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Category: Reminiscences
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Exactly sixty years ago this past March, I boarded the ancient No. 10 (Wells Street) streetcar for one of the final runs of a streetcar on Milwaukee streets. It was a nostalgic run for me that day – then a 28-year-old reporter for the former Milwaukee Sentinel – sent to do a feature story on…
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How an innocent 15-year-old boy inadvertently learns about life. To his embarrassment!
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A recent New York Times obituary of a prominent member of the arts community brought forth a weird recollection. During my high school years (1943-47), I worked at the corner drug store*, employed as a soda jerk, clerk and stockboy. If you’re under 40 you may not know what a soda jerk was, but he…
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