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Archive for price of gas

Oris George Visits The Dam Road at Danielle’s

Dinner was good, company was great, Don talked too much. Life at the Barn Builders was normal until Jan arrived. The birds chirped too loud, Sean played the guitar or some other stringed noise maker. Patsy passed out forks and the Cake was chocolate. My gut got full and I stopped being CUTE! Danielle pinched [...]

The price of gas

This morning I read an entry in my mother’s 1933 journal. Dated May 9, 1933. “Gasoline is sky hi. Yesterday we paid ten cents a gallon for gas. If the price keeps going up we won’t be able to drive.”

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