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Sunday, February 7, 2016
The Bill Knutz Orchestra
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Bill Knutz and his bands supplied the Beadle County, South Dakota area with dance music for more than 20 years. The first band, ...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Climbing the Photograph Mountain
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Here I sit, labeling old photos. Again. I feel like I will grow old and feeble, right here, pen in hand. I have a large box of them, ...
Friday, December 11, 2015
The Cap Goes Home
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For the last four years, I've been the keeper of something special - the cap of Lieutenant Joseph E. Leonard of Tipp City, Ohio. J...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015
A Day in the Life of a WWII Night Fighter
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In a letter dated Sept. 9, 1943, my great-uncle Ray Christensen gives a description of his work schedule in the 417th Night Fighter Squadron...
Friday, November 6, 2015
The Dust Storm of November, 1933
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As a child, I recall my grandparents talking about the dust storms of the "Dirty Thirties," the air being so dark with blowing di...
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Saturday, October 17, 2015
Lessons Learned From a Computer Failure
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It's what we all dread - turning on the computer, and finding it refuses to boot. One week ago tomorrow, it happened to me. My compute...
Monday, April 20, 2015
Reading Glued-in Postcards
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It's always a thrill to discover a new photograph, such as the one of this lovely large home, printed as a postcard. But how frustrati...
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