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89Harebrained Names for Beauty Salons
Fanciful and attention getting names are apparently mandatory for hair and nail salons. But you can tell that salon names are not to be taken seriously, because people fearlessly and intentionally walk into...
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75Gold Rush Medicines: A Dose of Deception
The westward movement in the United States started in the mid-1800's at the same time as the rise of mass advertising and the marketing of patent medicines. Many pioneers, concerned about the challenges...
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72The Emperor's New Poem
I don't have a fine appreciation of contemporary poetry. Though I find it interesting, it is usually too full of angst, confusion and bitterness for me to find any meaning in it. I'm not saying that it is...
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77"A Fair to Remember" Mariposa County 2009
Yes, the theme for this year's county fair was "A Fair to Remember", and what made it so memorable was that it was pretty much the same as all small county fairs have been since the beginning of history. ...
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80Mice in Your Motor cause Manifold Problems
You may have heard of people with bats in their belfry, but how about rats in their manifold, or mice in their motor? It is only a rumor that small autos are powered by hamsters running full speed on...
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771947 Hudson: I Fell Out of a Classic Car
We were going to pick up my sister, Bobbette, after her week of wilderness experience with the Camp Fire Girl troop. Uncle Andy and Aunt Vella rode up to Pasadena with us. My uncle was riding in the...
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71OK Ladies, What's in Your Bra?
A 24 year-old veterinarian in Texas has apparently tickled the imagination of animal lovers with her method of comforting traumatized baby animals such as squirrels, kittens, possums and rabbits. She...
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68Easy Cranberry Bran Muffins
Easy Cranberry Bran Muffins: These muffins are tasty and healthful. Full of nutritious ingredients, high in fiber, and easy to make, they can be a breakfast all by themselves or a filling snack that...
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74The Gold Rush Store: Everything in General
The Gagliardo General Store building still stands in the old mining town of Hornitos, but most of the original fixtures, shelves, counters and display cases -- along with much old merchandise --has gone into...
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67Can You Write "Tabloid" News?
Many of us have come to equate the word "tabloid" with the trashy, sleazy, low class, scummy sensational papers you only read out of the corner of your eye while in line at the supermarket checkout queue. ...
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