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    March 22, 2011

    RIP: Bitter Dispute Over Jewish Burial Society Operations

    Back in April, 2009, the Voice brought you the story of a dispute over the operations of a Jewish burial society. (Such societies buy and hold gravesides for their members before their passing in exchange for dues.) A California man named Martin Specht accused the Manhattan-based Lanzuter Benevolen ... More >>

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    December 2, 2010

    "The School of Tomorrow," Miss Teenage America vs. hippies, and other wisdom from Boys' Life circa 1968

    ​ Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. Boys' Life, September, 1968 Publisher: Boy Scouts of America The Cover Promises: In the future, ghostly kids will don aluminu ... More >>

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    April 15, 2009

    How Century-Old Burial Societies Were Taken Over by Black-Market Speculators

    ​ Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. Boys' Life, September, 1968 Publisher: Boy Scouts of America The Cover Promises: In the future, ghostly kids will don aluminu ... More >>

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    September 14, 1999

    Letters

    ​ Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. Boys' Life, September, 1968 Publisher: Boy Scouts of America The Cover Promises: In the future, ghostly kids will don aluminu ... More >>

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