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I Miss You, Restaurant Matchbooks
Dallas Observer (blog)
31 2012 at 2:43 PM ​There's a large glass container filled with matchbooks in my apartment. Actually they're in a big Ziploc bag because I'm too lazy to unpack them, but I used to have them out in a big glass bowl on a table in my living room.



Market extinguished, but matchbooks still spark memories
Chicago Daily Herald
By Burt Constable In a corner kitchen cabinet, tucked behind the easy-to-forget-we-have olive tray and next to my not-sure-why-we-still-have college fraternity mug lies a cache of memories captured in matchbooks collected long ago. For my wife, Cheryl, ...



New York Times

Striking on the Modern Matchbook
New York Times
In 1896 it purchased the patent for $4000, thereby charting its course toward world matchbook domination. A CENTURY OF COVERS American businesses quickly learned that the matchbook's value lay outside the box. In 1889, the Mendelson Opera Company ...



WHDH-TV

Cigar shop customers take matchbook poll
WHDH-TV
Starting in December, customers dropped matchbooks into paper bags which correspond to their candidate of choice. In the end, it was Mitt Romney who came out on top with 43 percent of the vote. “If we go by history the Federal Forecast is running about ...

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Father Fights Execution For Murder Of Three Year Old Son
WKRC TV Cincinnati
In the yard, police found a matchbook with his bloody thumbprint. "The linchpin of the case are those matchbooks." Detectives laid it out at the clemency hearing...it's believed he used this matchbook to start the initial fire. The matchbook is from a ...



Monthly swap meet in Harvest Village drawing a crowd
Ocala
Salyne Pryor of Micanopy, who brought lots of items from matchbooks to Matchbox cars for sale, sets up her table as she holds her dog Abby, Sunday January 15, 2012 during the Village Swap Meet that is held each third Sunday at Harvest Village just ...

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Eddie Eagle visits Canton first graders
Canton Daily Ledger
Like swimming pools, electrical outlets, matchbooks and household poison, guns are treated simply as a fact of everyday life. With firearms found in about half of all American households, it's a stance that is believed to make common sense.



Fire Victims Looking At Lawsuit Over Faulty Hydrants
KRDO
"Trailers go up like matchbooks. There's not much you can do," he said. The fire department has ruled the fire accidental, but is still investigating the cause of the fire. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office said neighboring homes were evacuated as ...

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2 Fire Hydrants Fail During Fire, 1 Failed Previous Inspection
KRDO
"Trailers go up like matchbooks. There's not much you can do," he said. The fire department has ruled the fire accidental, but is still investigating the cause of the fire. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office said neighboring homes were evacuated as ...

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The Somerville News

The junk drawer
The Somerville News
More photographs, matchbooks, cuff links, business cards, buttons, a bow tie, two old MBTA tokens, and a Somerville tie clip with the Powder House on it. I also saved my draft card and the very last report card from Somerville High School in 1971.


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