Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

rolls were kept in low metal cabinets near the back.

A young clerk named David was wiping down the glass screen of a microfilm reader with a blue cloth.

“The 1937 local papers are in cabinet three,” David said, pointing without looking up from his work.

I found the reel for July 1937 and threaded the plastic tape through the glass rollers.

The gray pages continue reading …