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October 12, 1940

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Rushville's Renowned Son-In-Law

PROFILE of Wendel Willkie. Willkie owns five farms, & they are managed by Miss Mary Sleeth, the former Rushville librarian to whom Mrs. Willkie was …

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Mr. Carl Sandburg and the "Goat World"

Geoffrey T. Hellman

Because Mr. Carl Sandburg, the poet, is a goat fancier, Harcourt, Brace & Co. advertised his "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years", in the "Goat World", a goat …

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