Pushy customer tests mail carrier in Utah tale
Salt Lake City reports Bill Neilson, a 22 year mail carrier, threatens to quit if a persistent female route resident refuses to reform. He retrieves misdelivered items including an ad and a 35 cent COD, while she keeps a 50 cent piece and he holds her package, refusing further changes. The piece ends with a note about Lincoln and Gettysburg copies by Oscar Cintas.
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Salt Lake City
Bill Neilson
Neilson
Bill
C.O.D
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Exhibit in Chicago
Five copies of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address will be brought together in Chicago to mark the 1950 anniversary. The Chicago Historical Society opens the exhibit on November 19, 1950. Total value is estimated at $400,000 with owners including the Library of Congress Illinois State Historical Library Cornell University and a fifth holder.
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Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago Historical Society
Library of Congress
Illinois State Historical Library
Springfield
Ill
Cornell University
Citrus Lunch Lures Birds
Paul Pueschel, a suburban bird lover in Chicago, devised an orange feeder resembling a cigar box with side openings for halved citrus fruits and front perches. Orioles, scarlet tanagers, catbirds and others, normally shy of bird houses, flock to the fruit, with birds returning daily to feed and males bringing mates.
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Chicago
Paul Pueschel
Pueschel
Virginia contest unites nation in history reading drive
Charlottesville Virginia students launched the University of Virginia American history and reading contest to boost interest in U S history. The sole unrepresented region was the Deep South, showing broad national participation.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Southern University
Deep South
Private Show by Troupers at 1949 All-Iowa Fair
A private All-Iowa Fair revue in the Farm Youth Center by the Or der of Julerps drew seasoned troupers and small crowds. Performers created new acts away from their usual routines, with some noting the Zacchini cannon act and playful Romeo and Juliet juggling as highlights.
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Farm Youth Center
Order of Julerps
Zacchini
All Iowa fair revue dazzles with Jig Saws and honest humor
Descriptions of a lively All Iowa fair revue recounts a night of high jinks and comedy led by Preston Lambert. Highlights include a Julerps initiation, electric seat gags, a cake of ice mishap, and praise for traveling show folk as true, hardworking entertainers. Elevators carry far more passengers than railroads in 1949.
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Preston Lambert
Order of Julerps
United States
Barber Reflects on Fifty Years in Shamokin Trade
Shamokin barber Frank K. Sheary, age 71, recalls over five decades in barbering. He notes customers grew more considerate, cites the safety razor as the major shift, and remembers 10 cent shaves and 15 cent haircuts with busy Saturdays for Sunday clean shaves.
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Shamokin, Pa
Frank K. Sheary
Sheary
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