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25 YEARS AGO.Nobody wore? n wrist watch.Noborly wore white hIioch. - :Nobody had appendicitis.Nolxxlv sprayed orchards?.Nobody kneiv about radio.Moat young men hud “livery bills.’1 ,Fanners eauiu to town for their-mail. .Many people read by the candle or ^ kerosene light. . j.The heavens were not fell of nuui-; birds.Nor the son alive with onder-wa-tffr boats. . The hired girl drew one-fifty a week and was happy. .[Young jnen Ion rued trades ut ?5 a week. • • '.’•The butcher “threw in” a chunk of liver. . •Tho merchant “threw In” -a pair of hu spend era with every suit.. ‘-Nobody listened In on the telephone.There were no electric meters. : b v Nobody observed n Bane Fourth. ;Straw ^stacks were burned instead' of pcnttered. -v.*s Publishing/ a newspaper was not a business—It was a .dueling game. •;There were no Bolshevists nor ‘'lams,”■i/i The safety rnKor had not Intro-, dnced the clenn'Sliaven face./ V v Office folks; didn't know about *n . electdc fan la the sumuier time and ice-water. was a tfegt. ^;f Most folks retired at f p. ra. and roseat6' tnjthemorning.Qj.(Times imv«V /change.)
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Eagle Lake Headlight
Eagle Lake, Texas, US
Sat, Mar 07, 1925
Page 7
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TX, USA 01 Jun 2018
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