Is Lancaster an affordable or expensive place to live? The debate, as the 1920 article below illustrates, has been going on for a long time. (Note the bracketed subhead under the first two headlines).
To those from the East Coast’s larger metropolitan areas, Lancaster remains a low-cost dream when it comes to housing and other key costs of […]

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Actor, philanthropist and race car driver Paul Newman died Sept. 26 at age 83.
Twenty-five years ago this week, Newman donated the $100,000 in first-year profits from his Newman’s Own Inc. salad-dressing and spaghetti-sauce business to the New York Foundling Hospital (see clip below).
Newman and the foundation funded by his food company went on to donate $250 million to charity […]

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America runs on…
…Sugar!
At least that’s the message the Franklin Sugar Refining Co. delivered to readers of the Nov. 20, 1958, New Era, in which the ad below was published.
So don’t throw out that leftover Halloween candy just yet. And don’t try to slow those kids down. When the candy runs out, give ‘em some sugar cubes, and watch ‘em spin.
Do I hear a […]

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