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The Iowa Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Capitol Grounds

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Rumble & Flash (poems) by C. A. Elliott, and So Much More

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

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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

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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

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Leora Wilson writing in her Diary

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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, 2022March 19, 2023joynealkidney

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

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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, 2021April 23, 2023joynealkidney

Clabe Drives to Omaha, Mother’s Day 1946

April 24, 2021April 12, 2023joynealkidney

I See Guthrie Center First – a Poem

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