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Shot Down–the Book and the Audiobook

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A Few More Terrific Book Ideas for Father’s Day Gifts

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Why Memorial Day Matters by Lee Habeeb

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Pollywogs Become Shellbacks

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The Newlyweds left the altar to “Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder”

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Bread and Gravy for Supper, Crackers and Milk for Dessert

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Clarinda State Hospital: Georgia Wilson

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Clarinda State Hospital: Daniel Ross Wilson

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The Williams Sisters of Jackson Township

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Pvt. D.S. Wilson, U.S. Army, Squadron D, Iowa State Teacher’s College – 1943

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Stories from Guthrie County, Panora Library, April 28

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Where to Find Guthrie County Places Named in the “Leora Stories”

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023joynealkidney

What Could be Built from an Old Pump Organ?

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County Champs In Spite of a Broken Shoestring

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Two Homes Designed by Women–A President’s Wife and My Mother

March 17, 2023April 20, 2023joynealkidney

Why did Georgia Wilson give up her first son so readily?

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The Model T Truck became “Roadster”

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Only Sixteen Miles, but Redfield Hill was a Challenge

January 30, 2023April 13, 2023joynealkidney

Georgia Wilson’s House at Panora Still Stands

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Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression – List of Chapters

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Christmas 1952: All Nine Grandchildren

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Novels set in the Holy Land–one Contemporary, one in Biblical Times

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022joynealkidney

Review of “Leora’s Early Years” by Author Elaine Briggs

November 17, 2022November 18, 2022joynealkidney

The Rest of the Story of the 1942 Plymouth

November 2, 2022October 31, 2022joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson saved a clipping called “Why Is Gossip Harmful?”

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022joynealkidney

Jim Boll, the Man Who Rescues Windmills

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The 1936 Berlin Olympics

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Four Generations at a Birthday Party, 1950

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Valentine’s Day, 1936

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