Local News Items from Town City and Surroundings
Mar and Mra Jensen attended football scene in Town City. Sheriff Dick Miller of Kimmiers hare visited Graettinger. Miss Lois Santine and David Sandvig were Esthervilla visitors. Mrs D J Sullivan and Tom were Dnief business callers at Motherville. Chester Pegum visited with his mother Elizabeth Caspire and brother Fern from Dundes Town. Gary Wallman of Sioux City and wife stayed with C O Wikert's family during pheasant season. Walt Disney Folklore show referenced in Am Weekly with Chicago Herald American. Shipman family and Mrs Kaumans visited from Waterloo. Oscar Craven mother of the group, returned with daughters. Gordon Hargett and son visited from Huntington Park, then went to Estherville and Lake Park. Hargett is Geneva Reeves daughter. Vangie Reeves noted as a Los Angeles policeman.
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Lois Santine
David Sandvig
Esthervilla
D. J. Sullivan
Tom
Dnief
Motherville
Chester Pegum
Dundes Town
Elizabeth Caspire
Fern
Ray Rodure
Gary Wallman
Sioux City
Chicago Herald
Shipman
Kaumans
Waterloo
Werle
Oscar Craven
ND. BG. McCarty
F. J. Lambe
Gordon Hargett
Little Son
Huntington Park
California
Ross Clayton
Estherville
Ben Reeves
Lake Park
Advances in aircraft engines and flight control systems
Aircraft engines now operate up to 1000 hours before overhaul and bearing failures are rare. Cylinder heads are no longer common trouble sources as materials and designs improve. Automatic flight controls and wing flaps enhance safety. Beavers threaten Minnesota spruce bogs by flooding drainage ditches, killing stands.
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Big Spruce
Minnesota
Cold Water and Milk Cooling in Warm Weather
Water or electricity driven cooling methods for milk during heat. Four parts cold water to one part milk recommended unless refrigeration is used. Water cools faster than air. surplus from overflow can be reused. If electricity is available it should be used to cool the water.
Evolution of milk packaging and early electric tractors
The piece traces door to door milk distribution before 1879 when glass bottles replaced bulk cans for sanitary cream separation. It notes 1906 as the start of paper milk containers. It also reports Russia testing electrically driven tractors on Stalingrad Kharkov chassis with a 54 horsepower motor powered by a portable cable system.
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Russia
Moscow Institute of Mechanization
Stalingrad
Kharkov
Insomnia tips and odd musings on a bank bandit
A fragmented reminiscence advises counting cars on a slow freight train to ease insomnia. The piece then shifts to a courtroom aside about an unresponsive motorist who did not honk, followed by a quip on misery and misfortune. The text weaves aphorisms with surreal humor, ending with a note on a flat pocket book.
Savings Bonds promote payroll and bank plans in 1948
Uncle Sam urges workers to sign up for automatic payroll Savings Bonds or Bond-A-Month through work or banks. The plan earmarks dollars now to grow to future use for a home education or leisure, with a return of S100 for every S75 invested at maturity.
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United States Savings
U.S. Treasury
Savings Bonds as ideal Christmas gifts
United States Savings Bonds ease last minute shopping worries and serve as a practical gift. They provide immediate funds in emergencies and help with education, travel, or a new home, supporting the recipient’s dreams through a reliable financial instrument.
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United States
Creasey
Christmas Savings Plan for Family Security
The article promotes payroll savings and bond plans to build a nest egg for families. It emphasizes automatic monthly investing in Savings Bonds or Bond-A-Month plans, giving an example of investing $19.75 monthly to reach about $2,408.94 by December 1957.
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United States Savings
Avery
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Mar
Mra. R. J. Jensen
Town City
Dick Miller
Kimmiershare
Graettinger
Berets
Kinkesom
ACJ
Cudahy
Idaho
AEN
Citron
Jensen
ENSEN
Uncle Sam
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