Market Ideas Aid Restaurants Seek Offsite Profits
At the National Restaurant Association meeting in Chicago, members report growth in take-home food service and coffee break sales as ways to offset rising costs and TV competition. Take-home meals target working families, while coffee breaks boost office sales. both show promise despite earlier sales decline from 1948 peaks.
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Py Sam Oon He
Ress
National Restaurant Association
Chicago
Fen. K. Doscher
W. F. Williamson
National Coffee Assoc
Texas
Weekend Visits and Local Social Notes in Spring Grove
Community members from Sauk City Madison Beloit and surrounding areas are noted visiting relatives and attending events. Ann Marty wed Lt Paul Wilkinson at Monroe with friends and family in attendance. Convalescences and hospital remains update readers on local residents including measles recovery and patients at St Clare.
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Clifford Meinert
Sauk City
Oscar Meinert
L. M. Hartman
Raymond Kundert
Judith
Charles Greene
Ann Marty
Paul Wilkinson
Monroe
Clinton Erickson
Card Club
Me Conn
Anita Milwaukee
June Caldwell
Herbert Mohns
Rodney Arnsmeier
Judy and
Duane
Mabel Wilson
Orangeville
Robert Mohns
Madison
Streiff's Motel Under Construction in New Glarus
Work has begun on Fred Streiff’s 10 unit motel at the south edge of New Glarus on highway 9. Completion is expected by July 1. The cement block structure, 152 feet by 30 feet, will have 430 by 30 dining room and shower baths in each room.
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New Glarus
Wopetal
Fred Streiff
Highway 9
Streiff
Kitche Streiff
Glaris Farm
Chevrolet
Try Easy Plants In First Garden
Simple gardening tips suggest starting with pansies and zinnias for beginners. Pansies offer many colors and seed growth, while zinnias tolerate heat, vary in size from nine inches to four feet, and bloom from midsummer with proper thinning, watering weekly, and monthly fertilizing for a vibrant display.
Diocesan Council Urges Relief Roll Reform
The LaCrosse Diocesan Council of Catholic Women adopted a WA resolution opposing unlimited opening of public relief rolls. Other resolutions target permanent military training corruption and legal fees while calling for bans on contraceptive sales and immoral literature.
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Iaudau WA
LaCrosse
Congress Remedy on Steel Stakes for Labor and Business
Washington report on a looming government stance that could curb strikes in critical industry. The piece surveys how big labor unions and large businesses may be affected by any new policy, with reflections on Wagner Act protections and the risks of government intervention during war or peace.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Truman
Supreme Court
Fairfield Mothers club ends year at school house event
Fairfield Mothers club held its last meeting of the school year Tuesday at the Jefferson township school house. A bake sale netted 42.10 dollars. Mrs Leonard Bauman won high in court whist. Lunch by Mrs Bauman and Mrs Wilborn. Miss Bernice Baehler to return as teacher. First fall meeting Sept 2. Zentner school pupils to Milwaukee trip four hours at the museum and to WIM radio. Conservation pupils toured Attica May 2. Harvey Disch notes soil erosion lessons. A future ball game planned with Oak Shade. Debate over Taft Hartley and government role in unions continues.
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Fairfield Mothers Club
Jefferson Township
Leonard Bauman
Zentner School
Route 1
Monticello
Theresa Saunders
Milwaukee
WIM
Attica School
Harvey Disch
Oak Shade School
Browntown by Mrs. C. L. Craige
Neil Swiggum, Dave Warren and Roy Crago attended an Odd Fellows lodge meeting in South Wayne Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nybroten and their children visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nybroten in Adams. Mrs Beatrice Mulligan was in Monroe Tuesday.
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Neil Swiggum
Dave Warren
Roy Crago
Odd Fellows Lodge
South Wayne
Oscar Nybroten
Chris Nybroten
Adams
Modern Design Gains in Favor in Main Street Furniture Store
Modern design gains favor as major manufacturers showcase correlated living room dining room and bedroom groups. Contemporary styles now lead, with practical, affordable pieces fitting today’s smaller rooms and everyday use, combining period influences with modern resources.
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Main Street
River Flow Reduction Sought as Lake Rises
Washington an The American member of the board controlling Lake Superior has asked that the flow of the Ogoki River into the lake reduced. The aim is to lower Superior and other Great Lakes levels as Lake Kigan reaches its highest in years, causing property damage along shores.
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Washington
Lake Superior
Ogoki
Superior
Great Lakes
Lake Kigan
Gov Kohler Urges Salute to Mothers in Wisconsin
Gov Kohler issued a proclamation urging Wisconsin residents to honor mothers on Mother's Day next Sunday. He called for expressing love and devotion and renewing efforts to support mothers and strengthen families.
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Kohler
Madison P
Wisconsin
Milwaukee homes lack baths in 1950 Census figures
Milwaukee records show nearly one sixth of dwelling units had no private baths or were in dilapidated condition as of 1950. Census district supervisor Michael J. Galko released the figures from the 1950 census, detailing housing conditions in the city.
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Milwaukee
Census Bureau
Michael J. Galko
Milwaukee housing report cites dilapidated units and water issues
The city had 188 925 dwelling units with 30311 lacking private baths or in disrepair and 7969 without running water or in rundown condition. The census shows an increase of 9601 units since the 1040s census.
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Milwaukee
Haircut Prices Rise in Fairbanks to 2.50
Haircuts in Fairbanks Alaska jumped to 2 50 from 2 as higher living costs push up prices. The report notes Easter Island is smaller than the District of Columbia.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaska City
Easter Island
South Pacific
District of Columbia
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Mrs. Herbert Mohn
Ben Clark
Glen Wunschel
St. Clare
Bud Malcock
Violet
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Harold Olson
Otto Mohns
Beth
Bette Montefelt
Richard Anderson
Brodhead
Sidney Williamson
Walter Ziltener
Beloit
Floyd Hummer
Earl Pinnow
Emma Meinert
Davis
Stanley Clark
Oakland, Calif. Speedway
Wasp
Hobson
Shi Hobson
New York
Navy
U.S. Navy
Esea
RFE Rural Schools
Browntown
Mrs. C. L. Craige
Badger Motors
Elsie
Borden's
Trumpy's Dairy
White Bread
Dole
Dole Pineapple Ex
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Apple
Avondale
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Dole Fruit
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Kroger
UTT
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J. W. Robilette
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National Tea Co
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