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“Saving Green Sea Turtles” – Miami, Florida (1938)

September 30, 2026 No Comments

Allen Strasburger was growing up in Upper Darby, a self-governing township that lies within a patchwork of municipalities on the edge of Philadelphia in southeast

Chester Did Not Have a Nice Christmas – Hooversville, PA (1911)

May 11, 2024 No Comments

Clinton Naugle lived in Hooversville, a small borough of Somerset County in southwest Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooversville,_Pennsylvania In January of 1911, Clinton received a postcard from Chester.

“The Mumps Are Gone” – Newark, Delaware (1909)

May 25, 2022 No Comments

Miss Edith McCarns lived in Newark, Delaware – a small city and college town less than a mile from the juncture of Delaware, Maryland, and