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Home Bureau
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African-American
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baby-sitting
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Barley
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Blackbirds
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Lettuce
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Prairie
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Quillback
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Radishes
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Rats
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Rattlesnakes
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Red Clover
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Roller Skating
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Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
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Soil Bank
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Woman's Club
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WPA
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1940-1950
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1950-1960
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1960-1970
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Amish
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Apple
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Australia
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Banker
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Bankruptcies
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Barbed-Wire
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Bean Sprouts
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Black Lung
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Blacksmiths
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Burning Stalks
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BUSINESS
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Cargo-Ships
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Carrots
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Castor-Oil
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Cats
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CCC
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Changes in Churches
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Checkwire
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Chicken
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Chicken Feed
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Church Organizations
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Coal Miners
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COLLGE EDUCATION
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Commission-Houses
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COMMUNICATION
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Corn Shellers
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Corn Shuck Tick
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Corn-Pickers
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Council of Catholic Women
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Pears
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