Miniature Circus Shown At Baraboo Exhibit Opens July 1
A pint size circus built to a half inch to one foot scale spans 44 by 10 feet at Circus World Museum in Baraboo. John Zweifel built 15 000 pieces by hand with his grandmother sewing costumes and Zweifel setting up the display. The model features 100 wagons elephants and many tents and will be electro mechanically animated when opened. Zweifel, 21, resides in Evans ton Alabama and has shown the work in New York and Dearborn among others. The exhibit is on loan to the museum for summer.
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John Zweifel
Baraboo
Circus World Museum
Ray Young
Zweifel
Evanston, AL
Little Circus
New York City
Ford
La Crosse Featured In Lykes Fleet Magazine
A company publication highlights La Crosse with aerial photos of the downtown area and riverfront. The article traces the town from Nathan Myrick’s era to today, detailing industry, schools, and recreation and praising transport links and local hardworking people.
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la Crosse
United States
Lykes Fleet
Lykes Bros. Steamship Co
U.S
Grandad Bluff
Trane Co
Nathan Myrick
Baraboo to Host July 1 Circus Parade Opening
Plastic costuming and hand-painted figures will headline Baraboo’s opening day parade. A full-size, old-fashioned circus procession will march through the streets on July 1, signaling the start of celebrations.
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Germany
Baraboo
Reluctant to Die Aklavik Graces Arctic Ghost Town Tale
Aklavik Canada’s largest Arctic town fights to avoid becoming a ghost town as a new administrative center Inuvik rises 35 miles east due to erosion and thawing permafrost. The old town, founded around 1912, remains home to Eskimos and Indians who plan to stay, with an April population estimate around 800 and 600 more expected in summer.
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Washington
Aklavik
Canada
Arctic Circle
Mackenzie Delta
Inuvik
Polar rescue attempt across the Arctic ends in detour at Inuvik
Bert Wilkins used Aklavik as a base for vain attempts to rescue a Russian party lost after crossing the North Pole. After a zigzag flight, fog forced Sir Hubert and the crew to press east about 30 miles and land on a lake near the present Inuvik site.
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Bert Wilkins
Aklavik
North Pole
Polar
Sir Hubert
Inuvik
Sale Inventory Slashed Across Departments
Inventory reduction drives deep discounts as replacement stock will mirror sacrificed goods. Highlights include innerspring mattresses at 18.88, wool frieze sectional at 149.95, chrome dinette set at 59.95, 9x12 rugs at 49.95, swivel chairs at 24.95, and limed oak bedroom suites at 159.95. Total reductions run to thousands across departments.
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Alexander Smith
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Reveaal NY
Kelvinator Portable
Northern States
LA Grosse
Sparta
Arctic
West Canadian Arctic
Northwest
Ers
Mackenzie Valley
Sir Hu
la Crosse Tribune
RFC
Naso
House OF Pizza
Leath Furniture
Kroehler, Simmons, Bigelow, Alexander Smith, Chromcraft, Brody, Lane
Rembrandt
Roxbury
Pullman
International
Howard, Broyhill
LEATH
Famous Name Furniture
Leath’s
Exchange Department
Leath’s Furniture
Fifth Ave. South
Eonalds Insurance
Stanley McDonald Agency, Inc
Ist
Nat’l Bank Bldg
Columbia
Tru-Fit
Guardian Angel
Main ST
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