Beef price rise hits small town shoppers and workers
OPS announced a 1 to 2 cent per pound wholesale beef increase and 1 to 2 cent retail rises on dams sholders and bacon, with higher ceilings on pork chops and roasts. The move aims to restore packer profits after several firms closed, and affects chucks rounds and other beef sold by carcass. A boy from Dundee, Carl Silva Jr., won top honors at the Chicago Junior Hog Show. The article also covers Korean war activity, atomic training, federal pay raise, Taft prospects, and Marshall’s retirement.
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OPS
Chicago
Carl Silva, Jr
Dundee
Ill
Un-Travelling Pioneers Moral and Spiritual Frontiers
Essay discusses the idea of pioneers beyond physical frontiers. It highlights mental, moral, and spiritual pioneers, cites Dr. Laubach and John Woolman, and reflects on Abraham’s spiritual journey as the central example. Copyright notes credit the National Council of Churches division.
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Division of Christian Education
National Council of the Churches of Christ of the United States of America
WNU
Farm Outlook Second Largest Crop Expected Despite Weather
The Agriculture Department forecasts 1951 farm crops to be the second largest on record despite drought in the south and southwest and heavy rains in the midwest. Total crop volume expected at 133 percent of the 1923–33 average, with corn at about 3.13 billion bushels. Livestock marketing may rise to or exceed 1950 fall levels, while hog slaughter matches last year and prices may fall. Prospects vary, with declines for corn, peanuts, oats, and several fruits, but increases for spring wheat, barley, rice, cotton, and other staples.
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South
Southwest
Midwest
Department of Agriculture
Department
Wholesale Prices Steady For Third Straight Week
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports wholesale prices remained steady for the third straight week. The all commodities index held at 176.8 percent of the 1926 average, up 12.7 percent from pre Korea levels and 4.2 percent higher than a year ago. Only textiles showed a notable change, declining about 1 percent.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Korea
Meditator quotes from Lincoln and a boatman proverb
A compilation of aphorisms noting that friends listen before judging and that a rower cannot waste time rocking the boat. The lines reflect caution, preparation, and prudent action attributed to historical voices.
Couple announce 13 children born in Bompay and Ann Arbor
A couple in Bompay Florida announced thirteen offspring named Audie Bryant Curtis Drue Eva Faye Grady Hampton Ida Jeanette Enola Leantha Millard Nathan Olivia Penelope Quincy Ruth Sarah Thelma Ulysses Vinson Wilson Nava and Von Zircle with a note of their origins in Ann Arbor. Henry Heil placed a coin in a parking meter to aid an stranded motorist and was arrested under a city ordinance barring unauthorized persons from manipulating meters.
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Bompay
Fla
Audie Bryant
Curtis Drue
Eva Faye
Grady Hampton
Ida Jeanette
Enola Leantha
Millard Nathan
Olivia Penelope
Quincy Ruth
Sarah Thelma
Ulysses Vinson
Wilson Nava
von Zircle
Ann Arbor
Henry Heil
Huron Grandmother Wins 3 Cooking Awards at State Fair
Barbara, the granddaughter of Mrs. John H. Venables, admires three blue ribbons won by the Huron cook at the 1950 South Dakota State Fair. Mrs. Venables, with seven children, has long prize history and endorses Fleischmanns Active Dry Yeast for fast rising, dissolving doughs.
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South Dakota
Barbara
John H. Venables
Venables
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