Lively final Collier's edition ends long magazine era
New York dispatch reports Collier's will fold after 68 years as Crowell-Collier ends magazine publishing. The January 1957 issue is en route with a Grace Kelly cover, letters to the editor and a note of finality. About 312 million mail subscribers plus 800,000 newsstand buyers.
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Crowell-Collier
Collier's
Women's Home Companion
Collier’s
Grace Kelly
Monaco
Peter Fenelon Collier
Million Paid for Title to Collier's
The Wall Street Journal reports Cowles Magazines paid Crowell-Collier Publishing a million dollars for the Colliers title. No comment was issued by Crowell-Collier Reader's Service or the education division.
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New York
The
Wall Street Journal
Cowles Magazines, Inc
Dairy farms in Hopkins County adopt bulk milk handling systems
In Sulphur Springs Texas dairy farmers in Hopkins County are installing bulk milk handling equipment to cut labor. A B Emmons reports the method saves time, enabling families to manage more cows with parlor-type gear. Adoption depends on farm finances and feed production challenges in 1956.
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Sam Whitlow
Texas
Farmer-Stockman Magazine
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Hopkins County
A. B. Emmons
Sayz Dairy
Emmons
Joe Bradshaw
Brinker
Idaho
Cowles Magazines to Acquire Collier's Title
Crowell-Collier directors vote to discontinue Collier's and Woman's Home Companion due to financial difficulties. Gardner Cowles Inc plans to acquire the title Collier's and assume outstanding subscriptions. The price was not disclosed. reports say Cowles provides $1 million for the title and property and a $1 million mortgage loan on the Springfield plant, plus about $8 million to cover unfulfilled Collier's subscriptions for 3.4 million subscribers.
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Cowles Magazines Inc
Crowell-Collier
Collier's
Woman's Home Companion
Gardner Cowles
Cowles Magazines, Inc
Collier’s
The
Journal
Cowles
Crowell-Collie
Springfield
Ohio
Suspected Forger Killed In Dallas
In Dallas a suspected forger, Alex Casper Alexander, was killed by motorcycle patrolman J O Rollins during a struggle after Rollins attempted to take him into custody. Rollins was aided by M L Walker who heard the cries and saw Alexander on Rollins with the pistol in hand before Walker fired two shots hitting Alexander in the back. Alexander had been living in Houston previously.
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Dallas
Alex Casper Alexander
Alexander
J. O. Rollins
Rollins
M. L. Walker
Houston
Palm Diversity Grows in Miami Region
More than 250 varieties of palm trees thrive in the Miami area, more than in any other Western Hemisphere location. The article highlights the city's unique climate and horticultural interest driving palm cultivation and biodiversity.
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Miami
Mansfield Salt Water Flood Splashes Creek From Broken Line
In Mansfield Ohio a water line burst in a city salt storage building, releasing about 240 tons of salt into Fork Creek. Workmen discovered the leak only after most of the salt had already mixed with the stream, flooding the area near the storage site.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Fork Creek
Galt
Devis Praises Baker's Hair Tonic For Dandruff Relief
Fort Worth reader C. le Davis of Burton Street reports Baker's Hair Tonic cured his itchy scalp after using the product. The ad promises a maker's guarantee and claims to remove dandruff with the tonic and a related product from Baker's.
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Fort Worth
Tex
C. le Davis
Burton
Baker
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