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R         Lions Club (Springfield, Mo.).

1231                Booklet, 1929.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This is Ozarks, “A Booklet Sponsored by the Lions Club,” published in 1929 to promote Springfield in Greene County, Missouri, and the surrounding area.  Edited by Lon Scott, the illus­trated booklet includes articles on natural history, transportation, the Civil War, and agriculture.

 

This 32-page large-format booklet includes several articles by local writers, including fu­ture U.S. Representative James E. Ruffin, and advertisements for local businesses, including the Frisco and Missouri Pacific railways.  There is a cover illustration by W. Paul Holland.  In order, the articles are:

 

J. Fred Long, “Oldest Land on the Western Hemisphere Rediscovered by Vacationists.”

 

Elizabeth Waddell, “Posies.”

 

R. W. Catlett, “From Oxcart to Airplane in Springfield.”

 

W. W. Talbott, “Ozarkland a Mecca for Birds.”

 

James E. Ruffin, “We Have Dams (Not Damns) for You.”

 

Beulah Logan, “Lowdown Appearances.”

 

Auburn E. Brower, “Afield with Insects in the Ozarks.”

 

E. B. Pauley, “All Roads Led Caesar to Rome Like All Roads Lead Tourists to Spring­field.”

 

Robert Rawls, “Soldiers of the West Won Civil War.”

 

Kirk E. Baxter, “191 Days to Grow.”

 

 

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