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TILIW – Bernard Marstall’s headstone in Dutzow
Bob Marstall_St. Vincent de Paul Church_Dan Mudd_Tom Marstall_cholera_Washington Monument Co._Blumenhof Winery
May 2910 min read
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Tell It Like It Was | Schwaigerhof and FRESH
FRESH Renewal Center_Maryville University_Mel Fuhr_Jerry Aholt_Lee Newman_God of the Wind_Rennard Backhaus_Frank Schwaiger, Jr._I am an aberration-A. E. HousmanÂ
Apr 129 min read
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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...
Feb 2211 min read
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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...
Jan 1811 min read
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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
Dec 14, 202411 min read
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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...
Nov 18, 202410 min read
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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?
Sep 13, 20243 min read
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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 ,...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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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...
Feb 17, 20247 min read
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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...
Dec 16, 202310 min read
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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...
Dec 2, 20235 min read
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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...
Nov 18, 202311 min read
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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 –...
Oct 28, 20233 min read
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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...
Oct 7, 202315 min read
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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...
Aug 26, 20239 min read
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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...
Aug 12, 20234 min read
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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...
Aug 5, 20238 min read
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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...
Jul 22, 20239 min read
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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...
Jul 8, 202313 min read
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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...
Jun 23, 202311 min read
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