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The Empire Of Heinz

March 2023
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Stories published from "February 1972"

Authored by: Robert C. Alberts

“57 VARIETIES” WAS ONLY A SALES SLOGAN, BUT H. J. HEINZ UNDERSTOOD FROM THE START THAT THERE WAS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR HONEST PRODUCTS AND WELL-TREATED WORKERS

Authored by: The Editors

Pictorial mementos of Father Heinz’s brand of paternalism

Authored by: Bruce Catton

A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP

Authored by: David L. Lewis

Henry Ford bought a $75,000 Stradivarius, learned to play “Turkey in the Straw,” and tried to teach all those Model T riders how to do-si-do like Grandpa

Authored by: Janet Stevenson

When one weary woman refused to be harassed out of her seat in the bus, the whole shaky edifice of Jim Crow began to totter

Authored by: Michael Pearson

The key to control of Canada was a city whose defenders doubted they could hold out for long once the American Rebels attacked

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