Plenty of drama in presidential race
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Dan Rather
      With less than six weeks to go until the first real test of the 2008 election season, both the Democratic and Republican presidential fields are supplying their allotments of drama. But if you're looking for a true, race-changing moment in Iowa, you're far more likely to find it among the Republic...
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      Letter to the Editor: Re: "Name That School" Sometimes the most obvious choice is never considered. In my opinion, the new school's name should reflect someone or something that has or had a major impact on the area. In that light, the new name should be Albert Clinton Horton Elementary.
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Willpower is 'snow' joke
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'Doc' Blakely
      There was a bum panhandling on the streets. As a well heeled, well dressed, pleasingly plumb, middle-aged woman approached his territory he took off his hat and said, "Ma'am, I haven't eaten in 4 days.
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Steam engines, mule-driven plows, beef for a nickel and beer for 20 cents a glass
From the archives
Janet Hobizal
      This month, I will be gathering and sharing with you early stories about the people and places and events in Wharton County. Early Year in Wharton Told by Mrs. Mary Lee Allen to Kenneth Allen The roads had ruts and the roads were dirt.
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