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Feb 2211 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Schwaigerhof
Cheryl McKinley_F.R.E.S.H_Frank Schwaiger, brewmaster_Trudi Strauhs_Ford and Gladys Hendricks_Judy Paul_Mae Gravemann_Dotty...
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Jan 1811 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Nadler Part 3
a confession_MoSAC TPA_granny owned 5 tractors _ Clarence Sehrt_ not a blood and guts guy_Bold Gold_Kevin Nadler_Ed Kamphoefner_Vernon...
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Dec 14, 202411 min read
TILIW - Dennis Nadler part 2
TILIW - Dennis Nadler part 2 - Leonard - Roberta - Oscar and his cello – Kevin – Bernie – Genuine Stradivarius, 1720? – carried it under his
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Nov 18, 202410 min read
Tell It Like It Was- Dennis Nadler and the Defiance Garage
Town fixtures – Sam and Kaeko blowing glass - friends, Augustans, countrymen – Dennis Nadler – Jackie (Gerdiman) Nadler – August and...
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Sep 13, 20243 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Klondike Plant and Bob Brail
Gentle readers, what does Klondike Park, located a few miles east of Augusta, mean to you?
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Sep 13, 20242 min read
Tell It Like It Was - From Bank Vault to Burial Vault
TILIW   Bank Vault to Burial Vault – Angela Stephens – Bob Brail – Bank of Augusta – the Town Painter emeritus  Gentle readers ,...
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Feb 17, 20247 min read
Tell It Like It Was - The Buddhists Are Coming
The Buddhists Are Coming – my buddy, Paul - lotus flower - Herbie Hancock’s sidemen – Tina Turner – Monastic Deep Reflection...
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Dec 16, 202310 min read
Tell It Like It Was: The Day the Tornado Struck Our Farm in 1949 - Roy Jentzsch
Tell It Like It Was – Roy Jentzsch - The Day the Tornado Struck Our Farm in 1949 Gentle readers, on a few occasions, some of you have...
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Dec 2, 20235 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Fighting For A Free Missouri
Fighting For A Free Missouri Gentle readers, it’s a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon up here on Duke ridge, and I’m drying tomatoes that...
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Nov 18, 202311 min read
Tell It Like It Was Roy Jentzsch - Ponde-Rosa-Lakes
Tell It Like It Was - Roy Jentzsch - Ponde-Rosa-Lakes – a floating swimming pool? – Delco plant down in the basement – the sawmill – a...
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Oct 28, 20233 min read
Tell It Like It Was says you should read Bob Brail's stories
Adapted from the email letter sent by Paul Ovaitt (paulO) on September 7, 2023 TILIW – Digging Up Bones - A lynching in Augusta –...
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Oct 7, 202315 min read
Tell it Like it Was Tom Rueschhoff, Part 4 - Stage Plays
Adapted from the original letter from paulO sent on October 2, 2023 TILIW - Tom Rueschhoff/ Immaculate Conception conclusion – compulsive...
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Aug 26, 20239 min read
Tell It Like It Was Tom Rueschoff and Immaculate Conception School Part 3
Adapted from the original email letter sent by Paul Ovaitt on August 2, 2023 Tom Rueschhoff, Part III – When I learned to curse – Paul...
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Aug 12, 20234 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Thomas Rueschhoff, part 2, sorta...IC Church, more so
Adapted from the original email letter by Paul Ovaitt sent on June 10, 2023 TILIW - Tom Rueschhoff, Part 2 – Immaculate Conception Church...
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Aug 5, 20238 min read
TILIW - Thomas Rueschhoff at Immaculate Conception Elementary, 1935
Adapted from the original email letter by Paul Ovaitt sent on May 24, 2023 TILIW - Thomas Rueschhoff – Joanie Rueschhoff – Immaculate...
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Jul 22, 20239 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Donna Oliver and the Knoernschild family
Adapted from the original email letter by Paul Ovaitt sent on April 11, 2023 Donna Hendricks Oliver – Lawrence and Muriel Sollmann...
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Jul 8, 202313 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Chat with Walter Kamphoefner Part 2
TILIW - Walter Kamphoefner Part 2 - $300 a semester tuition – is that good enough English? – etudiantes en la biblioteca - Conrad...
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Jun 23, 202311 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Walter Kamphoefner Chats With Paul
Adapted from the original email letter by Paul Ovaitt on February 14, 2023 Walter Kamphoefner Part 1– Have We Ever Met? – meadow...
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Jun 10, 20239 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Ruth Nolting Fuhr Part 2
Adapted from the email letter originally sent by Paul Ovaitt January 19, 2023 Ruth Nolting Fuhr Part 2 - Paul and Paul and the garden –...
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Jun 3, 20239 min read
Tell It Like It Was - Ruth Nolting Fuhr - Part 1
Adapted from the original email sent by Paul Ovaitt on January 11, 2023 Ruth Nolting Fuhr – window shopping – Rats! – Bassora or Goose...
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