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Publication: Frontier Times, Volume 8-No.6, March, 1931
Story Title: Scorns New Viands For Old Vittles
By: Earle W. Walker, in Houston Chronicle, Dec. 14, 1930

Dimensions: 17.8cm x 16.7cm (7in x 10.5in)
Pages: 51
Published: Bandera, Texas by J. Marvin Hunter

Description:
This article tells about the life of Melvina Chessher, long time resident of Jacksonville who lived to be over 100 years old and cooked 80 Christmas dinners. Article discusses what Christmas dinners were like in the pioneer days as well as her life and how she came to Jacksonville.

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