Ga. Family Showcases Old-Fashioned Still
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The dome-shaped copper building nestled in the pines on the outskirts of town was modeled after an old-fashioned liquor still, but 100-proof white lightning never flowed from this post-Prohibition contraption.
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A 72-year-old furniture company is sustainable to its roots.
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Sharp designs and colors fight the impression made by older devices.
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A piece of souped-up patio furniture spurs eight decades of comforting craftsmanship.
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Carlotta Aiken's cheeks are sprinkled with brown spots, just like her grandmother had.
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A native son aims to counter barbs and jokes about his state.
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For three generations, the Dungey family of Auburn, N.Y., has produced handmade dog collars and leashes for pet stores around the country. The family's six-person shop has staved off competition from cheaper foreign labor by offering a range of products, from affordable "Sparky's Choice" leashes to...
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By Jack Brubaker  Some very tasty slop for hogs Not preaching about evolution Glass plate negatives preserved  Five oak trees along North Duke and East Orange streets by the Lancaster County Library and St. James Episcopal Church have no life left in them.
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 16--Arthur Eugene Jones Sr. of Biloxi lived in the same home on Southern Avenue for more than 30 years.
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Girl in photograph is from local Moroccan family.
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By STACI MATLOCK, PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRENDA DOLAN-HOBGOOD  On Sept.
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Martha Taylor was stuffing a curio cabinet with sheets and quilts to protect the antique glasses she had to leave behind when she came across something she had almost forgotten: a blue, willow-patterned dish that her son Stephen bought for her at a garage sale when he was 5.
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A new initiative seeks to improve old products.
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Archeologists found a small container with a whitish medicinal or cosmetic cream made up of animal fat, starch and tin oxide. Researchers writing in the November edition of the British magazine Nature say
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Signet rings, traditionally worn as a paterfamilias hand-me-down, are enjoying a revival.
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By Mike Dougherty, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 22--thingsthatwere.blogspot.com   I love old stuff, and this blog has scads of pix of old stuff that once was. Some of it is still around. Lots of it isn't or is in a serious state of disrepair. Pretty cool stuff. Check it out.
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At least one furniture maker still knows how to sell the stuff.