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 The Filene’s Bros., R.H. Stearns or the Jordan Marsh of Boston were in their times barons of sorts – of no more interest now than Charlemagne and his barons. In their days, they were lords of the city, forming a merchandising class with distinct social oblige. Unique among all was Edward A. Filene. His family came to this country as part of the Prussian-German exodus of 1848. And, like a lot of those folk, he inherited some innovative ideas about man and society. He was eager, as the Filenes store succeeded, to improve the lot of Filene’s workers, and of the city of Boston. This reached a culmination of sorts when, at Filene’s request, muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens came to Boston in 1909. Filene and Steffens formed an inspired partnership, with civic duty as the bond. Filene influenced the Merchant’s Association to hire Steffens, at a salary of princely $10,000 per year, to uncover corruption in Boston. He hired Steffens to write the “Boston 1915 Plan.” Within six years i...

The Isolated Vocals of Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”. Incredible... pic.twitter.com/qqFvlwTmEU — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) September 16, 2020

We missed out on Tiz the Law Travers. He looked the best, but the money was short. It's shorter now in this Kentucky Derby. Background As winner of the Travers, Tiz the Law is the first horse (maybe in modern history, anyway) to have won and proven himself at 1 1/4 mile prior to the Derby. This odd sequence of race lengths is the result of schedule rejiggering due to COVID Pandemic. The horse is ably trained by 82-year-old Barclay Tagg, who with the Travers win gained a life-long Triple Crown citation, having won the Derby and Preakness with FunnyCide, like Tiz the Law, a New York bred.  I cant go against Tiz the Law today, even tho he will be less than 3-5. And 'Nary a man is now alive who made a living at 3-5" But most of the field is very dull. Tiz the Law (#17), like the second most accomplished horse – John Sadler’s Honor A.P. (#16)- is on the far outside. That might make a few lengths difference in the final outcome for both of them. From the 10 post is the closest t...

  "Everybody want's to go to heaven, but nobody wants to sing, pray or die." - Sunnyland Slim

The summer wind carries clouds to sea over Wollaston beach The girls test the water roll up their hair mad pretty they look good together as my  sunshine on a cloudy day bear mother love clams its  her birthday 'yo i know he's rich' one girl says to her cell phone summer ebbs for both  old and young. --J.V.