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A Brooklyn Roof
By Eileen Higgins Driscoll
It was the perfect place for drying clothes, chatting with neighbors and entertaining friends.
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Battle of Okinawa A 65-Year Retrospective
By Hugh Neeld
May 9, 1945, was the day my ship, the USS Indra, joined the fleet off Okinawa.
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Beyond the Backyard
By Catherine Fitzpatrick
Autumn is raking season in St. Louis. Apple-scented breezes bestir oak trees to lose their spindly hold on red and gold leaves.
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Cement-Box Roses
By Concetta Ciccozzi Doucette
The flowers he planted transformed a sullen neighborhood into a community in full bloom.
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Country Things
Bob Artley
MugWump Marketing
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Detasseling Corn
By D.M. Simms
It was August 1942, and I was 11 years old. This was my first year to detassel corn.
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Feeding the Threshers
By Gerry Wettersten
Wherever fields lay golden and ripe, this was a harvesttime ritual.
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Good Old Days in the Kitchen -- Making Homemade Ice Cream
By Linda Hawk
When I was a kid in the 1950s, summertime was magical.
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Good Old Days on Wheels -- The Humming Bird
By Marvin S. Mayer
We competed to see who would be first to spot the huge headlight.
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Grandpa's Farm
By Phyllis Walters Coffey
Separated by tragedy, they renewed their bonds each summer during precious days with their grandparents.
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Horned Toads and Barefoot Days
By Glen Herndon
The treasures of carefree summer days were theirs for the taking!
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Licorice Lips
By Patricia J. La Vigne
The evidence was undeniable -- she'd been caught!
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Looking Hollywood Way
By Mary O’Donnell
An event that some have called the Great Transatlantic Migration, which occurred from late in the 19th century to just before the beginning of World War I, saw the arrival of millions of Europeans to the shores of the United States.
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Mama's Trial Run
By Karla Cooper
Neighborhood corner stores have all but disappeared from our experience.
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Mud-Pie Fun
By Lynda Miller Vandiver
They looked pretty enough to eat!
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Old-Time Music -- Brown Eyes-Why Are You Blue?
By Al. Bryan and Geo. W. Meyer
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Surviving Summer
By Eva Augustin Rumpf
Thick, hot evenings called for icy treats and a ride on the porch swing.
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The Best Tree
By Shirley Conley
She was a courageous climber -- unfortunately for her big brother.
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Wanted
The Wanted column is a service for Good Old Days subscribers only. When accepted, Wanteds are printed free of charge.
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Wash Day
By Norma Perkins
Through the years, the way I've done my washing has varied quite a bit.
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Why Farm With Mules?
By Joan Rasmussen
The answer to this mystery was just plain common sense.
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Electricity Turns Off the Aladdin Lamp
By Joe Millard
During the summer of 1946, trucks created clouds of dust as they traveled up and down the gravel road in front of our farm.
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Fourth of July
By Les Williams
Good food and fireworks were holiday essentials back in the Good Old Days.
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Reader Poetry -- Boy in a Swing
By Phyllis Walters Coffey
With brush, canvas and a northern light,
A magic wand and pastoral site, Your special portrait I’ll paint for you: . . . |
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Reader Poetry -- Revelation
By Shelley Anne Richter
When he first steps outside,
He smells fresh country air. Cranking up his tractor, It shows years of wear. |
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Saturday Night Adventure
By Suzanne Mundell Waring
When I was growing up in the early 1950s on a farm in southeastern Kansas, I loved to go to town on Saturday evenings.
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The Nickel Nurser
By Audrey Corn
Grandpa knew just how to appeal to his frugal business sense.
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The Short Career of an Inept Thief
By LeNore Stumpf
It was threshing season in our area of Kansas -- always an exciting time for farm kids.
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