For next week's issue:   
   A person or a place can influence you strongly.  Sometimes you can feel the   
   memories coming through various items.  Has this ever happened to you? Have   
   you ever purchased an item for the memories you felt it contained? Tell us   
   about it.  Send an email with your response to Phil@BigNews.biz Your feedback   
   helps us to keep the newsletter interesting :)   
      
   And thanks to those of you who have been responding! We really enjoy, and   
   appreciate, the feedback!   
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   In response to last week's question which asked about a time when you stumbled   
   upon something (valuable, or just interesting) in an unusual place, we   
   received the following responses:   
      
   "My husband and his dad built one of our homes and years later when my son   
   bought it from us and decided to do some remodeling, he got quite a chuckle   
   when he tore into a wall and discovered a cigar stubb.  This had to be from   
   his grandfather who was a cigar smoker (& had passed away a decade ago).  It   
   now CÇ£residesCÇØ on our what-not shelf.  The Fraleys from Katy, TX"   
      
   "When we moved into our home outside of North Bend, WA, the former owners had   
   left their rosewood piano and requested we keep it until they could find   
   someone to move it.  Since my husband had to return to Phoenix to take our   
   piano out of storage we agreed.  The movers were over a few days before my   
   husband returned.  Upon moving the piano, I discovered a Drewerys Ale Beer   
   advertisement.  A RC Mountie and another man are in a canoe with a crate of   
   Drewerys Ale in the canoe.  The swift-moving river is in the mountains with   
   pine trees.  This was done at Coshocton, Ohio by American Art Works, Inc.  The   
   original painting was done by Hy Hintermeister.  I know the trays are worth   
   about $75.00, but I have never found the worth of this painting on tin.  They   
   were done to hang in taverns or where ale was sold.  Marilyn C."   
      
   "Hi Phil, back in the late 80's my husband and I bought a 90 year old house.    
   The previous owner was a "collector" and amassed a collection garbage but also   
   some nice things.  One day, before we bought the house, we went over to look   
   in the basement.  It was so crowded that we couldn't even walk around.  My   
   husband stood on the staircase with a flashlight and was shining it around.    
   Off in the corner of the basement he saw, what looked like, a carved lion's   
   head.  He figured it was probably on a piece of furniture.  The owner then   
   remembered that there was a china cabinet down there and that maybe it was the   
   cabinet.  My husband tried to get over to it but he couldn't get close enough   
   to see it.  He was able to crouch down and look along the floor.  It was then   
   that he saw a claw foot.  He figured it was probably the china cabinet and   
   asked her what she was going to do with it.  She said if we gave her $200.00,   
   we could have it.  We agreed and once the basement was cleared out we finally   
   got to see this old tiger oak china cabinet, filled with very old cans of food.   
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