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One shot shook the town

Boys will be boys, particularly when they get bored and don’t have anything to do on a hot summer day. But, boy oh boy, sometimes things can get downright explosive when they are left to their own devices – especially if they have a .22 rifle with them.
That’s what happened in Welsh during the last week of June 1921.

Talking long distance without shouting

As we routinely talk to others around the world via our modern communications technology, it’s hard to imagine – even for graybeards who remember when several folks shared the same party line and calls were still made through a lady operating a big switchboard – what a wondrous thing telephone service was when it was first introduced.

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