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Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Printed 118 years ago today in the Spokane Press. Image cleaned up, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

500USD for land and a four-bedroom house?! That’s under 20k adjusted for inflation?!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Houses were considered an expendable good (not sure of the exact terminology), not an investment until the past few decades.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

That’s wild!