Installment Buying Marks 40 Years in Auto Industry
The 1951 milestone marks four decades since auto sales began on installments in 1911, spurring industrial growth and social change. Credit-enabled purchases expanded production from 521,000 cars 1895-1910 to about 93 million built, with 40 million cars in use today among 42.8 million families, per the American Finance Conference.
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American Finance Conference
Association of Independent Sales Credit Companies
The Car and the Public Promise in American Life
A historical analysis credits the mass installment credit system and auto industry with transforming U S life. It highlights increased productivity, widespread home ownership, and broader recreation as cars became affordable. Industry leaders and economists praise installment buying as central to American prosperity and future progress.
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A. Anton Friedrich
New York University
Isaac F. Marcosson
Studebaker Corporation
America
A Better Mousetrap Mystery In The Mail
A quirky essay traces an ad for a guaranteed Killit mousetrap. The narrator and wife Mary imagine the device and future fiascos, until a heavy flat wooden block, lead pipe, and printed instructions arrive by mail with bizarre contents.
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Killit
Mary
Bill Stout
Ciga
Civilization
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Readable clues list for a crossword puzzle with across and down entries including tautog head cook river cavity narrow roadway ancient sick cook in fat perform per laughter animal enclosure compass point coquettish discharge network club dry coin Peru advertise ment indehiscent fruit seal hunting station part of to be hint wine receptacle quiet earth see dexterous finishes main idea see down 1 A shepherd dog 2 Natural elevations
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Peru
Frugality and Thrift Fuel an Iowa Farmer’s Rise
An Iowa farmer, starting with nothing after his father’s death, saves for ten years by frugality and thrift. He buys 160 acres, builds a prosperous farm, then expands to 460 paid acres while supporting his mother. The piece contrasts opportunity with reliance on others and condemns welfare and socialist myths, praising self-reliance.
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Iowa
America
Lake Tanganyika Depth Report Cited at 4700 Feet
The article notes Lake Tanganyika in East Central Africa reaches a depth of about 4700 feet. This figure appears as an asserted measurement within the region's geographic report.
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Tanganyika
Central Africa
Pond Improves Livability at Huntington Farm Home
C. H. Drew on a 160 acre Huntington Indiana farm says the 2 percent acre pond tucked between fields deep to eight to twelve feet boosts family life and keeps kids at home. Built with a bulldozer it serves as recreation wildlife habitat and a winter skating spot drawing up to 30 neighborhood children in summer for swimming boating and fishing with bass and bluegill stocked for sport.
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C. H. Drew
Drew
Huntington
Indiana
Recre
Ation
4 H Canning Freezing Projects Reach 47 States
Two key 4 H club home preservation programs the canning and frozen foods projects are active in 47 states this year supervised by the cooperative extension service. In 1950 more than 217 000 4 H members participated to promote balanced diets and lower costs. County winners receive medals of honor while state champions earn trips to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago in November. Kerr Glass company funds awards six national college scholarships.
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Cooperative Extension Service
Eanning
Chicago
Kerr Glass Company
Practical chicken wing clipping via wire wrap method
A home technique suggests wrapping a short wire around the three largest feathers of one wing to prevent full wing spread and weight the wing so any flight circles. It targets housewives with small flocks seeking a practical solution to flight management.
Methods Of House Preservation Tells Insect Control
A 1993 U.S. Department of Agriculture bulletin outlines methods to protect houses from wood rats wood eating insects and termites. It covers causes safeguards material durability and care of buildings to prevent decay rot and damage. Suggested for farmers and homeowners alike.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Neat Maternity Frock Pattern No 3189 by Sewrite
Sewing Circle highlights Pattern No 3189 for a maternity frock with waist drawstring and loose jacket option in sizes 12 through 42. Includes yardage for dress slip coat and a color chart, priced at 25 cents from Workshop Pattern Service, rower 10 Bedford Hills New York.
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Rower
Bedford Hills
New York
We Haven’t Had Any Rain Lately
A clerk recalls a customer asking for rain as a joke and the manager urges never refuse, promising to send for it from the warehouse. The customer leaves laughing after the exchange about rain.
College Lad Arrested for Speeding Escalates Court Clash
A college student faces a judge after speeding charges. The defender proclaims youth and inexperience, while the judge retorts that ignorance is no excuse, highlighting a tense courtroom exchange.
Lining Cake Pans and Homemaker Tips
A quick guide recommends lining cake pans with waxed paper cut to fit the bottom circle. Food professionals advise delaying salt and dressing until service. Cotton crepe dish towels are inexpensive and lint free, with no ironing needed per Michigan State College specialists.
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Michigan State College
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