'Dusty Diary ....An Exploration of the Ypsilanti Archives' is billed as a blog that seeks to unearth and expose both the historical and quirky items founds in it's official archives. We found ourselves immersed in some of the more odd posts on the blog such as an old ballot proposal that sought to permit the sale of oleomargarine in Michigan.
Apparently dairy farmers felt very threatened by this yellow, butter-like substance. Another example of Ypsi strangeness is in the article below regarding a glowing piece of pork.
It is important however to note that there is plenty of information on the site that traces the roots and growth of Ypsilanti as a town and that also trace it's cultural past.
Luminous Pork Chop Comes to Light: So Does Cause
Unlike today's Ypsilantians worried about swine flu, local citizens of the past had a different pig-related concern.
They read this story, emanating from nearby Jackson, in the Tuesday, September 26, 1950 Ypsilanti Daily Press.
It is transcribed here as a cautionary tale.
Science, as well as the neighbors, is keenly interested in Russell Mitchell's glowing pork chop.
Mitchell stumbled on the phenomenon of the refrigerator last week. It actually is a pork chop that glows in the dark.
The Jackson Citizen-Patriot explained that the luminous chop "came to light" in an unusual circumstance when Russell opened the refrigerator at his home in a darkened kitchen. The bulb inside the box was burned out. There in the dark, however, was the pork chop, casting its rich and brilliant glow.
Unlike today's Ypsilantians worried about swine flu, local citizens of the past had a different pig-related concern.
They read this story, emanating from nearby Jackson, in the Tuesday, September 26, 1950 Ypsilanti Daily Press.
It is transcribed here as a cautionary tale.
Science, as well as the neighbors, is keenly interested in Russell Mitchell's glowing pork chop.
Mitchell stumbled on the phenomenon of the refrigerator last week. It actually is a pork chop that glows in the dark.
The Jackson Citizen-Patriot explained that the luminous chop "came to light" in an unusual circumstance when Russell opened the refrigerator at his home in a darkened kitchen. The bulb inside the box was burned out. There in the dark, however, was the pork chop, casting its rich and brilliant glow.
If you're interested in knowing what caused the pork chop to glow in the dark you'll have to head over to 'Dusty Diary ....An Exploration of the Ypsilanti Archives'!
The photo above is from Ypsilanti's Depot Town and appears in the post 'Quiz Time: Date That Photo!' Maybe YOU can add to the facts surrounding this old photo....
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