Playgrounds Close Summer With Special Events This Week
Heavy rains delayed many outdoor activities as all 10 playgrounds end the season Friday after 10 weeks. The Carnival of Champions at Isle La Plume Thursday features champions from all playgrounds in city championships across many sports. Copeland and Logan playgrounds host picnics, puppet shows, clay modeling, treasure hunts, and a variety of performances led by their directors. Washington and Roosevelt playgrounds prepare variety shows and end season events with talent displays and athletic days. Grand total for the week shows 11,788 participants and 3,587 spectators across activities.
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Isle la Plume
Mary Ann Main
Donna Lackmaster
Rae Terpstra
St. Joseph Playground
Philip Smith
Marvin Slater
Billy Snapp
Jimmy Vdon
Leona Wood
Bulletin Board
Washington Playground
Washington School
Donna Long
Leslie Munson
Charlotte Riegel
Ken Kinney
Bob Luedtke
Tom Novak
Donna Ross
Dave Mayo
Roosevelt Playground
Ralph Twite
Dick Twite
Ronny Wandrey
Dick Warner
Roosevelt
South Avenue
Steven Hinytzke
Betty Jean Schultz
Gary Tovsen
Hansel
Gretel
Bath House
False Teeth Comfort With FASTEETH Powder
Many wearers fear embarrassing moments when their teeth slip or wobble. Duke FASTEETH powder is advertised to hold plates more firmly and reduce odor, promising comfort without sour taste.
Authorized and Paid by Predric K Crosby
Predric K Crosby of 409 Bo 14th Street La Crosse authorizes payment of six dollars and thirty cents for a stated service or obligation noted in the record.
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Predrick Crosby
14Th Street
la Crosse
Br Vers
State Street
Hybrid corn yield boosts U S crop prospects
In Chicago the rise of hybrid corn is cited as the main advance since departure of Native systems. Grain men say hybrids yield at least 20 percent more than open-pollinated varieties and withstand drought better, with Midwest acreage nearly all hybrid. Illinois Indiana Iowa cover 99 percent or more of their plantings, and four-fifths of U S corn likely from hybrid seed this year.
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Chicago
Midwest
Iowa
Golden Buckle
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
United States
Time Telling on an Island Through Shadow Clocks and Water Clocks
The article traces early timekeeping from shadow clocks and sundials to water clocks. It explains how shadows shorten toward noon on the equator and notes ancient Egypt Babylonia Greece and India used water clocks with holes or sinking bowls to mark hours.
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Egypt
Babylonia
Greece
India
Royal Mouse Maxie Meets A Castle's Demise
Leaves From A Correspondent's Notebook recalls Maxie the hump backed mouse at Eberhard Faber castle. He roams halls and dines on treats while plotting royal status until a German maid traps him and throws him from a castle window. The tale ends with a moral about asking for a free lunch.
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Muernburg
Germany
Maxie
Eberhard Faber Castle
Destiny
Free illustrated leaflet on the Story of China offer
Tomorrow feature promotes a free copy of an illustrated leaflet about The Story of China. Readers are instructed to send a self addressed stamped envelope to Uncle Ray in care of the newspaper to receive it.
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China
Uncle Ray
McCoy Post Officer Bound For Pacific
Capt Ot to H Allen of Spanaway Washington leaves Camp McCoy for overseas duty in the Pacific. Capt George M Jinkens Jr arrives from Fifth Army headquarters to take command. Allen served 23 years and four months and earned the Army Commendation Ribbon for overseas service in World War II. His wife and four daughters remain in Washington. He saw duty in Ireland Wales England France Belgium Germany and Czechoslovakia. Births rise and deaths fall in England and Wales.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Otto H. Allen
Spanaway
Wash
Pacific
George M. Jinkens, Jr
Fifth Army
Allen
France
Army
Washington
Ireland
Wales
England
Belgium
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Deaths Across Regions Highlight Industry Leader and Scholars
Sainte Maxine France Leon Ganu mont aged 62 famed retiree of the French film industry credited with innovations in photography motion pictures and optics. Providence R I Dr Otis Everett Randall 86 dean emeritus of Brown University. St Louis Dean George B Sweazey 71 known for placing scholastic hoods on Winston Churchill and President Truman at Westminster College Fulton Missouri last fall. The Louisiana Purchase noted as a vast inexpensive real estate deal.
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Sainte Maxine
France
Leon Ganumont
Providence
R. I
Otis Everett Randall
Brown University
ST. Louis
George B. Sweazey
Winston Churchill
Truman
Westminster College
Fulton
Tru-Lex Relief Claim for Gas and Constipation
An advertisement claims Tru-Lex relieves gas pressure and constipation. A user reports improved appetite sleep and reduced headaches after using Tru-Lex a formula of roots and herbs sold in Wisconsin drug stores.
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Tru-Lex
Wisconsin
Authorized and Paid by Ernest Storandt in Wis
Ernest Storandt of West Salem Wisconsin authorized and paid 1680 dollars for an unspecified item or service. The note records the payment as authorized and completed by Storandt in Wisconsin.
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Ernest Storandt
West Salem, Wis
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Carol
Jean
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Hood Playground
Fredric W
Crosby
Santtone
Fifth Ave
North Side
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North Montana State Fair Watch
Great Falls
Mont
Uncle Ray’s
Hal Boyle
Myself
G. K. Hadenfield
Associated Press
Scramm
John Coleman
So. Ltd
Hoeschler’s
Hoeschler
Hoeschlers
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England and
The
Louisiana Purchase
Republican
Ernest F
Ernest F. Storandt
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