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Former Burlesque Dancer Reminisces

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Ex-Stripper’s Days Are Now Quiet Ones By Rafael Alvarez (The Baltimore Sun, 2/2/1993) It isn’t right for Jean Honus to be all alone on Barney Street. The house is quiet; hours are long. And there’s no action. Not like the … Continue reading →


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Slideshow: Great Baltimore Fire of 1904

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Scott Huffines

The Baltimore Sun The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 started at 10:50 a.m. on Feb. 7 and raged on until 5 p.m. the next day. The fire began inside the John E. Hurst & Company building, causing an explosion that … Continue reading →


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Bar Odyssey: Dundalk to Fells Point

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Scott Huffines
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By Tom Nugent (The Baltimore Sun, 3/10/1978) Friday night, Marie’s Tavern, and Shotgun Hank is getting into the Pabst. “Listen here,” says Shotgun, swiveling around on his bar stool, grinning wide as an Oklahoma freeway beneath his blue, Peterbilt trucker’s … Continue reading →


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The Original Flagpole Sitter (Alvin Aloysius “Shipwreck” Kelly)

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Scott Huffines
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1929: `Shipwreck’ Kelly inspired 20 Baltimoreans to engage in what Cosmopolitan termed `competitive imbecility.’ By Frederick N. Rasmussen, (The Baltimore Sun,11/20/1999) It was perhaps the last giddy excess of the Jazz Age when, during the summer of 1929, Baltimore for … Continue reading →


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Tribune Co. to auction Sun collection of 7,000+ Bodine prints

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Scott Huffines
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By William P. Tandy (Eight Stone Press, 11/15/2011) A Baltimore Sun photographer for nearly 50 years, A. Aubrey Bodine documented life in Baltimore and around Maryland from the 1920s until his death in 1970. Decades before Photoshop and desktop publishing, … Continue reading →


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A Tribute to Bubba ‘Hightower’ Smith

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Scott Huffines

Gawker.com: “For many sports fans, Bubba Smith, who died yesterday at the age of 66, was the legendary defensive end for the Baltimore Colts. But for movie buffs, he’ll always be remembered as Moses Hightower, the most badass member of … Continue reading →


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Chessie the manatee pays return visit to Chesapeake Bay

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Scott Huffines
Chessie the manatee (Courtesy of Hank Curtis, Baltimore Sun / July 15, 2011)

Wandering manatee first spotted here in 1994 By Steve Kilar and Timothy B. Wheeler (The Baltimore Sun, 7/15/2011) Chessie, the wandering Florida manatee that has visited the Chesapeake Bay at least twice over the past 17 years, is back. The … Continue reading →


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Flags and Beer: A Baltimore Tradition

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Scott Huffines
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Our view: The kindness of a Baltimore brewer plays a small part in the story of America’s national anthem By Rob Kasper (The Baltimore Sun, 7/3/2011) During the Fourth of July weekend in Baltimore, there will be plenty of flags … Continue reading →


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F-117 Stealth Jet Crashes At Airshow In Middle River, 1997

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Scott Huffines
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Stealth jet crashes at air show Fighter hits house in Bowleys Quarters Neighbors Evacuated Pilot ‘Really Sorry’ Witnesses report seeing F-117A break up in midair By Peter Hermann, Baltimore Sun, 9/15/1997 An Air Force F-117A stealth fighter jet performing at … Continue reading →


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Pennies for Poe: Near the Diner Grill, A Bowl of Change for the Literary Giant

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Scott Huffines
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By Laura Vozzella (Baltimore Sun, 4/13/2011) Baltimore schoolkids collected pennies nearly 150 years ago to save Edgar Allan Poe the indignity of lying in an unmarked grave. Now another “Pennies for Poe” campaign is under way, this time with the … Continue reading →


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A Good Cow Electrocuted in Baltimore (1901)

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Scott Huffines
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Scott’s note: Mary Nickel was my great-great-great grandmother, the first of the Nickels to come to Baltimore from Bavaria. She operated a dairy farm near Dundalk. My mother Mary Jacqueline was named after her. Good Cow Electrocuted (The Baltimore Sun, … Continue reading →


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Bum on “The Block” Named “Big Ed” Fights Over Bottle of Natty Boh, Stabbed to Death With It (1975)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Scott Huffines
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Man stabbed to death during fight on The Block over bottle of beer (The Baltimore Sun, 6/5/1975) A man police could identify only as “Big Ed” was stabbed to death with a broken beer bottle yesterday afternoon during a fight … Continue reading →


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