before maybe all of the places are filled.

I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6

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100 Years of Living!

by Dale Castle

I’ve always wanted to talk to a person 100 years old. I finally got the opportunity last Saturday when I met Gladys Watkins. As I walked to her front door, I wondered what kind of shape a woman that age would be in. Surely, someone would answer the door for her and probably push her into the living room in a wheel chair. I’d probably have to almost yell to be heard and she wouldn’t be able to see me very well. I couldn’t have been more wrong.

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Learning to Read

By Laura Pearce

My mother was, as her mother had been, a farmer's daughter who became a farmer's wife.

She graduated, with honors, from a small Christian College in the Midwest, earning a degree in Home Economics. She taught High School in Letts, Iowa for two years during the war and is said to have liked her work and been well suited for it.

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