Branding on Our Cars and Clothes Turns Us Into Walking Ads
A light column notes how car decals, logos, and designer monograms turn people into mobile billboards. It cites rear badges, side logos, designer ties, and purses as free advertising for manufacturers and retailers, sometimes at premium prices for tires and fashion items.
Fire Conflagration Sparks Fire Prevention Week History
A careless act on a warm October Sunday in 1871 ignited a Chicago blaze that burned 2,100 acres, left 200,000 homeless and destroyed about 17,500 buildings. The catastrophe shaped Fire Prevention Week, now observed during the week containing October 9, with origins in 1922.
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