New Year Law Ends Noisy Celebrations in Old West Town
Damon Runyon recalls a West town that once rang bells and fired guns to greet New Year. A drunken revelry led to deaths and wounds, prompting a local law banning shooting on New Year Eve to prevent vendetta violence.
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West
America
Denver
Digger Pete
Digger
Sam Hall
Grandpap
Sam
Star Company
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Furniture Industry Enters Peacetime Economy in 1948
The furniture industry shifts to a buyers market after wartime scarcity, with total 1948 retail sales around 10.7 billion dollars, up six percent from 1947. Leaders predict 1949 will be near 1948 levels, aided by broader product lines and better design while steel shortages loom and prices stabilize.
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Chicago
Wallace O. Oliman
Merchandise Mart
Col
Lawrence H. Whiting
American Furniture Mart
Col. Whiting
Th Oliman
Whiting
Ollman
Realty Transfers in High Point Township and Jamestown
Real estate records show numerous transfers in High Point Township and Jamestown Township. Transfers include George F Hedrick to John W Suits two Hall land lots and Ray FE Jones to Robert G Shackelford two Five Points lots among others. Also transfers involve Cathryn A Brown to J W Coltrane Willonbar Terrace, Theo Frazier to Sherwood Development two Edwards property lots, and similar deeds on East Russell Street Willard Estate Smith land and Jackson property. A note states since 1900 life insurance in the United States has risen twentyfold while population has not doubled.
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High Point Township
George F. Hedrick
John W. Suits
Ray FE. Jones
Robert G. Shackelford
Cathryn A. Brown
J. W. Coltrane
Willonbar Terrace
Theo Frazier
Sherwood Development Corporation
Edwards
Paul Grice
T. R. Allen
East Russell Street
Sallie M. Willard
United States
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