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Paying Gas Tax and California Dream in Old Times
A long humorous piece laments rising gas prices and the era of untaxed fuel, recalling times when a gallon cost a dime. It blends spoof verse with an essay on California’s history and lifestyle, spoofing regional stereotypes and noting a column from Detroit’s Saturday Night about Sunny California.
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Detroit
Sunny
California
Newett
Ishpeming
George
Cressy
Golden Gate Park
Monkey House
Mount Sasta
Sir Francis Drake
Golden Gate
St. Francis Hotel
Sir Francis
Ramona
el Camino Real
Iowa
New England
Los Angeles
Lewis and Clark
U. P
Marshall
Sacramento
Bay
Oakland
San Francisco
Andrews
Diamond Palace
Orpheum Theatre
San Juan Hill
Cuba
Riverside
Roosfelt
Burbank
William Sunday
City of
Angels
Berkeley
Alameda
Sausalito
Mill Valley
Petaluma
Alcatraz Island
Farallones
San Diego
Barbarbara Coast
William Hearst
Sutro
British Columbia
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Heaven
Connecticut
Boston
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Lynn
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Jemima
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Chicago
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Nhl
Missouri
New York
Waterbury
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Wisconsin
Bob LaFollette
Michigan
Turkey
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Greece
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Congress
Ironwood
Charter Commission
Groesbeck
The
Times
Escanaba
Pontiac