Rainmaking schemes and a stormy upstart era in Goodland
In 1890s Goodland Kansas locals funded and pursued a famed Australian rainmaker Frank Melbourne who claimed weather control near Canton Ohio. He sparked a regional boom with artificial rain firms and wild methods including charged gas, dynamite, and rockets, but actual rain often failed to materialize.
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Wiliam O'Dwyer
New York
Goodland
Kansas
Frank Melbourne
Canton
Ohio
Melbourne
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Kelton
Gish
Texas
California
West
Tein
Nebraska
Missouri
Fairgrounds
C. B. Jewell
Rock Island Railroad
Jewell
Rock Island Road
Chicago
Rock Island
Wichita
Douglas Avenue
Too Many Doors Stop Dog From Chasing Cat
CORAL GAPLES Pa March 0 Charles Ross dog ran through a back screen door after a cat then smashed through the front door in pursuit. The dog refused to quit and was injured before retreating in shame as the cats eluded capture. Local governments in the United States spent about 2 billion for health and medical services in 1948.
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Coral -Gaples, Pa
Charles Ross
Ross
United States
Across word puzzle clues mix of letters and terms
Puzzle provides a scrambled list of crossword style clues with incomplete spellings and misspellings such as Top Dist, Fishing Hne float, Butt, Eggs II Female sheep, Ostrich-1 bird, River GF, God of wa Gr, Behold, Planet next beyond Jupiter, Emmet, Sloths, Man's nickname, Diminutive of Vivien, Ireland, Italian form of Cheries, Bamboolie grasses, Fragment woods, Circuit, Hawaiian food, Edge of the mouth.
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Aleutians
Jupiter
Ireland
Crossword 48 Shoshonean Entertain Indian
Puzzle clues list multiple definitions and wordplay items from a crossword grid including references to Shoshonean, Indian, rivers, Norse god, and various cryptic hints such as finish oats stairs and bar of beverage with accompanying down clues.
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Rip
Switz
Mrs Ruby Gordon Wins Class Prize At Window Display
In Baytown high school class, Mrs Ruby Gordon won first prize for her window at Sally's Gift Shop. Other displays placed at Mc Adams Department Store and The Needle Shop with honorable mentions. W BOHannon led training for adults in window display.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Ruby Gordon
Sally
McAdams Department Store
Georgia Turner
Gene Johnson
Irene McGrew
Barbara Rhodes
Needle Shop
A I. Waod
Windos
Baytown Hardware
Irene
Popcorn Growers Face Swings as Movies Lift Demand
Washington dispatch reports that movie theater demand has doubled popcorn consumption since the war, with theaters now selling about half the nation’s popcorn. But popcorn remains a volatile farm crop, with incomes fluctuating. 1949 output dropped to 105 million pounds after highs earlier, as contracts and price pressures push production up and down.
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I. Borhe
Washington
Gem
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