GOOD OLD DAYS

By Albert Slorby
Published on January 1, 1973
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Huber engine pulling saw mill in Mason County in 1924. Ted Kruse on engine. Courtesy of F. H. Warnock, 422 Euclid Ave., Peoria Heights, Illinois 61614.
Huber engine pulling saw mill in Mason County in 1924. Ted Kruse on engine. Courtesy of F. H. Warnock, 422 Euclid Ave., Peoria Heights, Illinois 61614.
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Courtesy of J. F. Mermoud, 835 Westwood Drive, Ballwin, Missouri 63011.
Courtesy of J. F. Mermoud, 835 Westwood Drive, Ballwin, Missouri 63011.
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The reading through my magnifying glass tells me the writing on the front plate of engine says ''A. B. Farquhar Co., York, Pa. ''-Anna Mae This picture was taken at the 1972 Berryville, Virginia Show. Courtesy of Roy Hartman, 2632 Parkland Drive, Suitland
The reading through my magnifying glass tells me the writing on the front plate of engine says ''A. B. Farquhar Co., York, Pa. ''-Anna Mae This picture was taken at the 1972 Berryville, Virginia Show. Courtesy of Roy Hartman, 2632 Parkland Drive, Suitland
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The ''Big and Little'' lined up for their morning fueling and firing the boilers. Courtesy of J. F. Mermoud, 835 Westwood Drive, Ballwin, Missouri 63011.
The ''Big and Little'' lined up for their morning fueling and firing the boilers. Courtesy of J. F. Mermoud, 835 Westwood Drive, Ballwin, Missouri 63011.

Minot, North Dakota 58701.

I have been reading your magazine for sometime, and I have
enjoyed it a lot. It has brought back many memories of the
so-called good old days. It makes me think of the day I asked a man
if I could have the job to fire his old Advance next year. This was
in October, and he said yes. Was I happy! The first thing I did, I

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