New Gopher State Highway Map Reveals Green Theme
Minnesota releases the 1948 official state highway map with the Keep Minnesota Green theme. The map adds green shading for forest areas and yellow for Indian reservations, shows forestry towers, and includes enlarged insets for Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and twelve other cities.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
State Department of Highways
High Falls
Pigeon River
United States
Canada
Duluth
Minneapoli
Popular Personal Problems Books Lead 1947 Reading
The American Library Association reports personal problem books topped 1947 reading lists. Doctors even prescribed such books like medicines on blanks, while works on atomic energy drew little interest as readers sought practical guidance.
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Chicago
American Library Association
Nut Bread and Gingerbread Recipes for Small Families
A simple whole wheat nut bread with molasses accompanies a spring luncheon salad. The gingerbread yields six portions and adapts to small families, with clear steps for mixing, baking, and cooling in a 9x5x2 inch loaf pan.
Heirs Sell 1840 Lot For 35000 In Mount Vernon
Heirs of the Herdman family sold the lot that held the old Herdman family home for 107 years. The parcel bought for 200 in 1840 fetched 35000, yielding a tidy profit for descendants.
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Mount Vernon
Herdman
Minnesota Governor Safety Dinner Set for May 11
Minnesota will host the governor safety award presentation dinner and related safety conferences at the St. Paul hotel on Tuesday May 11. A. V. Rohweder of Duluth will preside and award plaques to counties municipalities and organizations for accident prevention in 1947. The event aims to show progress toward the 400 lives saved goal for 1948 with traffic safety reducing fatalities in the first quarter.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
A. V. Rohweder
Duluth
Minnesota Safety Council
Gocarem
Rohweder
Saint Francis of Assisi depicted in Uncle Rays Corner
A biography sketch for the BIOGRAPHY section recounts Francis as a 16 year old boy from Assisi who chose a poor Christian life after witnessing wealth and later suffering war captivity. The piece notes his release of money to a beggar, life in ragged clothes, and the papal blessing visit in Rome. Tomorrow features A Friend of Everyone and a picture leaflet SIGHTS IN STRANGE INDIA by Frank C. Pape with text by Uncle Ray, available by mail.
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Italy
Francis
Francesco
Assisi
St. Francis of
France
Perugia
Rome
Vatican
India
Frank C. Pape
Uncle Ray
Folklore Treasure Lures Reading Area Gold Seekers
In Reading and Berks County pockets of interest rise as tales of buried treasure from Pennsylvania Dutch folklore spread. Dr. Alfred L. Shoemaker of the Historical Society of Berks County authored bicentennial pieces that described gold hidden by pioneer farmers under barns and in wells, with family secrets left undisclosed. Soon residents searched deserted buildings and dug under marker trees hoping for wealth.
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Reading
Reading- Berks County
Alfred L. Shoemaker
Historical Society of
Berks County
Nebraska City horse show nets small profit of 38 cents
In Nebraska City the 1947 horse show closed with receipts of 10 435 73 dollars and expenditures of 10 435 35 dollars leaving a profit of 38 cents.
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Nebraska City
Neb
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