Crafting bouquets and home tips from Kay’s Corner
Kay shares a home florist approach by arranging a bouquet then removing half the blooms to create a masterpiece. She offers curtain-stretching tips using corks, suggests rainy day projects like potholders, and recalls a Milwaukee Art Institute open house with children in Saturday art classes. A Mark Twain quip about the Metropolitan Opera ends the piece.
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Milwaukee Art Institute
Mark Twain
Metropolitan Opera House
Aida
Mark
Tiger
Pheasant Trapping Permitted In Milwaukee Co
Milwaukee County opens pheasant trapping this winter from February 1 to March 15 under special permits. Residents may trap on own lands or with permission, keeping up to six cock pheasants while hens and excess males go to the conservation department for stocking on state grounds. The move aims to reduce garden damage and lower control costs, with a full test planned for next year.
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Milwaukee County
Conservation Department
Conservation Commission
Milwaukee County Conservation
Madison
Department
Veterans Notes on GI Bill Costs and Education
Veterans brief notes report the GI Bill to cost about 20 billion dollars with fewer than half of World War II veterans expected to gain substantial benefits. Education figures show 714 477 veterans enrolled in colleges. The Veterans Administration says disability claims for WWII veterans interned in enemy camps will receive special consideration for post confinement health effects.
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Veterans News
Veterans’ Front
Veterans Administration
When some speakers strike oil they forget to stop boring
Quote from Josh Billings about restless talkers and hubris highlighting a habit of endless chatter. This item presents a wry witticism attributed to the 19th century humorist.
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Josh Billings
Wisconsin History: Long Named Wisconsin and Frontier Changes
Wisconsin history notes Major Stephen H Long naming Wisconsin after seeing the Wisconsin River. The piece recalls 1806 marriage fees set by Campbell at Prairie du Chien, 1843 prices in Mazomanie, and saloon activity on Capitol Square in Madison. It cites property values at statehood and a reopened mercantile store promising low prices and pure goods.
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Stephen H Long
Wisconsin
Wsconsin
Northwest Territory
Campbell
Prinrie du Chien
Almanac on Weather and Museum Drive for Wisconsin Pioneers
The 1874 Almanac warns weather predictions are mere guesses and urges readers for financial prudence. It notes a reopened old store due to public need and announces an early January price list. The Museum seeks historical donations from the public to portray life from Wisconsin’s pioneer era 1848 to 1948.
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Wisconsin State Journal
John Jenkins
Wisconsin
Centennial Collection Begins at State Historical Society
The Museum of the State Historical Society launches an active collecting project as part of its pre centennial efforts. The program aims to expand archival holdings and enhance public access to local history.
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Museum of the State Historical Society
Mortimer Snerd Explains Tardiness On Bergen Show
Mortimer Snerd jokes that his mind wandered and he followed it delaying his appearance on the Edgar Bergen program. The quip reflects comic timing and character humor from the famous radio and ventriloquism act.
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Mortimer Snerd
Milwaukee War Assets sells two office blocks to school districts
War Assets Administration announced this week the Milwaukee Ordnance Plant sold two office buildings to School Districts 2 6 and 10 in the Town of Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee Ordnance Plant
Milwaukee
War Assets Administration
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Milwaukee Co
Chappie
Radio & Appliances
West Forest Home Avenue
Mazomanie
State Historical Society
Capitol Square
Asps
Main
Kiriaki
Home Bakery Beverages
Hiway
Layton Avenue
Pilsnern
Milwaukee Beer
Edelweiss Select
Buckingham Ale
FOX DE Luxe
Weber
Jung Beer
Schlitz
Blatz Pabst
Braumeister
Gettleman
FOX Head
Heileman
Ballantine
Kingsbury
Meisterbrau van Merritt
Schoen
West Bend Budweiser
Edelweiss Ritz
Drewery
Carling
Beer Depot
S. 78Th
W. Becker
Srs
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