Bayfield Herring Run Brings Prosperity to 1200 Residents
Bayfield Wisconsin reports a booming herring season on Lake Superior with 50 to 60 boats and the crew sizes. About 600 people were employed directly in fishing and processing plus additional workers on docks and in salting and freezing. Most fish were salted or frozen with a growing share used as mink food. the market was strong and prices higher than last year.
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Bayfield
Wis
Lake Superior
Apostle Islands
Over 40 000 Letters Received at Santa Claus
Santa Claus Indiana reports more than 40 000 letters this year sent to Santa. A Tennessee boy asks for an ax and bucksaw to help his family cut firewood for their cabin stove. Letters were answered by the local American Legion post for addresses provided.
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Santa Claus
Ind
Santa
Daddy
American Legion
Budapest
Hungary
Lillian Butner
Hastings
Neb
Legion
Texas
California
Florida
Farmers Act to Catch Tractor Rustlers
Chicago reports rising tractor thefts across the midwest due to equipment shortages. Twenty six tractors have been stolen recently in eastern Nebraska Iowa and Kansas with tractors left in fields loaded onto flat bed trucks at night. A farmer suggests old time posses might solve the problem and jokes about greasing racks.
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Chicago
Ill
Midwest
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Marriages Rise After Korean War Outbreak
U S marriages totaled about 1 675 000 in 1950, five percent higher than 1949, as the Korea war front spurred weddings after an early 1950 dip. The rise was broad but varied by region with large gains in mountain and east north central areas and smaller gains or declines in others including Kentucky Delaware Georgia and Texas.
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United States
Korea
South Korea
Mountain
East North Central States
West South Central
Pacific States
East South Central
Kentucky
Delaware
Georgia
Texas
Farm Prosperity Boosts U S Agriculture and Assets
U S Department of Agriculture reports 1951 farm assets at a record over 134 billion dollars, about 2.5 times ten years earlier, reflecting inflation and real gains. The sector sits well equipped for a broad production push due to mechanization productivity and improved farming techniques.
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Free World
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Pain Killing Drug Raises Hope for Shortage Nations
A new pain killer methadone proved effective in Korea and could reduce U S reliance on opium from the Far East. Tests say it equals morphine in relief with fewer side effects and possibly less habit formation. Harvard expert Dr Henry K Beecher cautioned its impact after Army and civilian trials.
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Korea
U.S
Far East
China
G.I
Hungnam
Tokyo
I. G. Farben
U.S. Army
Henry K. Beecher
Harvard
Boston
Does Water Boil Hotter When Boiling Faster
The text explains that at sea level boiling occurs at 212 degrees Fahrenheit regardless of boil rate. Heat first raises temperature until boiling, then added heat converts liquid water to steam. Higher burner settings increase the rate at which water becomes steam, causing faster boil-off.
Solon’s Chair Plea: Comfort Woes In New House Seats
A returning congressman, North Dakota’s Usher L. Burdick, notes the renovated chamber’s leather and foam rubber chairs are comfortable but will be as hard to endure as the old ones. He offers a cautious long view on Capitol seating.
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Solon
North Dakota
L., Burdick AR
West Liberty Social Notes Visit Family Roundup
Mrs. Bill Bostick and others visited the Marrs and Hinkle families while Rosa Statesman and Berniece Miller called on neighbors. Local residents including Everett Statesman and Lycan households hosted or visited friends and relatives on Sunday across West Liberty.
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Bill Bostick
Ralph Marrs
Joe Marrs
Max Pierson
Lafe Marrs
Rosa Statesman
Berniece Miller
M. L. Behner
George Boyer
Herman Gardner
Carrol Hinkle
Frank Waite
Newlin Gilbert
Everett Statesman
James Lycan
Ralph Bowers
Jimmy
New York
Arthur ‘Boatright
Charles
Marion,tl
Clarence Fitzgarrald
Roy Biggs
Phyllis Sims
Jeanette Behner
Alcohol lowers fear in rats in Yale experiments
Yale psychologist John J. Conger reports albino rats given alcohol show reduced fear and rush to eat after an electric shock deters approach. Control rats given water avoid the food, indicating alcohol can remove fear restraints and encourage gratification of repressed desires.
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John J. Conger
Yale University
Conger
Liberty Dinner Guests Spread Among Clapp Family
Sunday family dinners attracted many relatives and friends across towns including the Lucans, Clapps, Lycan, Shotts, Bower, Boatright, Ewbank, Capp, Murphy, Ralston, and others. Guests came from Horse Head New York Marion Cherry Point and North Carolina with extended visits and calls dispersed through the afternoon.
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Horsehead
New York
Arthur ‘Boatright
Charles
Marion
Mary
Lois Ewbank
Wayne D. Clapp
Genn Capp
Homer Capp
Elizabeth Clapp
Emil Clapp
James ‘Ralston
Jennifer
Cherry Point
North Carolina
Harry Murphy
Clara Claypool
Carrie Murphy
George Murphy
Tommy
Infternoon
Clara Murphy
Tommy Murphy
Eliza Beer
Mabel Renner
FREEDOM By Mrs. Roy Wallace
Mrs. Roy Wallace hosts a fellowship gathering at Freedom with Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Cline and family visiting near Mill Creek church. Guests include Miss Edith Wallace and Mrs. Sam Sheets in West Union, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson with daughters visiting Roy Wallace.
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Hershel Cline
Willie
Mary Ledermann
Mill Creek Church
Freedom
John Garner
Edith Wallace
Sam Sheets
West Union
Robert Johnson
Roy Wallace
Lara Smith
Marshall
Betty Garner
Bishop Radcliff
Virgil
Local Social Visits Share Weekend News
Ledermann called on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wallace Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. William Wallace visited with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sanders and family Sunday.
Shallenberger Demonstration On Rupture Shield At DeLite Hotel
Nationally known expert R. K. Shallenberger will demonstrate his method free of charge at the DeLite Hotel Casey Tuesday evening May 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. He claims the rupture shield quickly contracts openings regardless of rupture size and allows normal activity the same day. The shield is waterproof sanitary indestructible, molded to fit under heat, and can be worn while bathing.
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DeLite Hotel
Casey
Shallenberger
Puzzle no 174 and no 173 style word quiz from newspaper page
A mixed word puzzle page lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and partial phrases. It includes a Danish territorial division and a Czech president reference, plus various cryptic entries like a hat type and a protean list of items.
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Monk
India
Zeus
Maple syrup profits rise in Illinois off-season farming
Despite limited Illinois sugar maples the state sees maple syrup as a profitable off-season farm business.
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Illinois
State
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