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“Every Good Wish for Lulu” – Juniata, PA (1905)

December 29, 2025 No Comments

Miss Lulu McNeel lived in Juniata, a sparsely-populated township of about 26 square miles, in Blair County of central Pennsylvania. From Google: “Juniata Township is

“Charlotte Sends a New Year Pheasant” – Buffalo, New York (1919)

July 20, 2024 No Comments

Miss Grace Dayton lived in Buffalo, the transportation hub and manufacturing center at the head of Lake Erie in western New York State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York I

Violets for Christmas – Holly, Colorado (1909)

September 2, 2023 No Comments

Mrs. A. L. Hare lived in Holly, a small community in southeast Colorado -at the border with Kansas. Holly began as a ranching town, but