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County Champs In Spite of a Broken Shoestring

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Leora, the Family Barber

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

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Only Sixteen Miles, but Redfield Hill was a Challenge

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Interview by Dennis Peterson: “She Published Her First Book at Age 75!”

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Kids Played Marbles with their Superintendent

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

November 2, 2022October 31, 2022joynealkidney

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

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022joynealkidney

Review of “Leora’s Early Years” by Author Dennis Peterson

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Smorgasbord Bookshelf: New Book on the Shelves by Sally Cronin

July 25, 2022January 23, 2023joynealkidney

Those Goff Reunions

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022joynealkidney

Four Generations at a Birthday Party, 1950

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022joynealkidney

What Happened to the Model-T “Roadster”

July 3, 2022July 4, 2022joynealkidney

Dexfield Road

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022joynealkidney

Old Pump Organs

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022joynealkidney

Clabe’s Pipe

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021joynealkidney

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

September 29, 2021September 27, 2021joynealkidney

Permission to Publish a Depression Era Newspaper Photo

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021joynealkidney

My five best books of surprising stories about the Great Depression

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021joynealkidney

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

August 18, 2021March 5, 2023joynealkidney

Military New Testaments in the Family

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021joynealkidney

Starlings (poem)

June 16, 2021September 21, 2022joynealkidney

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

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021joynealkidney

The Wilson Kids’ Birthdays – 1927

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021joynealkidney

Dandelions for Mrs. Wilt

April 17, 2021March 19, 2023joynealkidney

Family History Reveals Conditions of Great Depression by Dennis L. Peterson

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

March 15, 2021June 5, 2021joynealkidney

“Leora’s Letters” Interview with John Busbee

March 5, 2021March 10, 2023joynealkidney

Danny’s Mastoid Surgery (poem)

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