Fifty-four cents Eight coins. One quarter, two dimes, a nickel and four pennies. Fifty-four cents placed in a leather change purse over a century ago in 1918, enough to purchase a pound of round steak, a pound of wheat bread and a quart of milk. 1 The tarnished coins are…
“Masked Men Rob Passenger Train, near Erie., Pa., Friday Night – Mail Clerk Dying, Conductor Hurt.” So read the front page of the Sandusky Register on Saturday, July 1st, 1911. 1 In fact, similar headlines appeared in newspapers across America over the weekend, the associated press broadcasting the story across…