Pleasant Grove Neighbor Teaches Quiet Lessons
Megan MacTavish contends with family strain and neighborly rumors in Pleasant Grove as Alicia Stevenson returns and Tom Fallon, the new high school principal, moves in. Megan confronts envy and distrust while forming cautious ties with the Fallons amid village curiosity.
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New York Limited
Pleasant Grove
Burns Mercantile
Alicia Stevenson
Megan
Alicia
Annie Megan
Amos
Annie
Miss MacTavish
Tom Fallon
Professor Fallon
Tom
Westbrook Place
CIO Leaders Move to Oust Communists In Labor Feud
Western Newspaper Union reports a covert power struggle within CIO-PAC as leaders push to purge Communists from union ranks. Truman administration shifts and AFL plans intensify southward organizing, signaling a fierce internal battle across textiles, chemicals, and telephones with potential widespread labor unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Byrnes
Truman
Moscow
Mr. Roosevelt
Britain
Russia
State Department
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Hillman
American Labor Party
New York
Murray
CIO Pres
Phil Murray
Cio-Pac
Labor Department
AFL
South
Textile Workers Union
Hillman School of Action
John L. Lewis
Baseball crowds surge as postwar sport craze floods stadiums
A sweeping wave of interest boosts attendance beyond any prewar totals. The Yankee stadium could approach two million by October as Babe Ruth era glamour lingers in memory, while Tigers Cubs and Dodgers also expect record seasons. Mutuel pools top two billion dollars as fans seek relief and excitement after the war. Questions abound about team pitching, infield depth, and key matchups across the league.
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Yankee Stadium
Larry MacPhail
Yankees
Tigers
Cubs
Dodgers
Louis Conn
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilden
Tommy Hitchcock
Devereux Milburn
Walter Hagen
Rogers Hornsby
Earl Sande
Red’ Grange
DiMaggio
Williams
Nelson
Hogan
Ar €Aro
Blanchard
Davis
New York
England
Yankee
Red Sox
Indians
Senators
Tiger
Steve O’neill
Leo Durocher
Cardinals
Dick Wakefield
Hank Greenberg
Pesky
Doerr
Rizzuto
Gordon
Phillies
Athletics
Joe Gordon
Bobby Doerr
Billy Southworth
Braves
Boston
Comfortable Lawn Chair Pattern 269 Project
A newspaper blurb promotes a weekend DIY outdoor chair project using three stock widths and simple cuts. It highlights a pattern 269 with bill of materials, cutting diagrams, and illustrated steps, and notes wartime water proof piste glues for longer life. Readers can obtain pattern 269 by mail with 15 cents.
How Sweet Is the Mudhorse 15 to 1 Relic Story
A wife teases her mother about her husband Henry's interest in anthropology. She reveals green tickets marked Mudhorse 15 to 1 found in his pocket and claims he says they are relics of a lost race, a line that softens the scene with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon
Tom
Fessor
Stuart
Megan
Mrs. Stuart
Alicia Stevenson
Miz Stevenson
Red Cross
Martha
Miz’ Fallon
Miz’ Stevenson
Tom Fallon
Pleasant Grove
Dixie
Grame
Bessie
Miss MacTavish
Mesgan
Henry
Kellogg's All-Bran promotes gentle constipation relief
An advertisement touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a non purgative, bulk producing food that aids regularity by adding daily fiber. It claims the cereal provides iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins, and protein, supporting blood, bones, and growth with daily consumption and ample water.
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Kellogg’s Allbran
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Omaha
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Pes
Dern Oon Winu
Meggie
Atlanta
MacTavish
Brigham
Fallons
Tom Fal
Western Newspaper Union
UNO
United Nations Organization
Grantland Rice
Ruth Wyeth
Bedfort Hills
N. Y
Apte
Dorothy Lamour
Or & Robbins
Incridgeport
Conn
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