Here’s an interesting little article that was published in the New Era on Dec. 12, 1958.
It’s an Associated Press piece reporting on predictions by America’s top industrial and business leaders on what life would be like in 1987.
Among the most accurate of the predictions is that everyone would have pocket telephones, although it took a little longer than […]

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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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