Tag: The Fine Print
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THE FINE PRINT
“The Fine Print” Episode 26 – The green ledger is safe, but the truth it preserves is still difficult to reach. As families and archivists prepare a public collection, one final question brings the long-running mystery to a thoughtful close: who gets to read the record?
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“The Last Correction” Episode 25 – An anonymous photograph and a forgotten hearing record lead a retired archivist to the woman whose simple request inspired decades of quiet resistance to misleading paperwork. As the truth emerges, one final decision remains.
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“The Names in the Margin” Episode 24 – A courthouse basement yields a hidden ledger containing decades of disputed corrections and the mysterious initials R.E.C. As demolition approaches, a retiring records technician discovers why the originals were kept—and the question the ledger cannot answer.
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“The Woman Who Signed for the Dead” Episode 23 – Twelve deceased property owners supposedly received certified letters in 1991, each signed by a county employee who had died five years earlier. Decades later, a granddaughter discovers how the records were completed—and why someone insisted the originals be preserved.
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“The Friday Punch Card” Episode 22 – A Dayton factory worker is fired in 1983, yet her time card continues to be punched for seventy-three Fridays. Decades later, her granddaughter discovers what the workers were really recording.
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“The Sunday Edition With No Page Seven” Episode 21 – In 1986, an Ohio newspaper printed a completely blank page and blamed a mechanical failure. Forty years later, a printer’s granddaughter discovers the article that was removed—and the neighborhood whose signatures told a different story.
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“The Rain Check for One Hour” Episode 20 – After the blizzard of 1978, an Ohio grocery store issued sixty-one unusual rain checks promising an hour of help. Forty-eight years later, a granddaughter discovers why the final promise was never fulfilled.
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“The Blue Ribbon Nobody Claimed” Episode 17 – In 1977, a prize-winning jar of apple butter caused a county fair scandal that nobody wanted to explain. Forty-nine years later, an archivist uncovers seven forgotten women, a disputed ribbon, and a truth hidden in the competition records.
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“The Wednesday the Creek Turned Blue” Episode 16 – In 1983, an Ohio creek turned bright blue, and a young water-department employee became the town’s favorite suspect. Forty-three years later, her daughter uncovers the emergency, the hidden reports, and the truth behind a story the town turned into a festival.
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“The Names Beneath the Floor” Episode 15 – When workers uncover forty-one hidden cards beneath an old Ohio pharmacy, a forgotten savings circle reveals who really helped a neighborhood survive.
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“The Clock That Owed Forty Minutes” Episode 14 – When an antique factory time clock reveals two different records of the same workday, an Ohio clockmaker uncovers a forty-six-year-old dispute over unpaid labor, a woman’s damaged reputation, and the family secrets hidden behind an ordinary eight-hour shift.
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“The Dress with Three Hems” Episode 13 – For forty-nine years, an Ohio town believed a bride had abandoned her wedding dress. When a textile conservator discovers three different hems and three sets of initials, she uncovers the unexpected lives of the women who wore it—and the complicated legacy of the dressmaker who kept it.
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“The Books Returned on Sunday” Episode 12 – In 1978, books were borrowed and returned at an Ohio public library that never opened on Sundays. Nearly fifty years later, a hidden drawer reveals an unofficial reading program, a forgotten injustice, and the truth behind an employee’s ruined reputation.