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Article: THE GHOSTS OF TECHNO-MADISON A LOT OF HISTORY LURKS IN THE BACK ROOMOF PARAGON VIDEO AND STEREO.(Local/Wisconsin)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- September 24, 2000
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The ghosts live in the back room at Paragon Video and Stereo.
There are famous ghosts such as Thomas Edison and anonymous ones, such as the Kentucky hillbilly who welded together a contraption of junk that worked as a radio.
And there are the ghosts of Madison past, such as aviator Charles Lindbergh, who lived not far from Paragon's store at 1905 Monroe St. when he was a student. And then there are the inventions of a man Paragon owner Steve Puntillo describes as ``Madison's Howard Hughes,'' who claimed to have known both Edison and Lindbergh.
To find the back room, you have to walk past the latest high-tech wizardry, displays of the home ...
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