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AND WAS PRINTED BY HAND, REQUIRING ONE BOY TO SPREAD THE I'NK BY ROLLER AND OWE MAN TO PULL THE LEVER TO WAKE THE PRINTED IMPRESSION.
THE SPEED OF THE PRESS WAS AT BEST 300 COPIES PER HOUR, AND THE USJrAL PRfNTUNG REQUHRED THREE HOURS. FOR THESE THREE HOURS OF WORK, THE INKING BOY WAS PAID A GENEROUS FIFTY CENTS.
POPULAR SONGS OF THE PS? HOD WERE * IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME* •TWO LITTLE GIRLS I'N BLUE", AND "AFTER THE BALL*• SEVERAL LOCAL BANDS WERE ORGANIZED, THE BEST OF WHICH WAS' THE ECLIPSE BAND.
A YACHT CLUB WAS FOUNDED AND OCCUPIED THE BUILDING NOW KNOMI AS THE STAR THEATER. SAILING WAS IN ITS HEYDAY, AND THE ANNUAL REGATTA WAS AN OUT STANDING AFFAIR.
EVERY SUMMER FOR OVER 35 YEARS PEOPLE BOUGHT PCE CREAM FROM THE MANtERP HCE CREAM WAGON THAT WENT FROM DOOR TO DOOR, PULLED BY A FAMILIAR OLD HORSE WITH JINGLE BELLS AROUND ITS NECK. ANOTHER VERY POPULAR REFRESHMENT WAS THE "NECTAR AND CREAM S3DV MADE AT DE MONTLUZIN DRUG STORE, WHERE ON SUMMER AFTERNOONS KT WAS A CUSTOMARY SIGHT TO SEE CARRIAGES LINED UP FOR QUITE A DISTANCE WAITING TO BE SERVED.


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