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January 13, 2023January 13, 2023joynealkidney

Chad Elliott: Iowa’s Renaissance Man

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Christmas 1952: All Nine Grandchildren

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Leora Frances Wilson: December 4, 1890-December 4, 1987

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Book Talk in Guthrie Center November 1

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Smorgasbord Bookshelf: New Book on the Shelves by Sally Cronin

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022joynealkidney

Laura (Jordan) Goff Turns 92 (Leora’s mother)

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Gold Star Mother’s Day

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Cover Reveal: Leora’s Early Years: Guthrie County Roots

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022joynealkidney

Leora Wilson writing in her Diary

September 2, 2022September 26, 2022joynealkidney

Did “close application to work and studies” cause the death of Georgia Goff, age 28?

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022joynealkidney

Gardens in the Family

July 30, 2022July 31, 2022joynealkidney

Omar Shearer, the First of Our Own Boys to Give His Life, July 30, 1918

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022joynealkidney

Tiny Tintypes

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022joynealkidney

I See Guthrie Center First!

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022joynealkidney

What do you think?

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022joynealkidney

Smallpox! 100 Years Ago

January 17, 2022January 18, 2022joynealkidney

Leora Wilson’s Date Bread Recipe – 1955

November 8, 2021January 25, 2023joynealkidney

Grandma Leora’s Seven Younger Brothers

November 1, 2021October 25, 2021joynealkidney

Striped Brown Taffeta Dress

October 16, 2021January 7, 2023joynealkidney

Leora Attends Mrs. Connrardy’s Sewing College–1910

September 24, 2021May 14, 2022joynealkidney

Gold Star Mothers

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Panther Corner

June 14, 2021June 27, 2022joynealkidney

Flag Day

May 29, 2021May 29, 2021joynealkidney

Leora Wilson, Poppy Lady

May 25, 2021January 7, 2023joynealkidney

Hubert Caloud, Site Superintendent with the American Battle Monuments Commission

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe Drives to Omaha, Mother’s Day 1946

April 24, 2021April 23, 2021joynealkidney

I See Guthrie Center First – a Poem

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021joynealkidney

More Our American Stories: The Periwinkle Quilt

February 22, 2021May 8, 2021joynealkidney

Iowa Native Hubert Caloud, Superintendent of the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021joynealkidney

Grandma Leora’s Home in Guthrie Center

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