The Old Badger The Badger contacts aviators First published in The Freeman’s Journal August 2, 1978 “They tell us at the drugstore that since the aviators came here, the business done in lip rouge, ordinary rouge, and other forms of calsomine has almost doubled. And Schneider and Raubacher, who do most of the clothes cleaning say that the way the officers’ uniforms catch up talcum powder along the sleeves and shoulder is something awful.” — The Freeman’s Journal, July 16,…
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The Old Badger Willow Brook has been altered again Originally published in The Freeman’s Journal on Aug. 3, 1977. Willow Brook runs into Otsego Lake near the foot of Pioneer Street. Its course has been altered to run down the far side of a strip of land there, which is being readied for whatever is going to be built – probably houses. The brook ends at the Lake, but … Where does it begin? I’ll trace it to its source…
The Old Badger Miller place brings back old memories of summer Editor’s note: This column was first published July 27, 1977. Somewhere in this town, maybe in a drawer or a kitchen file or between the pages of a cookbook, lies eight “receipt,” and it tells exactly how to make Ma Miller’s piccalilli. It’s priceless. Anyone who remembers the Lake Road when it was made of cement remembers the Miller place. And if you happen to ask about it, sit…