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Hot and dry harvest, thieves at large, hunting debate

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The Odessa Record

Aug. 2, 1918

Few interested in Chautauqua: The attendance at the Radcliffe Chautauqua which has been presenting it's attractions here for the past two days has been very disappointing. When the attraction was booked no date was set and no one here ever thought of it coming right in the midst of harvest, and the lightest one ever experienced in this section and also at a time when everyone is vitally interested in saving every kernel of the already too short crop.

The result is that there is not a farmer and only a limited number of town people who have had time...

 

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