History http://www.akgmag.com/ Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:02 -0500 By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Nothing is more 'in touch" with today than the Vintage Candy of yesteryear. A time when things were much kinder and less complicated, we all feel nostalgia rising inside of us when we see our favorite candies when we were a child. Vintage candies were popular around the 1800 to 1900s, capturing the heart and soul of the good ol' days. http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_the_Vintage_Candy.htm Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:50:04 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_the_Vintage_Candy.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Nothing touches the heart more than by receiving a Whitman's box of chocolates for a birthday, an anniversary, Christmas, or Easter. How he started his candy empire is an interesting story, as a 19-year old Quaker tried to compete with the top French candy makers of the time in 1842. http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_Whitmans_Candies_.htm Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:07:42 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_Whitmans_Candies_.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. There are very few people who have not heard of Hershey's candies, especially with Easter holiday coming up. Not a product to be taken lightly, it originated in 1894 with Milton S. Hershey. Here is a story of how his chocolate became the first mass produced candy product in the United States. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Hersheys__the_American_Chocolate_Candy_Icon_.htm Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Hersheys__the_American_Chocolate_Candy_Icon_.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With a similarity to its symbols and other Neolithic symbologies between China, Crete and Egypt, analyses of the Rune language actually showed it had very little similarity to Near Eastern writing. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Rune_Language.htm Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Rune_Language.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. It is a common belief that Christopher Columbus was the first westerner to set foot in America, but this theory has been challenged with the discovery of the Kensington Rune Stone in Minnesota. Originally found in Minnesota in the year 1898 by a 10-year son of a Swedish American immigrant farmer who called it an "Indian almanac", the 202-pound mysteriously engraved stone was said to be found in the roots of an upturned stunted poplar tree, at 31-inches high and 16-inches wide. http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_the_1362_Kensington_Rune_Stone.htm Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_the_1362_Kensington_Rune_Stone.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. The history of Alzheimer's disease had its origin with Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist. Born on June 14, 1864, he was responsible for the finding of one of the world's most common cause of presenile dementia, referred to as a chronic, progressive organic, mental disease developed from the atrophy of the brain's frontal and occipital lobes. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_History_of_Alzheimer_s_Disease.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_History_of_Alzheimer_s_Disease.htm