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Dollars & Sense
by Bryon Elson
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Antiques
by Ralph & Terry Kovel
DAILYBREA
The automatic bread-making
machine has brought hornem de
loaf of bread into many homes.
Bread was mad and sold by bakers
from the early colonial days. There
were fireplaces for heat and cooking,
and only few had bake ovens. By
the 19th century, stoves were in use
and ovens were v Hable. Most
families purchased baker's bread in
the summer to help keep the house
from overheating, but homemade
bread was considered better, tastier
and more healthful. The wealthy ate
homemade bread m de by their ser­
vants; the middle c1 bought bre d.
The cookbooks of those days said,
"Knead the dough for 4S minutes to
an hour, without a pause." Bread was
served t every meal and usually on
pedal bread plate, most of which
were made of pressed glass or carved
wood. Decorated silver or porcelain
bread plates were also made for spe­
.cial dinner parties. They were usual­
ly oval. It was a sensible shape
because bread was mad in a long or
a round loaf. It was sliced at the table;
it was not until the 1940s that most
bread was machine-sliced.
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Q. I h ve an iron Franklin
fireplace that came out or aD early
home in Maine. I round Franklin
tove in the library boo ,but
there w no mention or the
Fr .. nklin fireplace. I'd like to
know more about it.
. A. The Franklin rove i nam d for
its inventoCt,.the famous Benjamin
Franklin. In 174S, the first of his
heating devic was offered for Ie
in New England. The stove-was real-
. ly a cast-iron fireplace with blowers
and a flue. In order to fit an exi ting
brick fireplace, som Franklin were
made with added hood or id piece .
Many versions of the tove w re
patented nd mad by other
manufacturer, but almost aJI of
them were n med for Franklin. By
the early 19th century, the Franklin
fireplace like yours w being sold.
It consi ed of cast-iron frame with
a b ck and sides for the firepl ce
pening. Thi new type of Franklin
was che per, e ier to install nd
sold well.
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For copy of Kovel "n w hookl t,
"Care Feeding of Boo & Pa r
Collectibl ," nd 2 nd long,
st mped (S2 en), lf-addr d
envelope to: Kovel , P.O. Box
22900. Beac ood, Ohio 44122.
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elected rep ent tiv ? Limit
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In the 1 t congr tonal
the average number of term amen
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Collecting Bl k memorabilia i
an inv tment that com down to
more than just dollars and cents.
Some people collect as a hobby. They
visit rummage ales, flea markets and
grandmother' attic. earching out
Black memora ilia. Some hop that
in th long run, th item will pay
off at auction time.
Old advertisement featuring
Bla k characters and caricature.
documents on. the lave trade, early
Black dolls nd Black po tage
tamps may co t only a few dollars
today, but could be worth hundreds
of dollars in th future. An Aunt
Jemima cookie jar worth 0 three
years ago may be worth 5 today.
Slave chains that old for $500 a few
now bring as much as
The Graying of America
The American population overall
is older than ever before. and the
traditional family living arran ement
i giving way to a new kind of dome -
tic unit where eniorcitiz ns, wh are
triends, come together under one
roof. They do thi for protection, i n­
dependence and for the oconomic of
pooling resource, living better to­
gether than they could if they lived
alone.
Thi kind of living arrangement
al 0 keep people out ot nu ing
home until ab lut Iy n . ary. at­
lowing for more pe nal avmg.
In 1989', there were 9. million
Americans in the 75 to 4 a e roup.
13 times more than in 1 . Women
account for 63 perc nt of the elderly.
Seventy-five percent of the elderly
poor are women and th y re- forgi ng
new relationship with thi leap in
longevity.
Consideri n these facts, ociety
may have to rethink mandatory re­
tirement age and entitlement pro­
gram for the eld rly.
Remodeling to Resale
Know Your
Social Security Benefits
I'hcy wash d: hex, IC'm hOI cs
and office buildin 1 or harvc t .rop
-and ar paid In C' h. In tht Oi1 t
under round C onom " what hap-
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m ra
gr up
bav
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derson, Detroit Urban League; and
Mary Lou Bri non, GT at Bntton
Facilitators.
Brown & Williamson h com­
mitted nearly 700,000 in new
funding for local nonprofit com­
munity ervices.
. omination form ar available
at many area r tail store. To ob­
tain program information and
form call 1-800-341-5211, or by
writing to: Th KOOL Achiever
Award, P.O. Box 3 090, Low -
ville, KY_40232.
Ph n :nl3) -)-1 I I
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Fir tHorne?
First Home Mortgage?
Firs Federal.
� Loan tart Pre-Qualifi ou For ortga Finan in
fore ou Bu Home.·
'I he fir t rep toward buviru; tI)J( horne I when �()U ,tep mro JO\
Fir t lcdcr.tl (If icc and JI pl� tor J tree [::::J Loan tart "Prc-Qualihcanon Certificate."
Once \OU hJ\C 1(. It tell- the db vou'rc .. cnou buyer. 'lhut' J hlg edge.
\n I the [::::J Rue Pro ecuon Plan "lock -10" vour mortu ge mrcre t
t J \ crv compcnuv c rate. That' pCJ C 0 rnmd. cc the fiend" people
J( lir t I cdcr.rl for l]CtJtI . Thcv nuke firunuru; vour fir thorne.
the IJ t thmz � (Ill hav c to \\ orr: t out.
IT - norninati ns rc
n w bing pted for th 1 3
Detroit KOOL Achiever A ard,
whi b reco niz outstandm v 1-
unte rs and 1 d IS workin to I rn­
prov th quali ty of life
Th 1 0 trou KOOL
Reginald A. Ball, a
U.S. S cret rvice ag nt who
grew up in Detroit and volunt
tutor for inner- ity chrldr nat
th Reginald M Kcnzi Founda­
tion.
The i Detroi t KOOL
Achiever, who will b le t d
CHAR ES
- ROSS
YOUR
�ERSONAL
FINANCE
pc wh 0 employers fail to pay 0-
cial Security taxc '? The workers may
find that they w n 't re ive a
monthly I I unty h ck t a
time when they need it m t. Any
employ r payin a worker at lear t
50 in a quarter of the year ow
Social cunty taxe .
To qualify or Social cunty,
you m rke a d'Into
t. sy t abo . If you
were a full-time worker who retired
at 65 after a lifetime f minimum
wage work, you would qualify for a
monthly ch ck of about $5 . The
average heck i about $ O.
Call your local Social S urity of­
flee and ask for a PeT'S nal Earni n
and Benefit Statement t et an idea
of how much you h ve earned and
how mu h you will r eivc at retire­
m nt.
Community
Reinvestment Act
The Community Reinve trnent
A t of 1977 requir the Federal Re-
erve and other federal financial
regulatory agenci to determine if
banks and aving and I an rrstitu­
tion arc meting the cr dit need of
their entir community. Thn obIt a­
tion extends o Bla k net hborho ds
0,; hich hav cen th r cus f di -
harl ,,; Ross i ho t of til nation-
Thanks for
sticking
'th us.
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