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Random Observations on Overalls and Town News
A collage of quirky notes and local notes from Forest City and Jackson County. Topics include fashion quips about overalls and union suits, Mary Pickford headlines, price worries on gasoline, wartime surplus profits, improving strike conditions, housing relief efforts in Atlanta, a dog headed calf rumor near Asheville, Chimney Rock summer visitors, Esmeralda Inn guest list, Sylva’s $90 000 water project, and Jackson County road bond activity seeking Rutherford County parallels.
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