CLEVELAND, Ohio – I was shocked when I went to my first full-time newspaper job. It was in the South, and the negative attitudes of some people on the staff infected me in ways I never imagined. I previously had worked summers at the old Fisher-Fazio’s warehouse. I worked part-time at the old Cleveland Press. I had worked with some old (and young) guys who were cynical and crusty. So I wasn’t .
Feb. 7, 1889: âJoe P. Summers and M.I. Gump went to Washington to the inauguration,â according to The Comet.
Feb. 7, 1901: The Comet carried a note of thanks for recent expressions of bereavement. âMr. and Mrs. W.H. Hampton desire to thank their friends for their kindness in assisting and comforting them in their bereavement caused by the loss of their son, Harold. They wish to especially thank those who sent flowers, those who helped them at their home, the pastor and choir of the Watauga Avenue Presbyterian church, and those who so kindly prepared the church so beautifully for the service.â
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The actor Mark Eden, who has died aged 92, brought high drama to Coronation Street when he played Alan Bradley, who defrauded the singer-turned-newsagent Rita Fairclough, then terrorised her – before meeting his death under a Blackpool tram.
Eden joined the TV soap in 1986, when Alan visited his estranged daughter, Jenny, while she was being fostered by Rita, following his ex-wife’s death. Alan dated Rita, played by Barbara Knox, but two-timed her with the barmaid Gloria Todd. He was eventually dumped by Gloria and set up Weatherfield Security Systems – funded by stealing the deeds to Rita’s house and posing as her late husband Len to remortgage it – and tried to rape his receptionist, Dawn Prescott. When Rita found out, he tried to suffocate her, was interrupted by Jenny, then fled. Although sentenced to two years in prison, he was freed immediately after six months on remand.