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Rip Van Winkle Towns in Southern California
The Los Angeles Times cites The Saturday Evening Post in describing southern California towns as dull and sparse while noting some awaken to progress. The piece urges residents to spruce up streets and gardens to attract home seekers and boost land values, with Georgia Gane Syrup offered at C. P. Foxworth Co.
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California
Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia
Edmund Vance Cook
Los Angeles Times
Southland
Rip van Winkle
March of Progress