Sleep Habits and Insomnia Tips From a Health Column
The column advises establishing a bedtime routine to calm the brain and aid sleep, noting that over-stimulation causes insomnia. It suggests warm milk, pleasant music, and separating annoyance from boredom, with a reminder that chronic insomnia may require medical help. It also includes a health sponsorship and a quirky note about iron needs and animals.
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Board of Health
Tuberculosis Committee
Middlesex Health Association
Autumn in New York The City’s Holiday Season Beckons
New York offers a calendar packed with sights and events from Armistice Day parades to Macy’s toys parade and Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Visitors enjoy theatres, sports at Madison Square Garden, and shopping in a city famed for its diverse options and budget choices.
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New Yorker
New York
Tang
Spu
Rockefeller Center
United Nations
Empire State Building
Statue of Liberty
Macy’s
Madison Square Garden
Central Park
Almanac predicts cold white winter ahead
The 1955 Old Farmer's Almanac forecasts a cold windbound winter with white snows outside big cities. It calls for November early snow and Thanksgiving snow north of Boston, December wind and bitter cold, January heavy storms followed by cold, February a major blizzard, and March fading snows with late rains.
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Boston
Old Farmer’s Almanac
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Washington, D.C
One Snapshot Makes a Christmas Card
A holiday feature explains creating a custom photo Christmas card. It guides using a single picture with the greeting integrated into a scene, printed on matte paper, then mailed. Suggestions include children or pets, house or car scenes, and props to convey personality.
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Wheme
Election Results Show Power Of One Vote In Midterm
Washington reports that dozens of races swung on tiny margins as recounts and fraud probes begin. In Oregon and New Jersey the closest Senate tallies driven by a few thousand ballots shifted party control, with Neuberger and Case contesting results. The nationwide trend signals a Democratic Senate by January and a looming Republican presidency.
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Washington
Eteran
Congress
Oregon
Senate
New Jersey
Richard L. Neuberger
Guy Cordon
George H. Bender
Thomas A. Burke
Ohio
Leverett Saltonstall
Mas
Prudential Insurance Moves Framingham Office to New Quarters
Prudential Insurance transfers its Framingham district office to a new one story building at 605 Worcester Road from 24 Union Avenue. The move expands staff with 23 agents and 4 managers, while maintaining servicing for Worcester and Middlesex counties, and keeps the same policyholder coverage. The building was designed for district needs and improved policyholder service.
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Prudential Insurance Insurance Co
Framingham District
Worcester Road
Union Avenue
Framingham
Marlboro
Milford
Anthony Lenory
Opeerations
Worcester
Middlesex
Prudential
O'Mahoney Narrowly Rebounds in Wyoming Victory
In Wyoming former Democratic Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney edged William H. Harrison by about 2,000 votes. Senator James E. Murray of Montana was reelected by roughly 2,600 votes. Massachusetts trailed by under 17,000 votes.
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Sachusetts
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyoming
William H. Harrison
James E. Murray
Mont
Earnings test changes for Social Security beneficiaries
Beginning next year the earnings rules for social security retirement payments change. After 1954 any earnings from employment or self employment count toward a yearly limit of 1200 dollars for those under age 72. exceedances reduce months of benefits. The rule treats wage earners and self employed on a comparable basis, with total yearly earnings from all work determining benefit impact.
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Benene
Mr. J
Brother
Army To Induct 23 000 Men In January 1955
Washington reports the Defense Department issued a draft call for 23 000 men to be inducted into the Army in January 1955. The monthly figure remains unchanged since July and will raise total draftees to 1 858 430 since Korea began. The Navy Marine Corps and Air Force plan no January calls, relying on recruiting to meet needs.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Shorter workdays spurred afterhours work and growth
The text notes that shorter second-week workdays create time and money for after-hours hobbies and “puttering.” It claims tools for home workshop became a $100 million business a year about 80 years ago and have grown since.
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Almanac
Home Plate
Second
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LookLiss Oor
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Bureau OF Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
le Five Town Weekly Enterprise
Chesnapshot Guild
Gay Head
Framingham Motor Inn
Trinity
R. Joseph Fitzgerald
Mgr
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