Colorful Old West Lives Again In Omaha Museum
Omaha’s Union Pacific Historical Museum showcases relics of pioneer life and railroading, including maps, weapons, household items, and a Lincoln collection. Highlights include a rare telegraph note from Grenville Dodge and a replica Lincoln funeral car.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Union
Jim’ Bridger
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Lincoln
Grenville M. Dodge
Oliver Ames
U. P
Central Pacific
Blind Ohio Man Prospects Churchwork and Ventures
Robert Bixel of Painesville Ohio, blind since age seven, works at a rubber plant, serves as a traveling evangelist, and uses a guide dog. He repairs chairs, sells greeting cards, mows lawns, tends the furnace, and pursues fishing and coon hunting, planning to learn typing to handle his vast correspondence.
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Painesville
Ohio
Robert Bixel
Bixel
Riverview Church
Novelty
Surplus Items Challenge WAA Reach Across Regions
War Assets Administration reports varied surplus material held in safekeeping across the nation. In New Orleans there are 99 black diamonds and 36,000 bars of silver recovered from a Lake Charles magnesium plant. The diamonds remain strategic and unavailable for sale while silver is slated for sale.
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Minneapolis
Minn
War Assets Administration
WAA
Midwest
New Orleans
Lake Charles
College Coeds Are Free Baby Sitters
In Corvallis Oregon State college coeds have become free baby sitters as a service by the college Red Cross chapters. The program limits are 10 p.m. on school nights and 12 30 a m on Saturdays with no charge for the coeds services.
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Corvallis
Obe
Oregon State College
College Red Cross
Economic Russia in critical state amid world fraud claim
Western Newspaper Union reports say Russia faces a deteriorating economy unable to supply basic needs and blames a chaotic Communist system. Accounts describe shortages, purges, censorship, and a fragile regime while noting global influence and internal opposition.
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Russia
Washington
Molotov
New York
Spain
Britain
America
France
Italy
China
Scented iron technique for fragrant hankies and blouses
Instructions advise placing several drops of cologne on the ironing board cover. As you iron the aroma is absorbed by hankies and blouses, imparting a pleasant scent during pressing.
Fresh lemon wake up drink replaces harsh laxatives
Health note promotes a morning mix of one Sunkist lemon juice in a glass of water on an empty stomach to stimulate regular bowel action. It claims lemons provide vitamin C and other nutrients, helping fatigue and resist illness, encouraging a 10 day trial.
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Sunkist
California
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Ruth Cultra Hamilton
Plains
Nauvoo, Ill
Utah
Texas
Ellsworth
Kas
Promised Land
Nauvoo, Lal
Western Newspaper Union
Ukraine
Kremlin
Moscow
Turkey
Dardanelles
Siberia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago 7
U. S
PIRI
Lafe
Afi
O'Sullivan
Janda Sole
Rubin
Wee Ben-Gay
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!