{"id":435,"date":"2018-03-07T22:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T22:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/missouri\/?p=435"},"modified":"2022-05-25T09:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T09:16:09","slug":"melvin-briggs-sod-cattle-farmer-cantankerous-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/missouri\/melvin-briggs-sod-cattle-farmer-cantankerous-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We&#8217;re Here: Melvin Briggs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"435\" class=\"elementor elementor-435\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6992e91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6992e91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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