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The history of the American phone book
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOnce a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo. Spokeo examined historical...
Did you get a phone book this year? Also, for some of us: what is a phone book?
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIf you live in eastern Volusia County, you may have recently received a phone book. For some of us,...
#TBT: Corpus Christi's first telephone lines went up in 1890
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCorpus Christi got its first telephone exchange in 1890, at the same time it got its first electric...
'It's been a good run': Family owned business closing after 63 years in Ocala
Ocala Star Banner via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoJohnson's Auto Service of Ocala, a two-generation family business that opened in 1960, will be...
From phony invoices to vanity awards, scams can impact every business
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScams can impact every business, regardless of location, size, or industry. But they are especially a problem for small businesses. Local businesses and start-ups often don’t have the cyber ...
Joe Oliver: The anti-growth global progressives against progress
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoBack in 1961, American conservative intellectual William F. Buckley sardonically observed that “I...
317 Project: From Cumberland? This lady might know more about your family than you do
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWhat’s to know about Cumberland? Joni Curtis is the woman to ask. She knows stuff about the town —...
Chicago: From Stacker of Wheat to Stacker of Wheat Thins!
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIllustration: Lex Villena; E. Jason Wambsgans, Bsenic The poet Carl Sandburg must be spinning in his...
At its height, Downtown Peoria was a commercial powerhouse
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPEORIA — The place to be. The center of all activity. The finest shopping in the area. That's how...
Kewanee history from the Star Courier archives
Star-Courier via Yahoo News· 2 years ago15 years agoFriday, Oct. 12, 2007 Smokey, the female Dalmatian who was the Kewanee Fire Department’s mascot for the past 14 years, died Thursday, Fire...