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Tag: Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression

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Valentine’s Day, 1936

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Clabe’s Pipe

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John Busbee, Culture Buzz, Foreword for “Leora’s Dexter Stories”

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Permission to Publish a Depression Era Newspaper Photo

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Mom’s Black Walnut Chocolate Drop Cookies

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My five best books of surprising stories about the Great Depression

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Military New Testaments and a Great Grandmother’s Bible

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John Busbee, The Culture Buzz

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Starlings (poem)

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Listening to Boxing on the Radio During the Depression Years

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

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The Needle in Her Hand

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The Wilson Kids’ Birthdays – 1927

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Dandelions for Mrs. Wilt

May 6, 2021May 5, 2021joynealkidney

Nu Alpha Gamma Chapter tours Minburn sites Saturday by Sue Leslie

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021joynealkidney

Keeping the Dexter Town Pump Oiled: a WPA Job During the 1930s

April 13, 2021April 14, 2021joynealkidney

Join Me Thursday in Person or Via Facebook: Earlham’s Senior Speaker Series

April 7, 2021May 20, 2021joynealkidney

Earlham Bricker-Price Senior Series–April 2021

March 15, 2021June 5, 2021joynealkidney

“Leora’s Letters” Interview with John Busbee

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Danny’s Mastoid Surgery (poem)

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Those Two Sets of Twins

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Parrish Cafe, Guthrie Center, Iowa, 1937

January 8, 2021January 20, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe’s Model T Truck Becomes a Model T Roadster

January 1, 2021May 30, 2021joynealkidney

Twin Boybobs, 1930

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The Blessings of 2020

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Clabe Wilson and FDR’s New Deal

October 12, 2018December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Three-Court Basketball to Six on Six–the 1930s

April 30, 2018December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Spats, the Wilson Family Pup

March 22, 2018January 8, 2022joynealkidney

Mrs. Wilt and the Great Depression

March 9, 2018December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Danny Wilson’s Mastoid Operation

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