Almanac oddities on autos, trailers, and ancient brands
Boyle's Almanac surveys American auto history with Dagmar and 2 500 models, notes Studebaker as the oldest firm, and recalls vanished names like Mer cer and Stutz Bearcat. It highlights trailer growth from 12 to 30 feet and 4 room layouts, plus a jesting government debt remark and curious historical vignettes.
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New York
Dagmar
America
Studebaker
Dad
Granddad
Mercer
Rickenbacker
Oldfield
Maxwell
Velie
Seek Ruling On Newspaper Right To Scan Police Reports
WAUKESHA i Dist Atty David Dancey asks the attorney general for a ruling on whether the press may inspect police logs and investigations. The Waukesha Daily Freeman disputes Sheriff Fromm who limits disclosures to jail registers and oral updates.
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Waukesha
Dist. Atty
David Dancey
Waukesha Daily Freeman
Dancey
Martin Fromm
Fromm
Nelson’s Port Royal House Destroyed by Fire
Kingston Jamaica report says the Port Royal residence where Admiral Lord Nelson lived 170 years ago was destroyed by fire last night. The building, now used as a school, recall s Nelson’s service with the West Indies fleet during the American Revolution before his Napoleonic fame.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Port Royal
Lord Nelson
Pirate Town
Nelson
Britain
West Indies
Knowledge Panel: Reader Questions From The Haskin Service
Q A reader asks about Barney Google name origin and gets the Jack Lacy backstory. Q What were the seven modern world wonders per 1912 Popular Mechanics survey. A Wireless telegraphy telephone airplanes radium antiseptics and antis to x ray. Q Why icebergs are not blown up. A Deep sinking charge needed to reach underwater mass. Q What is the motto E pluribus unum. A From Moretum Virgil. Q Pony Express uniforms. A No uniforms. plain outfits with arms. Q More colleges for women than men. A 55 more for women. Q Taft Hartley final vote. A Senate 68-25, House 331-83, 15 not voting. Q Calories in beer. A 8 oz glass 108 calories. Q Olympic flame sixth Winter Games. A Flame at Bislet Oslo via relay from Morgedal. Q Which three US cities largest area. A Los Angeles 452.2, New York City 365.4, New Orleans 363.5 sq mi. Q Saint Gertrude mouse association. A Saint Gertrude Protector of travelers from rats and fever.
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Popular Mechanics
Common Household Pests booklet promotes home insect warfare
United States experts summarize years of pest control work into a booklet with illustrations and a four page section on DDT as a household insecticide. The 125 cent postpaid pamphlet from The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau offers guidance to prevent damage to lawns, furniture, woodwork, clothing, and books.
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United States
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. W
Washington, D.C
Name Street or Rural Route City State
Mail to Washington DC. Text appears to be an address fragment listing a street or rural route and a city state with mailing instructions directing correspondence to Washington DC.
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State
Washington, D.C
Program Notes Released For Clark Concert
Kathryn Clark soprano appears at 8 15 p m in a La Crosse State College auditorium concert. Minnesota beauty pageant winner Miss Minnesota 1951 will perform with violinist Ronald Knudsen and accompanist Mrs J Rudolph Peterson to support local music life. Program spans Pergolesi Schumann Scarlatti Gounod Saint Saens Massenet Haageman Griffee and Bridges with a light closer and tickets available locally.
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Kathrryn Clark
Minnesota
la Crosse State College
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Formance
Clark
Ronald Knudsen
Scarlatti
Schumann
Faust
Gounod
Knudsen
Saint Saens
la Cid
Concerto
Burleigh
Taft Backers Admit Money Is Short in Bid for Nomination
New York report says Sen Robert A Taft Needs money badly for his campaign. Ren Tate national treasurer of Cincinnati opened the Greater New York Division of Citizens for Taft and said Eisenhower backers appear to have more funds based on expenditures to date.
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New York
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ren. T. Tate
Cincinnati
Greater
Citizens For Taft
Tate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Women entice market with fashion and finance tactics
A New York business column notes a restless season as merchants and brokers target women. Merrill Lynch markets “Mama's little dividend” to lure purchases, while department stores fear changing waistlines and shopper behavior could hurt fall sales.
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New York
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Merrill Lynch
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Handbook ‘‘American Universities and Colleges
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Yeas
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Oslo
Fridtjof Nansen
Morgedal
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