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Archive for Saturday, September 18, 1999

OLD HOME TOWN 100 YEARS AGO

September 18, 1999

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IN 1899

On Sept. 18, 1899, the Lawrence World told of an ongoing transfer of wealth when it observed that: "The picnics, the fairs, the log rollings, the fraternal gatherings, the shows and other things too numerous to mention are doing their best to take the surplus cash of the country and put it into fewer hands."

-- Courtesy Watkins Community Museum

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