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Paris daydreams and mule legends in Woolleytown notes
Local column from Woolleytown and Pike Street News dated June 24, 1920 covers community happenings. Mentions Lon Dewalt recovering from illness, Carl Earhart hauling gravel, French talk with Dock Tharp and Dickie Grimes, Buck Runkle quitting the police to farm, Abner Earhart honey bees, and a lively jack scene described with humor. Includes social visits, dinners, and voicings about a dying relative, John L. Dewald, with several family names and local addresses implied.
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Lon Dewalt
Carl Earhart
France
Dock Tharp
Dickie Grimes
Paris
Dock
Abner Earhart
Vick
Willis
Vic
Grover
Harvey
Jack