Screwballs and a Beloit College Trustee Named
Hal recalls twenty years of chasing screwballs in newspapers from Rambling Mary to Operative X-37 as Beloit College announces A W Shipton of Copley Press named to its board of trustees. Shipton, Beloit alumnus 1915, built a career from Woodstock to Springfield.
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Beloit
Beloit College
A. W. Shipton
Copley Press, Inc
Illinois
California
Carey Croneis
Shipton
Woodstock
Ill
Republican
Aurora
Beacon-News
Illinois State Journal
Springfield
La Crosse Plugs Open Season With Spring Grove Excursion
La Crosse Plugs Inc will escort to Spring Grove for its Centennial parade on Saturday. Chief Casey Gregorich announced the ambassadors of good will will wear Plug regalia including white trousers white shirt black tie cane and silk hat. Gather at Third and Jay Streets by 12 45 p.m. for a late afternoon parade start.
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la Crosse Plugs, Inc
Ear Alus
Spring Grove
Casey Gregorich
Gregorich
Third
Jay Streets
Vacation reading at the library shelves
Readers can borrow books for at home or travel to stay busy on vacations. New gardening, painting, and handicraft titles join self improvement guides on writing and speaking. Notable works include Modern Gardening, The Complete Book of African Violets, How to Paint for Pleasure, Creating Hooked Rugs, and Trailering titles The Long Long Trailer and Trailering at Sixty Five.
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P. P. Pirone
Laurence Manning
Cynthis Westcott
Helen van Pelt Wilson
R. O. Dunlop
Paul Hartley
L. N. Staniland
Vera B. Underhill
Arthur Burks
Mexico
Frank McCloskey
Herbert V. Prochrow
Wilton
Wis
Clinton Twiss
Mary H. Dale
Merle
United States
Mary Dale
Answers To Questions From The Haskin Service
A reader questions service details the Union Pacific 119 and Central Pacific Jupiter as the locomotives completing America's first transcontinental railroad. It notes magnetic declination affects compass accuracy and lists other trivia including Valentina and Bishop Sheen origins.
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The
Haskin Service
United States
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Canning and Preserving Guide Offered By Tribune Bureau
A suggested booklet outlines modern methods for canning meats poultry fruits and vegetables with many recipes for jams jellies preserves and pickles. The La Crosse Tribune Bureau advertises the manual for 20 cents postpaid and asks readers to mail with the coupon to Washington D C.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St. N. E
Washington, D. C
Eye St
N. W
Washington, D.C
Forty two Minnesota counties show no traffic deaths in five months
Minnesota 42 of 87 counties report zero traffic fatalities in the first five months, a gain from 28 last year. The report notes St Louis Ramsey and Hennepin counties with notable changes, while Blue Earth Dakota and Itasca show increases. The total fatalities for the period are 141, down 63 from 204 last year, with safety groups urging continued effort through summer.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
State Highway Department
St. Louis
Ramsey County
Hennepin County
Stearns
Minnesota Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Sulphite Binder Demonstrated for Canadian Highway Use
Wisconsin researchers show Canadian highway officials how spent sulphite liquor can bind road surfaces, reduce dust and winter damage on unpaved roads. Gordon Schanke of Kimberly Clark explains the binder while Wisconsin roads in the area test it. Canadian paper makers seek commercial uses for the spent liquor.
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Appleton
Wisconsin
Wisconsin League
Michigan finds largest white cedar on South Manitou Island
State foresters report the largest white cedar in Michigan was found on South Manitou Island. The tree measures 52.3 inches in diameter at four feet above ground.
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South Manitou Island
Mich
Michigan
Notre Dame Cadet to Attend Six-Week ROTC Camp
Cadet William W. Amundson, a Notre Dame junior living at 410 Rose Street, will attend a six week ROTC summer camp at Fort Belvoir Virginia starting June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Amundson
Rose Sr
University of Notre Dame
Fort Belvoir
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New York
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Mary
FBI
the Charmer
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la Crosse
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Japan
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Rudolph Valentino
Italy
T. McM. A
Rodolpho Alfonzo
Raffaelo
Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina
D’ Antonguella
C.N.A. A
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D. C
M.T. A
Special Libraries Association
Gas House
Washington D. C
Leonardo
J.W. A
Bishop
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
el Paso, Ill
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Delia (Fulton) Sheen
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National Bureau of Standards
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Towle
Fowle
Towle’s Craftshar
KING
Richard
Glynn Cireeraer & Son
PENN
Rayon
Orion
Ney
Rayon Bemberg
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