June 6, 2026
Tag: Youngstown
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It’s Old Home Week!
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Small towns in New England and the Mid-Atlantic lost population as westward migration and the lure of factory work drew young people away. Old Home Week attempted to lure them back.
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March 26, 2023 2 Comments
Bow-Wow was an early twentieth-century song sung by Vesta Victoria. If you know who she was, you’re far ahead of the pack. Miss Vesta was an English music hall singer who also did well in America using her self-styled comic laments told in a deadpan style. Thanks to postcards she is still remembered. What a hoot!