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Elvis Presley Birthplace
Elvis was born in Tupelo on January 8, 1935 in the front room a 300-square-foot, two-room house built by his father. When he got rich, he bought the house and preserved it, and it opened for tours while he was … Continue reading
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Highlights from Recent Reading
A [man I know] has a wonderful habit of making remarks that never seem to come out the way he planned. A friend asked if he had ever seen a certain play and if he liked it. “Oh, don’t miss … Continue reading
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Highlights from Recent Reading
There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself, for better or for worse, as his portion; that through the wide universe … Continue reading
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Highlights from Recent Reading
With my father, one never knew what was going to happen from one moment to the next. On one occasion he and I were walking through an uptown street in New York after dark. In those days Fifty-eighth Street was … Continue reading
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Lum & Abner Jot’em Down Store and Museum
From the early 1930s to the mid-1950s, Lum & Abner were a comedy duo that rival Laurel and Hardy in popularity. The characters were played by Chester Lauck (Lum) and Norris Goff (Abner), natives of Mena, Arkansas. They started their … Continue reading
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