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February 27, 2023February 27, 2023joynealkidney

The Early Life of a Remarkable Woman! Review of Leora’s Early Years

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This Journaled Prayer from 2004

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Free Leora eBooks Through Saturday

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

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Christmas 1946: War’s Aftermath

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022joynealkidney

Smorgasbord Bookshelf: New Book on the Shelves by Sally Cronin

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GI Night School and President Truman’s Platform

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Jim Boll, the Man Who Rescues Windmills

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Four Generations at a Birthday Party, 1950

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022joynealkidney

What Happened to the Model-T “Roadster”

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Grandmother Goff Visits the Wilsons at Minburn, Iowa

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Dexfield Road

June 20, 2022March 14, 2023joynealkidney

Clint Knee, notable Perry Lawman, part of Bonnie and Clyde Posse

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022joynealkidney

Farm Kids and Chores, 100 Years Ago

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock Selfies

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022joynealkidney

Memorial Day, to Remember Our War Casualties

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022joynealkidney

Getting the Wilson Kids to School was a Lot of Responsibility for a Young Boy

February 14, 2022February 14, 2023joynealkidney

Valentine’s Day, 1936

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022joynealkidney

Clabe’s Pipe

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022joynealkidney

O.S. (Orlando Swain) Neal, born January 14, 1868

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More Nancy the Horse and Other Stories

December 31, 2021January 11, 2022joynealkidney

A Child’s 100-Year-Old Bentwood Chair from Sunday School

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021joynealkidney

The Old Thriftway Store at Perry, Iowa

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021joynealkidney

The Attack on Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 80 Years Ago

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock Dedicated Two Years Ago

September 20, 2021December 18, 2022joynealkidney

Mom’s Black Walnut Chocolate Drop Cookies

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021joynealkidney

Review of “Leora’s Dexter Stories” by Author D. C. Gilbert

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson’s Model T Truck

August 25, 2021November 27, 2021joynealkidney

Panther Corner

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021joynealkidney

Lee Habeeb, Founder of Our American Stories, in Iowa

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