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TIL Woman's Day magazine originated in 1931 as a free leaflet with menu ideas given to A&P shoppers. By 1937, it had expanded into a magazine sold for 5 cents only at the store locations.

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yQXge TIL: 53-year-old former Chicago Sun Times Publisher, James Tyree, died accidentally from an air embolism and the family won a ten million dollar wrongful death suit settlement.
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