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From 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad will allow visitors to experience the Roaring 20s.

Put on your flapper dress and climb aboard the Scenic Railroad to explore a decade in the Cuyahoga Valley that saw rising hemlines, bootlegging, and temperance meetings. Learn where valley folks hid the good stuff, how Peninsula paid for streetlights, and where you might have gone for some fun. Fee is $10 for ages 3 and up, with departure from Rockside Station, at 7900 Old Rockside Road, one block north of Rockside Road off Canal Road in Independence.

The last home of actress Bette Davis, an apartment-turned-condo, has come on the market at close to $2.3 million. Davis lived in the apartment in the 1920s Colonial House in West Hollywood at the time of her death at age 81 in 1989.

Seller Tedi Sarafian, who co-wrote "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" (2003), bought the unit in 2004 and renovated it. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom unit has an office and a large terrace with city views. The building has a doorman and a pool.

Other tenants in the complex have included Jodie Foster, Tim Burton and Jennifer Lopez. "Believe in life!" wrote W.

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"Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life." Du Bois (pronounced doo-BOYS) was an African-American educator, historian and civil rights activist. He was born Feb.

23, 1868. As one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, he sought full educational opportunities for African-Americans as a way to end racism. Did you know?

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