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- Harry Truman Visits Reading On This Day 1948
On October 7th, 1948 President Harry S. Truman made a campaign stop in Reading where he addressed a crowd of roughly 20,000 on Penn Square… Read more: Harry Truman Visits Reading On This Day 1948 - Stichter Hardware Company – 505 Penn Street
Stichter Hardware was a well-known name amongst Reading merchants for over a century and a half. To get the full picture of the history of… Read more: Stichter Hardware Company – 505 Penn Street - Pagoda Update 9/10
If you follow along on facebook you are probably aware that back in January I joined the board of the Foundation for the Reading Pagoda.… Read more: Pagoda Update 9/10
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I remember the beer kegs floating down the Schuylkill from the flooded brewery on the south side of Reading.
In 1948, if minimum wage was .75, then in 2024 dollars that would be $9.81. PA Minimum wage is $7.25.
Before Simotas the dairy bar was owned by Jack Heath
Is now re-opening as The Black Sheep. I live a few blocks away.
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