Lawrence Lore
Dec 13, 20241 min read
A Friction Machine Please Santa
Wayne Martin pictured above wrote Santa a letter Christmas 1924 Dear Santa: I am a little boy seven years old. I go to Filmore school...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 12, 20241 min read
Little Girl Sculpture
Recently the editor of the blog recently this delightful email from Harold Mills. "The statue of the little girl which stands in Babyland...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 11, 20241 min read
Christmas at the Calvert House
Marvin, David and Tom Calvert
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 10, 20242 min read
It's Mine, Not Yours
In the early 1800s a single woman enjoyed the same rights as a man to enter contracts and manage property. However, when a woman married,...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 6, 20241 min read
A Nuncupative Will
A nuncupative will or verbal will is sometimes called a death bed will. A person who is too sick to execute a written will and is not...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 5, 20242 min read
Marriage Laws
Emily Dickinson once said, “The heart wants what the heart wants . . . So, what happens when what the heart wants is generally considered...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 4, 20243 min read
Under the Hay Stack--Dead
Early Monday morning, November 10, 1879, word was sent to Coroner Grafham that the body of a man was laying at an old straw stack...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 3, 20241 min read
Cemetery Restoration 2024
Because of some unforeseen events, our tombstone cleaning project for 2024 was not as vigorous as in years past. The tombstone...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 2, 20241 min read
New Signs Around the Square
Have you noticed that the informational signs around the square have been replaced by Chevron? Thanks to their support, visitors to our...
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