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"If I were you, madam, I'd give up this hope chest idea and get me a good stout rocker instead"
June
1
1942
"If I were you, madam, I'd give up this hope chest idea and get me a good stout rocker instead"
June
1
1942
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"If I were you, madam, I'd give up this hope chest idea and get me a good stout rocker instead"
June
1
1942
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