John Adams once called the vice presidency “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.”
But in a little over five months, we’ll go to the polls to pick electors that will pick the next one.
It’s a nebulous office. It ...
One name stands out on this year’s list from the Warren County Veterans Affairs Office.
Richard Sharrow, a Marienville, Pa., native who served in both the Army and the Navy, is identified as “MIA 7/25/1059. Brought Home 9/23/23.”
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...
Lucille Ball died on April 26, 1989 due to complications from a heart surgery.
I knew the “I Love Lucy” megastar was born in Celeron and buried in Lakewood.
What I didn't know was that there was some controversy to bring that burial about.
According to an article in the New York ...
“KENT, Ohio (AP) - Four students were shot to death and 11 other persons wounded, four seriously in a confrontation with Ohio National Guardsmen and police at Kent State University.”
That was the lede in a small article published midway down the front page on May 5, 1970 in the Warren ...
One of the leading tire brands in the world is BFGoodrich.
Diamond Tires - the firm I wrote about last week - sold to B.F. Goodrich for $45 million.
The actual B.F. Goodrich? He’s from Chautauqua County.
But, ironically, he would have died before the company bearing his name ever ...
The average price of gas in 1918 was $.25 cents a gallon.
Woodrow Wilson was president and World War I was coming to a conclusion.
The Ford Model T was still the most popular car, presumably in black.
And Marshall Parshall was selling Diamond Tires in Warren.
Given all the talk of the ...