Backwoods Barn Rising Pranks Turn Sour for City Slicker
In a mountain tale Rube Kelley invites James Walden to a dawn barn raising at Mose Higby s. The city cousin endures rough humor and a scorching Indian turnip prank that leaves him burning and itching for hours. Bill Higby later suspects a deliberate itch powder mailed from James s town.
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Rube Kelley
James Walden
Rube
James
Mose Higby
Walden
Bill Higby
Cian
Bill
Bill Hidley
Gas drops to 14.9 cents a gallon in Providence RI
Gasoline sold at 14.9 cents a gallon at some stations in Providence as an inter station gas war continues. It is the lowest price in 20 years and high test gasoline remains higher but still well below normal. The gasoline war has been ongoing for almost a month.
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Providence
R.I
Remembering Mil ford to Shelby in a mule wagon journey
Mrs Cornelia Poe recalls a 62 year old trip from Milford Indiana with family in a mule driven buffalo wagon to Shelby Ohio passing Defiance North Baltimore and oil fields. She remembers cold winters in Norwalk Iowa with kerosene lamp fires and school walks through deep snow. The piece ends with a request for contributions to The Old Timer column in Frankfort Kentucky.
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Cornelia Poe
Milford
Indiana
Shelby
Ohio
Defiance
Baltimore
Virgie Hall
Norwalk
Iowa
Community Press Bervice
Frankfort
Kentucky
Colonial painting of Penn signing treaty found in 17th century house
A colonial artwork depicting William Penn signing a treaty with Indian chiefs was discovered under three wallpaper layers in the Greene Farm House, built in 1672, Jamestown Rhode Island.
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Jamestown, R. I
William’ Penn
Greene Farm
Young Councillor Williams Faces Reelection In Third District
David B. Williams, 35, is the youngest member of the Massachusetts Governor's Executive Council and seeks reelection. As Real Estate Committee chairman, he oversees annual leases and rentals totaling about 2 million dollars, with city leases around 1 million and the rest outside Boston. He also serves on the Military and Naval Affairs committee and participates in Red Cross and civic work.
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David
Williams
Republican Club
Central Middlesex
Commonwealth
Boston
Military and Naval Affairs
Board of
Veterans’ Appeals
David B. Williams
Red Feather
Red Cross
the Elks
The
Grange
Chamber of Commerce
Eagles
Moose
Lions
Councillor Williams
Nashua man commends officer after left turn charge
Daniel Maguire pleaded not guilty to an illegal left turn in Nashua New Hampshire. Judge Degasis asked for his remarks and Maguire said the officer was alert vigilant and he did his duty. The case followed by mention of a U.S. savings bonds purchase.
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Nashua
N. H
Daniel Maguire
Boiic Degasis
Macy
Expanding an Old House with a 24 by 24 Addition
An illustration shows turning a 20 by 20 foot house into a larger single story with a 24 by 24 foot addition. The remodel retains the original as a kitchen dining area while new space adds a large living room two bedrooms and a bathroom.
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Furermore
Secon
A. E. Campen
Peoria
Ill
Beatrice West
New York
Miss West
Anne Whitfield Emerging as Noted Young Actress on One Man's Family
Anne Whitfield, heard as Claudia since age seven, turns 16 this August and is now a high school senior. Morse praises her as one of the finest young actresses, a belle of dances, able to stand up to the mic. Tennessee Ernie collects and shares recipes with listeners. Xavier Cugat to play himself in a life film, worrisome censor path. Judy Garland's marriage strained after intense filming for A Star Is Born. Columbia Records showcases Four Lads with Skokiaan words, Jo Stafford with The Temple of an Understanding Heart and Nearer My Love to Me, Frankie Laine with Rain Rain Rain and Your Heart-My Heart on reverse.
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Anne Whitfield
Claudia
Carlton Morse
Anne
Morse
Tennessee Ernie
Xavier Cugat
Cugat
Judy Garland
Columbia
Four Lads
Jo Stafford
Frankie Laine
Frankie
Gould National Co Secures New Navy Battery Contract
Gould National Co. and Saint Paul Gould National Batteries Inc. win a Navy contract valued at over 500000, boosting total submarine storage battery contracts to about 4750000 in five months. Daggett notes Gould National’s long history supplying batteries for submarines including the Nautilus and its battery R D work.
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Saint Paul
Gould-National Batteries, Inc
United States Navy
Albert H. Daggett
Gould- National
Daggett
Gould-National
Navy
Features Help For The Parkinsons Patient
Parkinsons disease affects movement and speech with tremors rigidity and a mask like face. Treatments include drugs like Parsidol heat therapy and a surgical procedure. many patients benefit from relief of symptoms and guidance on coping with the emotional burden.
Sunday blessings and store memories from small town papers
Readers across the Catskill region reflect on Sunday reverence teaching children to attend church as a cherished heritage. Colfax Record notes reading helps growth, while Lincoln County reminiscences recall country stores with familiar aromas and simple pleasures of past days.
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Priblicher Aeveiation
Five Town Weekly Enterprise
America
Samuel Higby Camp Institute
Gil Paulson
GOV. Council
U. S
West
By Lyn Connelly
Shasta Dam
Grand Coulee
Shasta Lake
Catskill Mountain
Saugerties
Colfax Record
Colfax
California
Lincoln
Colnton
North Carolina
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