Cotton Maid of Cotton is Chosen for World Tour
The 1953 Cotton Queen pageant in Dixie selects a winner from cotton-growing states, with finalists in Memphis. The winner receives a $1000 gown, $500, wardrobe, modeling courses, and a six country world tour from dawn to dusk, visiting New York, Europe, South America, and Canada.
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Y Russell Daley
Enn
Maid of Cotton
Dixie’s
Dixie
Arizona
Missonalifornia
Alice Julia Carr
Selma
Ala
Alabama
Memphis
Coton
New York
United States
Europe
South America
Canada
Maich
France
790 Farm Dressed Turkeys At 69 Cents A Pound
790 Farm Road in South Berlin Massachusetts advertises dressed white Hollands turkeys with weights 10 to 12 and 18 to 25 pounds. Turkeys are priced at 69 cents per pound with a discount for turkeys above 18 pounds. Telephone contact Berlin 125 for orders and details.
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Farm Road
Berlin
Mass
Tel
Mounds Bread Pudding Holiday Cheer
A vintage recipe yields a six serving bread pudding using Mounds bars and sliced buttered bread. Alternate layering in a 1 quart dish, then bake in a water bath at 350 F for about an hour until a knife comes out clean. Serve warm or chilled.
Centerpiece hack uses evergreen sprig and soap snow
A quick holiday centerpiece idea suggests binding a sprig of evergreen or holly with white soap to resemble snow. The soap base helps the arrangement stand firmly and creates a wintry illusion.
Letter Turns Up After 59 Years in Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio. A letter Kemmerer wrote to schoolmate LaMont A Wright in 1893 was found after 59 years when Wright, cleaning the attic of his Rocky Hill New Jersey home, discovered the misplaced missive and returned it along with Kemmerer’s note.
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Cleveland, O
U.P
Art E Kemmerer
Kemmerer
LaMont A. Wright
Factoryville
Wright
Hig
Rocky Hill
N. J. Home
Newport Mercury Still Publishes Weekly Issue
The Newport Mercury continues its weekly publication after its 18th century founding, urging readers to shop early for Christmas and highlighting seasonally focused shopping notes.
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The
Newport
R. I.) Mercury
Bird Carving Hobby Becomes Local Business in Pierrepont
Mrs Earl Gleason of Pierrepont New York turned a ten year bird carving hobby into a gift shop enterprise. She carves life sized models from basswood or poplar with logs cut by her husband. Birds visit her four feeding stations inspiring more than 160 varieties carved for collectors from northern New York.
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Pierrepont
Irs
Earl Gleason
Gleason
New York
New York Still Has Many One Room Schools
Albany N Y U P New York state still operates 723 one room schools according to Education Department survey. The study shows 198 two room schools and that about two thirds have existed 50 years or more. It notes 13 lit by lamps 622 with hand wired stoves 327 with no water 284 with flush toilets and 792 wood frame structures.
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Albany
N. Y
U.P
New York State
Education Department
Delinquent Demographics Highlight Youth and Adults in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin a vocational education coordinator reports two adult delinquents for every juvenile. J E TePoorten warns today’s youth face faster pressures and emphasizes education as essential to keeping America strong. He notes only twenty of thirty graduates go to college and urges training for the rest.
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Racine
Wis
U.P
J. E. TePoorten
TePoorte
B.C
Short Chicago Street Length Too Narrow for Intersections
A Chicago street measured at 31.6 feet wide is described as single faced, with the opposite side occupied by an intersection of two other streets. The short street is named Long Meadow.
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Chicago
U.P
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S. Pierce
Liberty Tree House
South Acton
Leo E. White Acton
International Steward & Caterers Assn
the Home Pet. Shop
Doris Soar
Mein St
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Acton
Canaries
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Real Buy
Ernst Reuter
West Berlin
Everlasting
Willow Brook
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