Gerry Baker: Life tale from Queen contest candidate
A colorful portrait follows Gerry Baker from her Denver welding studies to aircraft mechanics in Colorado Springs and Sterling. The piece tracks racing through love, singing, and wartime work, noting her marriage in November 1947 and later jobs at Woolworths and Belnap Restaurant as she eyes next year's bucking horse queen contest.
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Gerry Baker
Colorado
Chicago
Sterling
Beanery
N-Y.a
Trade Air Aircraft Mechanics
Colorado Springs
Gerry
Green River Ordinance
Knois
Queen of Hearts
Green River
Reynold Baker
Hit
Seven of Diamonds
Cupid
Manhattan
Paracettes
Veterans
Hines
Vaughn
Chicags
Downey
Southern Finois
Chick Hospital
River Views
Spike Jones
Billings
Woolworths
Belnap
Gerty
Brooks Pierce
Oh My Aching Feet and Civic Spotlight in Old Jalopy Ads
A fragmented column mixes advice on car care and safety with local business plugs. It notes Western Auto Sales auction next Saturday, praises civic-minded figures like Pinky Moiness for National Guard enlistment and Poppy Day, and hints at Tippe Studios new color portrait processes and fast lighting for action shots.
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Leth Anderson
Oldsmobile
Neil
Bob John
McCarter
Western Auto Sales
C. M
Pinky
Tippet Studios
Colorful home sewing gear on sale at Singer’s
A fragmented ad touts complete color reproduction gear and fabrics with a clearance table advertising values up to 33 selling for 20c. It suggests scarves flowers and Indian blankets at 20c. recommends items for picnics outings or car seat covers and mentions Olsen Stelzer boots as the best buy.
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Singer's
Ancient and Modern Necromancy Denounced in Christian Science Lesson
The May 30 1940 Christian Science lesson sermon denounces necromancy and mesmerism as contrary to spiritual healing. The Golden Text from Revelation 21 7 affirms overcoming leads to divine inheritance. Included scriptures urge Israel to learn statutes and keep them, with references to Mary Baker Eddy's леч book on healing and the occult.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Israel
Mary Baker Eddy
Quotations on Truth and Duty From Noted Thinkers
A compact excerpt cites aphorisms from Mary Baker Eddy Francis Bacon Demosthenes Horace Mann Daniel Webster Emerson on integrity duty and truth. It contrasts pursuit of duty with personal conscience and highlights the primacy of inner integrity. The selection strings together moral maxims without narrative framing, reflecting timeless ethical counsel.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Francis Bacon
Demosthenes
Horace Mann
Daniel Webster
Emerson
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Barbara
Babs
Allen
Woman of
Neva's Bake
North Broadway
Barbara Allen
Wer
Olsen-Stelser
Olsen Stelzer
Christian Science
Summer Sewing Machine CO
SMITH
Old Reliable
Schull Commodore
Schull
United
Sioux Tire & Battery Co
West Montana Ave. P.O
the Herald
Pittsburgh Paints
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