Benjamin Franklin Linked to American Broom History
Historical research attributes the birth of the U S broom industry to Benjamin Franklin who planted broomcorn after discovering seeds on a whisk broom. Levi Dickenson then commercialized broomcorn in 1797 in North Adams Mass, starting a lasting craft still prized for its manual skill despite modern cleaners. The broom trade laments the slogan a new broom sweeps clean has become politicized in America.
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Alfred Leech
Chicago
Benjamin Franklin
Wise Old Ben
U. S
Franklin
Levi Dickenson
Northadley
Mass
National Broom Manufacturers and Allied Industries Association
America
Fitzpatrick Named Assistant to Northwestern Chairman
Franklin A. Fitzpatrick 37, longtime Illinois Central personnel chief, is named assistant to the chairman of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. The executive vice president post is abolished. A Centralia native, he began at Illinois Central in 1938 and became personnel manager in 1953.
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Chicago
Franklin A. Fitzpatrick
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago and North Western Railway
Fitzpatrick
North Western System
Centralia
Illinois Central
Truman declines endorsements for 1956 nomination
Former President Harry Truman says he will not endorse any candidate for the Democratic nomination unless a deadlock seems inevitable. He adds that if a deadlock occurs he will help if asked. Kansas City. AP report.
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Kansas City
Harry Truman
Flood and Snow Hit Wide Regions Across North America
United Press reports floods and heavy snow across Idaho North Dakota and Manitoba with rivers rising and streets flooded. Unofficial rainfall reached 10 inches in Corpus Christi Texas as Nebraska Pa Massachusetts and Manitoba see widespread damage including farm homes and tide lands. A 58 mile Winnipeg to west stretch became a lake and a 140 mile river valley from Winnipeg to Brandon faced destruction. In North Dakota a flash flood forced ten families from Neches as water covered 12 blocks.
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Idaho
North Dakota
Manitoba
Corpus Christi
Texas
Nebraska
Blairsville
Massachusetts
Berkshire Hills
Winnipeg
Brandon
Neches
Four Held in Rock Death of Negro Pastor
In Huntsville Alabama four white men were detained without charges over the killing of 70 year old Reverend L C Baldwin who died after a rock was thrown from a car as he walked by US 431. The suspects Connally Walling Thompson and Hill all residents of New Hope are held while officers inspect the rock and the vehicle.
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Huntsville
Ala
L. C. Baldwin
Charles Connally
William Walling
Walter Thompson
Dock Hill
New Hope
L. D. Wall
Wall
Baldwin
Glenn Manning
Mindanao Raid Kills Two Villagers as Moro Pirates Strike
Two villagers were killed and several homes were sacked and burned during a Moro pirate raid on Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
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Manila
Philippine
Mindanao
Fire rescue saves bedridden man in Chicago blaze
A fire captain and battalion chief’s driver rescued a 64 year old bedridden man and his wife from a burning two story Chicago home Monday night. Four 55 gallon drums of oil in the basement exploded moments later with one blast throwing three firemen several feet, but no injuries were reported. Captain Robert Hart led Mrs. William Thornhill to safety and learned her husband was bedridden as Fireman Charles Cross joined the effort.
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Chicago
Robert Hart
William Thornhill
Hart
Charles Cross
Czech Forced Labor Supposed in Atom Plant Near Prague
Radio Free Europe reports from a refugee that about one third of the 1600 workers at the Rez atomic power and research station north of Prague are forced laborers. The claim cites urgent construction of the plant and Czech authorities’ involvement.
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Munich
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Radio Free Europe
Rez
Notice of Appointm ent Executrix
Notice of appointment of executrix in Linn County involves informing heirs and creditors of the estate. The undersigned requests immediate payment of debts and directs all persons indebted to the estate to settle with the clerk of Linn County Court. The document shows names Lynch and Donnech as attorneys.
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Linn
Piehue
Lews
Siete Court
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Philadelphia
N.W
Truman
United Press
Rock
Offcers
Severn’s Hardware & Garden Center
Vernon
30Th St
Nto
Thornhill
Buildng
Poe A
Card
Mich
Ned Huffman
Cedar Rapids
William
Force of Care
Ned
Jonly
Channel 9
Hartford
Hartford Policy
Burkhalter
American Building
Insurance Agency
L. D. Burkhalter, JR
Didevarier
Lincoln
Ultralite
Lugeage
2Nd Ave
Eliza Iy Ily
Lynch
Donnech
Sinclair
Sinclair Refining Company
ED Suliavan
Wmt-Tv
Stivers
Lincoln-Mercury
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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