Philadelphia is so far behind the times that last week a postman was shot dead on the sidewalk in the mistaken belief that he was a Con...

The Eagles football coach was desperately seeking a new quarterback with a good throwing arm when he happened to see on television a CNN r...

John and Hannah Battersby were irrefutable proof that opposites do attract. They met in the circus where 600-pound Hannah worked as th...

The biggest advertising sign at the old Baker Bowl read “The Phillies Use Lifebouy Soap.”  A graffiti artist got inside one night and ad...

Boies Penrose, a U.S. senator 1897-1921 was known for his huge appetite for food and drink.  When an advisor suggested that he join a ch...

An old test to tell if a Philadelphian was inebriated was to make him say “First Assistant City Solicitor” without getting his tongue tan...

Pointing to the Powel House on 3rd Street near Walnut where George Washington was a frequent guest, one guide claimed that “George Washing...