Old Town Maine Launches Deer Hunting Promotion
Old Town's Junior Chamber of Commerce promotes deer hunting as a boost to the local economy. A pamphlet invites hunters to make Old Town their hunting headquarters and a hunter’s breakfast kicks off the season. The area lies near Bangor, with Penobscot county recording 6002 deer last year.
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Old Town
Maine
Chamber of Commerce
Penobscot County
Old
Bangor
Jaycees
Cranberries Abound For Holiday Dishes In Sprightly Guide
Dorothy Barclay advises shoppers to stock cranberries for holiday feasts and year round use. She notes nationwide availability of fresh, canned, jellied, and juiced varieties, with 916000 barrels produced, 26 percent above the ten year average. She explains handling from bog to market and urges checking USDA grades U S Fancy or Standard before buying.
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U.S Department of Agriculture
U.S
Start Sewing Early for Holiday Gifts and Home Projects
A vintage guide encourages early sewing for Christmas gifts with practical tips. It covers remnant usage, trimming ideas, monogramming, and crafting towels aprons pinafores and lingerie cases. Emphasis on efficiency, planning, and adding personal touches for loved ones.
Thousands Learn Foreign Languages At Army Schools
Tens of thousands of American soldiers are studying foreign tongues under Army programs. Native instructors join U S staffs in Germany France Austria and other nations while the Troop Information and Education Division expands courses at Monterey California and in Europe. Textbooks are regularly shipped from the United States to foreign postings and courses are open to all soldiers both abroad and in training at home.
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Army
Germany
France
Austria
United States
Monterey
Calif
Europe
Newton County Cuts Budget To Save 7400 Dollars
Kentland Indiana Newton county council slashed the township budget by 7400 dollars reflecting a rural trend toward economy. The cut includes 2700 dollars from the county hospital budget and 1500 dollars from the sheriff's office budget.
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Kentland
Ind
County Council
Newton County
Newton
Stock Worth on a Winner Says aarp Company Record Quarter
An aarp company posted nearly 80 million net in the last quarter, up from 73.84 million a year earlier, yielding 210 per share versus 2.64 in 1950. The head warns growth may threaten solvency as taxes and demand rise, prompting talk of fewer customers or switching firms. The stockholder rushes to sell amid the discussion of future earnings and risk.
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Aarp Company
Americas
Chicago a Heart of America in Kathleen Norris Essay
Kathleen Norris reflects on Chicago as the nation's living heart, tracing its history from Indian canoes to a modern city of lights. She recalls a luminous October night, diverse residents aiding a distressed stranger, and a sobering tale of Santa Sinta fleeing violence with her child.
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Chicago
Great Lake City
America
Bagdad
Chicago Avenue
State Street
Europe
Santa Sinta
Sinta
Beavers Dams Prove Useful For Flood Control And Conservation
Beavers, once nearly wiped out, are widespread again across the United States and used as natural engineers for flood control and resource conservation. relocations move colonies to suitable sites. in Massachusetts two beavers built an 18 foot by six foot dam in under three weeks with no labor cost. In New York federal engineers planned to build a flood control pond but beavers finished the dam first. Beavers have even been parachuted into Idaho conservation areas and moved when they affected farms or railroads. In Oregon four beaver helpers were fired for altering a site. Beaver fur once drove a regional economy, with a skin often trading for tools and weapons.
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United States
Massachusetts
Beavers
Walpole
Europe
North American
Fron
Labrador
Mexico
Get Rich Quick Fever Grips Renovo Pa Gas Boom
In Renovo Pennsylvania 3 700 residents chase natural gas riches after Darcie Calhoun drills a successful well. Since January 1950 over 100 wells are sunk or drilling with 69 completed and 45 producing about half a billion cubic feet daily. A $9 million pipeline is under construction as cash and land rush fuels legal battles and influx of outsiders.
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Renovo
Darcie Calhoun
United States
Kettle Creek
Calhoun
Watertown Reinstates 90 Day Dog Ban
In Watertown Wisconsin dogs are banned from gardens and must be kept in kennels for 90 days after rabies was found in several dead squirrels. Violators face fines from 25 to 100 dollars or 18 to 60 days in jail. Hunting dogs must be inoculated or kept outside town during the ban.
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Watertown
Wis
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