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Article : 215 wordsDear "Non-Com"—I didn't know that you allowed hoboes to grace your Highway with tales of train-jumping, etc., but seeing that one appeared in a recent issue ...
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thu 5 Nov 1936, Page 10
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