August 16, 2026
Tag: Jack Dempsey
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They Were Champion Boxers Once, and Restauranteurs Too
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Jack Dempsey and Sugar Ray Robinson were champion boxers — Dempsey as a heavyweight and Robinson as a middleweight and welterweight. While they fought in different eras of “the sweet science,” their post-fighting paths led them to New York City and the restaurant business.
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June 21, 2020 4 Comments
Hometown postcard collectors dream of finding postcards showing their childhood home. I was excited to find such a card while at a local auction house. I saw a real-photo card with a caption, “Rising Sun, Del.” in the bottom left corner. Rising Sun is home to a couple hundred people. It is an unincorporated village […]