Ancient Church Unearthed On Aegean Isle By Bulldozer
Washington report details a bulldozer uncovering ruins on Lesbos during airport work. Archaeologists consider them possibly one of Christendom’s earliest churches, with broader notes on Aegean history and connections to Sappho, Homer, Hippocrates, and early Christianity across Lesvos and nearby islands.
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Washington, D.C
Lesgos
Mitilini
Christendom
Aegean
Lesvos
Aegean Arm
Mediterranean Sea
Asia Minor
Turkey
Aegean Islands
Sappho
Alcaeus
Christ
Theophrastus
Aristotle
Borca Ada
Tenedos
Troy
Khios
Chios
Glaucus
Smyrna
Patmos
St. John
John the Apostle
Naxos
St. Dionysos
Veterans Own More Life Insurance Than Nonveterans
New York reports that 86 percent of families with World War II veterans own life insurance, 79 percent for World War I veteran families, and higher annual premiums among veteran groups. The 1951 University of Michigan Survey on Consumer Buying Habits for the Federal Reserve Board underpins these findings.
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New York
U.S
Institute of Life Insurance
Lfe
University of Michigan
Federal Reserve Board
Heart Attacks Claim Lives Of Kentucky Couple
Liberty Ky Mrs Clara Belle Wilkinson 71 died after her husband Shell 73 suffered a heart attack at their Brush Creek home near Liberty Her distraught son Ralph was contacted and she later collapsed and died within an hour after her husband’s death in the same incident two heart attack fatalities in one morning at the same residence
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Liberty
Clara Belle Wilkingon
Shell
Brush Creek
Wilkinson
Ralph
Squire and the Barn Money Mystery
A squire counsels Dave Tidwell on money found in a barn after Obie Hart’s death. Dialogue reveals past tensions over Obie’s hidden cash and a current cache of ten dollar bills. Dave later returns with peaches and a hushed gift, hinting at a larger sum—five hundred dollars or more.
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Dave Tidwell
Dave
Bis Place
Obie Hart
Oble
Squire
Business Good in Small Towns
A Chicago Ni report says small town business over Christmas was generally good about 10 per cent above last year. Hardware boomed while useful gifts like tables and stoves sold well. Electrical appliances and sporting goods moved strongly as did toboggans, skates, footballs and basketballs. Furniture held near 1947 levels, cash registers rang more, but overall sales were not large. Consumers favored smaller practical cash purchases with minimal credit use.
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Chicago
Brule Town Builds Evergreen Wreath Industry
Brule Wisconsin becomes a new wreath making hub as 24 local women crafted balsam wreaths daily under N H Adams guidance. Men hauled boughs for two cents a pound while Wilbert Bonn tended the fires and wires. The yard produced over 12 000 wreaths last season for Minong markets and a national grocery chain order.
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Brule
Wis
N. H. Adams
Minong
Adams
Wilbert Bonn
Lenore L. Landry
Douglas County
Audubon Bank Promotes Beef Special to Chicago
Audubon bank Vice President A A Kruse organized the Audubon Beef Special sending 40 carloads of cattle to Chicago aboard the C&NW line. Thirty two local cattlemen supplied 1050 steers with the bank providing feed and a chef for the 60 man party. The trip drew wide publicity on radio and in Chicago papers and yielded top prices at the stockyards. Kruse plans a similar effort next year.
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Audubon
Iowa
Chicago
A. A. Kruse
First State Bank of Audubon
Kruse
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago Paera
Kru
Kruge
Renovated Pastures Show Bright Results In Minnesota Farm
Good management can revitalize worn out pastures as shown on the John Freischenreim farm near Watkins Minnesota. Two photos compare the prior barren field with a renovated one boosted by fertilizer and reseeding using brome and alta fescue. The farmer seeded in fall, spread 0 20 20 fertilizer and ammonium nitrate in spring, and harvested two brome crops first year and 80 tons of hay second year. Fleischenriem milks 33 Holstein cows through the summer on the improved pasture.
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John Freischenreim
Watkins
Minn
Fleischeriem
Fleischenhiem
Fleischenriem
Food Supply Outlook For 1952 Sees Higher Prices And More Meat
The Department of Agriculture reports a plentiful food outlook for 1952 with higher incomes boosting spending. Beef and veal production should rise enough to offset military needs, while fish supplies stay steady with fewer canned options. Eggs chicken and turkey are expected to grow in supply, and dairy goods should include more fluid milk and ice cream though butter remains scarce. Fresh vegetables may stay tight, but high 1951 prices could spur large spring plantings.
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Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural
Shade for Swine Hog shade frame aids movable shelter plan
Hogs require shade and producers seek solutions. An upright frame on skids lets it move easily and a top of wire fence with straw and weeds creates a cheap shelter. Dimensions can be tailored to individual needs.
Well Managed Acre Supports Dairy Cow Pasture Plan
J L Haynes of the Ohio Experiment Station advocates for well managed pasture for dairy cattle. An acre and a quarter of fortified, legume grass mix with soil nutrients provides summer grazing and winter silage, promising high yields and steady feed.
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J. L Haynes
Ohio Experiment Station
Gays
Benny's Cow Ends Benny's Cow Dream With New Family Saver
Eunice Thomas recounts Benny twelve years old who longs for a cow. After a chaotic first meeting Uncle Hal and the family work to calm the cow, Benny earns trust, ropes her solo, and leads her into the lot proving he is no longer seen as a coward.
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Uncle Hal
Daddy
Benny
Mama
Georgia Power's Better Towns program sparks state renewal
Georgia towns rally behind the Better Home Towns Contest led by Charles A. Collier of Georgia Power. From 1948, 200+ communities compete in three population brackets for prizes to fund civic projects. Villa Rica's quick action lands a factory, boosting jobs as Georgia industrial output soars and youth emigration declines.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Power Company
Charles A. Collier
Collier
Villa Rica
Christmas Post Office Keeps Busy Past Christmas
Christmas Florida post office clerks can relax until next Christmas after handling 300000 pieces of holiday mail last year. Postmistress Mrs Juanita Tucker says mail came from 32 states and several foreign countries, with help from husband, their son Cecil, and his girlfriend. The town processes more mail on one December day than the rest of the year combined. Santa Claus, FL also vies for nationwide holiday publicity.
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Christmas
Fla
Juanita Tucker
Flo
Santa Claus
Old Greenwich Signposts to Be Destroyed by Town Board
Old Greenwich plans to remove its ten signposts with the selectmen seeking permission to eliminate all but one still in front of the town hall. Officials say the posts are archaic and superfluous and note the town spends about ten dollars per notice posted on each post.
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Old Greenwich
Conn
RD Lg
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Obie
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