John Miller Baer, cartoonist turned politician turned cartoonist John Miller Baer, the first Representative elected to Congress under the endorsement of the Nonpartisan League, began his first full term on this date in 1917. Baer had been first elected to serve a partial term in 1915, filling the vacancy left by Representative Henry Helgesen. Despite […]
After 61 years the educational one column medical panel Health Capsules has ended. The didactic feature illustrated with a cartoon ran from February 20, 1961 to May 28, 2022. Health Capsules was created by Dr. Michael A. Petti and cartoonist Jud Hurd, they stayed with the daily panel for 41 years until May […]
In my defense, unlike Wallace the Brave (AMS), I’m retired and don’t have to know what day it is. The post office is closed from noon Saturday until Monday, which is when the Chinese restaurants and barber shops are closed. That’s about it. Now that I’m retired, I don’t get a haircut very often and, […]