Button emporium owner hoards vast pearl button stock
Richard Massey of Muscatine Iowa owns a massive pearl button collection including a driveway paved with buttons a warehouse full of them and a semi trailer loaded with pearl buttons He bought the Automatic Button Co and Hawkeye Button Co and aims to supply dressmakers and collectors as demand returns in the future.
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Muscatine, Iowa
Richard Massey
Massey
United States
Japan
Muscatine
Automatic Button Co
Hawkeye Button Co
Muscantine
Mississippi River
Coun
Europe
Iowa
Tour to Manhattan by Douglas County Grassland group
The Douglas County Grassland Management Association will lead a one day bus tour to Manhattan on Wednesday July 27 leaving Lawrence at 8 am and returning 5 30 pm. The $7 50 cost covers the tour meals. Participants visit the USDA Plant Material Center near Manhattan and Kansas State University facilities including beef and swine research and the veterinary hospital. Reservations through Bob McIntyre or E. J. Van Meter.
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Douglas County Grassland Management Association
Manhattan
Charles Hornberger
Lawrence
USDA
Kansas State University
Douglas County
Kansas State University Veterinary Hospital
Bob McIntyre
Soil Conservation Office
E. J. van Meter
Rt. 2
Baldwin
Dairymen Hit New Record In Milk Output
Washington AP reports American dairymen produced about 61.25 million pounds of milk in the first half of 1971 and expect to surpass last year's output in the third quarter. Milk per cow rose, cow numbers fell slightly, prices rose about 3 percent, and government butter stockpiles increased.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commercial Credit Corporation
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Krogers
Kroger Family Center
Alabama
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Seitz Jubilee
Calif. Lar Cantaloupes
Cobblers Selby Nina
Joyce Dee Trampeze Lella
U.S
U.S. Choice Arm Roast
Kwick Krisp
Braunschweiger Co
Calif
Freestone Carolina
Kroger
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Racegearie
Home Pride Paper
Clover Valley
the Kroger Co
Hamburger
Santa Rosa
Galion Purex
Dawn Fresh Mushroom
Pabst
Blue Ribbon
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