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“Norton Begs for Brown Bread” – Binghamton, NY (1911)

October 30, 2026 No Comments

Mrs. Leroy Cowles (Ella) lived in Binghamton, the city and county seat of Broome County at the confluence of the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers in

“Veronica Is Having a Good Time” – Belmar, New Jersey (1937)

September 17, 2025 No Comments

Mr. Stanley Poe lived in Tempe, a city in the East Valley region of Maricopa County in central Arizona. The first European settlements of this

Ella’s Horse is “Too Wild” – Lockport, Illinois (1913)

October 26, 2023 No Comments

Miss Glen. Schwabe lived in Plainfield, a village in northeast Illinois. Plainfield is between the cities of Naperville and Joliet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainfield,_Illinois (The name of our