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Mr. Anthony had the name Hardscrabble changed to Center Falls, and was made postmaster.
The Life and Work of Susan B Anthony 01 Harper, Ida H 1899
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Mr. Anthony had the name Hardscrabble changed to Center Falls, and was made postmaster.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Ida Husted Harper 1891
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A failed farmer who had once built a house called Hardscrabble, he had lately sold firewood on the streets of St. Louis and worked as a rent collector.
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A failed farmer who had once built a house called Hardscrabble, he had lately sold firewood on the streets of St. Louis and worked as a rent collector.
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LAMB: You mentioned earlier a home in Galena, Illinois, but also, something called Hardscrabble near St. Louis.
Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America 2004
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Gotta love a guy who takes pains to identify places such as Hardscrabble, Smackover, and Troublesome Creek, e.g.
The spirit of place ... Frank Wilson 2008
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I've only one thing to ask about that: please don't have the name put as either 'Hardscrabble' or 'Spite
Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Evelyn Raymond 1876
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Of course you can have the pump, though you can't carry it up to 'Hardscrabble' donkey-back.
Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Evelyn Raymond 1876
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Hardscrabble though his youth had been, Alinsky managed to get into the University of Chicago, where his major was archaeology.
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Returning to Mary's meme, it is called "passion quilt", andwassentit [or "tagged" to put it in the vernacular] by Chas Clifton of Letter from Hardscrabble Creek blog.
April 2008 Maxine 2008
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