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Remember when the Dutch Kitchen was the place to be in Troy

In 1947, a new restaurant called the Dutch Kitchen was opened.  Hobbs’s Candy Company supplied the confectionary items ...

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Valentine’s Day … A plastic rose and a flower

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 is St. Valentine’s Day Daddy was born on February 14, 1915, so around our ...

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COLUMN: Never Fear to Make Mistakes

By Allen Mendenhall Allen Mendenhall is Associate Dean and Grady Rosier Professor in the Sorrell College of Business ...

Lifestyles

Buy what you have no need of and …

Benjamin Franklin said “Buy what you have no need of and you will soon be selling your necessities.” ...

Dianne Smith

Civil War relics donated to Alabama state archives in 1914

The Battle of Peachtree Creek, near Atlanta, was the first in a series of bloody battles for Atlanta ...

Lifestyles

I wanna hold your hand

From the time I could burp, I had an uncanny ability to lose, things — my rattle, my ...

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Story of WWI sergeant found in The Messenger’s archives

Probably one of the most significant battles of World War I was the Battle of Chateau-Thierry, which was ...

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The Messenger’s archives tell of fire engine sold for junk

All of these articles can be found in archived editions of The Troy Messenger.  Stay tuned for more. ...

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COLUMN: One step closer

My wife – and several people around me – keep saying “one step closer” every time I undergo ...

Lifestyles

Stories: Better than a burger?

Growing up, my family was in the cotton gin, feed mill,  ice plant and cold storage facility. Daddy ...

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