1920 Spring Cleanup

I thought this would be apropriate, since the city is having their Spring Cleanup Day on June 16 this year. The cartoon is from April 15, 1920. It tells a lot. The ladies are talking about the city water tower. The one that was on third Street. A park is mentioned next to it, the land being donated for it. Somehow, the park disappeared and houses were built there. If anyone knows more about this I would like to hear about it. As I understand it, there was a park there as well as the City Hall (which was later moved and made into a house a couple of blocks away) the jail and Fire station were added onto to make another house...

April Fools 1920

There are only a couple more of these but i thought I would post them. A little late for April Fool's Day this year and the world view has changed a lot.
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March 3,1920 Cartoon

Here's anotther one. I would be willing to bet that is Karl Marx with the red flag in his hand, as the American soldier encourages the communists to leave "for foreign parts".
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Our Own Cartoonist

The Advertiser for a time had it's own editorial cartoonist. A M. L. Rugloski went to work for the Advertiser in March 1920 and created cartoons for the paper based on local concerns. Unfortunately it didn't last to long. This is the inaugural cartoon from March 18th 1920.
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My Grandma's post card collection

Many years ago, my grandmother gave me her collection of post cards. She explained to me that as
a young girl back then they would collect them much as people collect baseball cards. They would be in series and tell stories as one collected each post card. I don't remember her saying if they were bought in packs or individually. A couple of samples Any way you may want to check out more of them here

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