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Category: Depression Era

December 4, 2021December 3, 2021joynealkidney

The Left-Handed Girl

November 22, 2021November 27, 2021joynealkidney

Annual Dexter-Earlham Thanksgiving Gridiron Clash

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021joynealkidney

Dandelions for Mrs. Wilt

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020joynealkidney

Missing Antique Knives, and How Junior Gets Blamed For It

July 24, 2020February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Girl Scouts, Dexter, Iowa–1933

November 28, 2019January 18, 2022joynealkidney

Cracked Wheat for Breakfast

October 18, 2019April 8, 2021joynealkidney

Prayers for Leora’s Letters

September 6, 2019September 21, 2020joynealkidney

A Ride in a Biplane Before School

August 26, 2019August 7, 2020joynealkidney

Champion Gardeners of Dexter – 1933

July 18, 2019July 24, 2019joynealkidney

Bonnie and Clyde Shootout at Dexfield Park

July 12, 2019July 27, 2020joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson: Hiring Out During the Great Depression

May 13, 2019September 1, 2020joynealkidney

Pollywogs Become Shellbacks

May 6, 2019February 22, 2022joynealkidney

Wilson Brothers Enlist in the Navy 1934

April 26, 2019May 17, 2019joynealkidney

Grace Ransom Tea Room 1933

April 15, 2019June 21, 2020joynealkidney

Sears Roebuck & Co. 1920s and the Depression Years

December 14, 2018January 24, 2022joynealkidney

‘Possum for Dinner

April 30, 2018December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Spats, the Wilson Family Pup

March 22, 2018January 8, 2022joynealkidney

Mrs. Wilt and the Great Depression

February 15, 2018December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Guthrie Center’s Parrish Cafe

January 18, 2018February 20, 2021joynealkidney

The Dexter Library

December 14, 2017December 6, 2019joynealkidney

The Lefty

December 5, 2017September 21, 2019joynealkidney

For Sale: “Grandmother’s House” in Dexter, price reduced

November 2, 2017February 18, 2022joynealkidney

Merrill Goff Comes of Age

April 18, 2017December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: A Bounty for Starlings

March 13, 2017December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Machine Perm and Lost Toenails

March 13, 2017December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Whooping Cough: Quarantine and Carnations

March 13, 2017December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Canning Factory–late for their Senior Year

March 13, 2017January 1, 2022joynealkidney

Great Grandmother’s Dishes

March 13, 2017December 19, 2021joynealkidney

The Roadster and Rusty the Squirrel

March 13, 2017July 1, 2020joynealkidney

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