RTS (Round the Square)

HOBO NICKEL: Ron McAlpine of Bradford stopped by last week to show us a genuine hobo nickel. For more of the story, please subscribe to The Era online...

IT’S TODAY: Will there ever be a day — in our lifetime — when Sept. 11 will be anything but a heartbreaking memory? No, not likely. BIRD RESCUE: Sandy...

TO THE RESCUE: This is a story of a Zippo lighter that saved the day — and the ship — in an attack off the coast of Japan during World War II. For mor...

Special delivery: Era route driver aids woman about to give birth A Bradford Era route driver in Emporium for 26 years, Tim Hoffower has seen many unu...

RED MEN: A letter from Geraldine Kennedy DeMarkey of Anaheim Hills, Calif., resurrects a topic of Round the Square of a few months back, a fraternal o...

NEW VERSES: It’s not every day we get serenaded but it happened last week when Jerry Kohler of Bradford stopped by with another version of “The Big Ro...

LABOR DAY: It’s time to pay tribute to all those people who have to work today, Labor Day. At The Era, there are only two days a year when we don’t pu...

DISTAFF SIDE: A note in the mail: “Relative to women serving the City: Back in early 1950s, Mrs. Ann Rose served on City Council. She resided on Congr...

ALUMNI TIME: Maybe it’s the scent in the air — a mixture of lush vegetation and the unique “perfume” of crude oil. Maybe it’s the friendly people — ea...

SUCCESS!: After many years of effort, Alan Shembeda of Gates Hollow believes he has chestnuts growing on two trees in his yard. The real kind — Americ...

KUSHEQUA BRICKS: Kushequa was once home to three brickyards. One made a white brick; a second, red brick and paving blocks; and a third, all sizes of ...

SUMMER SAGA: It’s the last day of August, time for a summer story from Beverly Mines Retzer of Bradford. For more of the story, please subscribe to Th...

THAT SONG: When we told readers about L.L. Bean using “Big Rock Candy Mountain” as part of a television commercial, we promised there was a little mor...

BUSY TIME: Crook Farm will be buzzing with activity today and tomorrow as the annual Country Fair gets a spark of old-time folk music in the form of g...

TERRA COTTA: Our neck of the woods was once home to many brick manufacturers. For more of the story, please subscribe to The Era online.

IT’S TODAY: Could it be a mere 90 years since women won the right to vote? While it’s something we now take for granted, the 19th amendment actually t...

LILY TIME: “I couldn’t resist not matching my lily with yours. I also have purple ones. Aren’t they beautiful?” For more of the story, please subscrib...

LILY TIME: “I couldn’t resist not matching my lily with yours. I also have purple ones. Aren’t they beautiful?” For more of the story, please subscrib...

MAKE ‘SCENTS’: If you want to take your wildlife experience to a new level, this article will make some “sense” out of “scents.” For more of the story...

THAT SOUND: We told you yesterday about Darrell Harris of Oswayo, and his memories of some of the tramps who used to pass through. With him was his wi...