West Yellowstone Blues as Tourism Slows in 1951
The West Yellowstone area reports a sluggish tourist season. With rising costs and closed gambling halls, local business sees fewer visitors after the Fourth of July. Hotels show no vacancy by evening, and the town notes a shift to lighter travel, fewer meals, and scarce local services.
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West Yellowstone
Montana
Nevada
West
Yellowstone
Frontier Cafe
Union Pacific
Hutzler recalls turning point in famous bridge hand
Charlie Hutzler, department store owner and top bridge player, describes a turning point in a memorable rubber game. He recounts a hand where a single queen of diamonds and a clever set of finesses led to a brilliancy and a later grand slam by the opponents, prompting praise for his own play.
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NEA Service
Charlie Hutzler
Hutzler
Declarer
Dummy
Bill Kane Recounts Experience With Red Holmes A in Nebraska
Bill Kane describes an experience with Red Holmes A in Nebraska from several weeks ago on a sultry day. The brief recollection recalls an encounter during hot weather and mentions neither locations nor outcomes beyond the shared moment.
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Bill Kane
Red Holmes
Cyclone Formed Seen By Oil Territory Seekers
Red, a WWII veteran who flew the Hump, watched a cyclone form in a wide valley as Holmes drove toward it. The tornado leveled the path. Kane urged Holmes to move. Kane recalls being frightened while Holmes studied the phenomenon scientifically.
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Red
Asia
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Kane
Madison River Fishing Report Notes Difficult Conditions
The report describes clear yet high streams with swift currents on the Madison River. Anglers must wade since boat fly casting is prohibited, while catch consist of 2 pound rainbow and brown trout, with many smaller 1 pounders, and overall fishing quality lower than a few years ago but better than most places in the United States.
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United States
Madison River
Our Home Kitchen Roles Share the Work
We continue to do our own cooking and housekeeping is easier than expected. Malcolm handles coffee salads and shopping while Troy Carmichael of Higgins cooks vegetables and meats. Tack washes dries dishes and now bakes a fresh cherry pie using Utah cherries.
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Malcolm
Troy Carmichael
Higgins
Tack
Utah
Dinner and chores in under ninety minutes plan
The speaker outlines a tight schedule: cooking dinner and tidying up in less than an hour and a half, having prepared and eaten breakfast in exactly 35 minutes, and noting lunch as eating out on the fishing grounds. The tone is practical and time focused.
Senator Kerr on motherhood and housekeeping compared
Senator Bob Kerr of Oklahoma remarks that he has never sought motherhood while Tack suggests otherwise. He discusses scientific perspectives on maternal pangs and finds cooking and housekeeping easier than expected, questioning the intensity of these duties.
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Bob Kerr
Oklahoma
Tack
Fresh cherry pie for dinner and cake planned tomorrow
A family note states fresh cherry pie will be served for dinner tonight and a cake is planned to be baked tomorrow by him.
Meeting Tonight On Lake McClellan Fate Near Pampa
Sportsmen within 75 miles gather at 8 in Pampa City Hall Palm Room to decide Lake McClellan’s future after a damaged spillway. Options include repairing the spillway, building a new one, or keeping the lake drained to prevent flood damage.
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Lake McClean
Pampa
Palm Room
Lake McClellan
Chamber of Commerce
Sporting Goods
Houston Youth Dies In Spinning Car
An 18 year old Houston youth, Stanley Jay Harris, was killed when the car he rode in went out of control and overturned three miles south of Arcola, Texas. Fellow occupants Marvin A. Rich and Joe Erlichman, both 19, were slightly injured while en route to Freeport for a fishing trip. State patrol reported Rich dozed momentarily, causing the crash.
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Arcola
Tex
U.P
Stanley Jay Harris
Here
Young Harris
Houston
Marvin A. Rich
Joe Erlichman
Cleveland
Ohio
Freeport
Rich
Harris
Erlichman
Dry Texan Letter Rejects Liquor Taxes
A Sunray Texan writes as a dry advocate opposing liquor sales and taxes, recounting personal battle with drinking and urging readers to see sin, praising God, and affirming Texas decency and faith over alcohol. The letter identifies as a dry Texan and pledges to fight for the best state in the world.
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Tack
Jesus Christ
Texas
Stop Think Before Judging and Barrels of Whiskey
A housewife and grandmother urges readers to pause and reflect before judging others and cites Bible verses. She frames liquor laws as man made and advocates voting to change them, linking motherhood and faith to calls for temperance and family welfare. Margarette Stanford signs the message.
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Tack
Higgins
Margarette Stanford
Minister urges condemnation of drinking and smoking
Rev. George R Herron of Sudan Texas denounces drinking and smoking as filthy habits and invites the critic to visit with Bible verses from Isaiah 55 22 and 2 Corinthians 7 1, promising more scripture if he comes to Sudan.
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God
Sudan
Tex
George R. Herron
Georgia
Man Says He Leads Household And Defends Smoking
A letter from Pampa, Texas, from a wife and mother argues that the household head is the husband and condemns kibitzing about smoking. She cites religion, money woes, and medical bills, notes two sons overseas, and defends a smoking habit as no one else’s business while asserting strong maternal influence and honesty with her six children. She claims five additional children raised not related by blood and asks for prayers for her sons.
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Pampa
Good Old
Texas
Heaven
Cactus
Tex
Cattle Die of Starvation in Ireland Warned by Moran
M Moran told the Eirean Dail that hundreds of cattle are starving in Ireland and he warned that without aid to farmers the Dublin housewife may soon cook with imported foods and altered butter prices.
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Ireland
M. Moran
Eirean Dail
Dublin
Lost and Found Classified Items for June and July
Small reward offered for a hand-tooled blue purse with the name Joan Broaddus found on Polk Street or at J C Penney or Montgomery Ward on June 16. Navy blue purse left in Sears Roebuck ladies lounge on June 23 with important keys. Contact Mary Opel Rodgers at 209 Monroe. Also listed are give away notices for three male puppies at 97 Park Avenue Pleasant Valley and five nine week old kittens at 1001 North Spring. Lost Boston terrier with bob tail and one white eye due reward. contact G W Whipple at 2405 West Third. A missing dog Tippy weighing 30 pounds. Various wants: clothing for sick babies, baby beds, housing for elderly on pension, job listings for a widow, nursing care, yard work, and many swap offers and trades including stamps and furniture.
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Joan Broaddus
Polk Street
J. C. Penney
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Mary Opel Rodgers
Monroe
Park Avenue
Pleasant Valley
North Spring
Boston
Tippy
Billy
Woman tops husband with golf ace at Sunset course
In Freeport Illinois Phillip Coggins boasted of a hole-in-one on the Sunset golf course 120 yard eighth hole. His wife, playing briefly, then scored an ace on the same hole proving that men are not superior.
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Freeport
Ill
Phillip Coggins
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