Good Citizen promotes tolerance and restraint in a divided era
This seventh chapter from The American Heritage Foundation booklet urges understanding over prejudice. It cautions that intolerance feeds mob influence, stresses fair play at home and in schools, invokes Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, and notes Kaiser Wilhelm II’s tribute to war dead, finishing with a note to obtain the full booklet.
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American Heritage Foundation
United States of America
Abraham Lincoln
Mrs. Bixby
Massachusetts
War Department
Adjutant-General of
Republic
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Germany
Frau Meier
Delmenhorst-Oldenburg
Kaiser
West 45Th Street
New York
N. Y
Farm Girls Beulah and Candida Abandon Farm Plan After Affair
Beulah and Candida, city girls, dream of a rural farm after saving a year. A misstep with Barnaby Xerxes sparks a love triangle, forcing a return to town. They end their venture and decide to walk the cow, ending the plan.
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Eulah
Candida
New York
Mortimer and Brown
Beulah
Barnaby Xerxes
Beal
Barnaby
Stearns
Champion Hampshire hog breeder earns Oliver Trophy
Jim Henderson of Conn Iowa dominates Hampshire stock shows in 1949 earning the Oliver Trophy for top breeding record. He markets about 1,000 hogs yearly on 20 acres using share farming with 100 sows and a self feeder diet of ground wheat oats and corn with dairy by products plus protein supplements. He keeps hogs growing fast to resist disease and relies on strict sanitation and selective selling to market hog buyers.
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Henderson
Jim
Million Dollar Earned by Quiz Emcee Inez Gerhard Ohn Reed King
Emcee Inez Gerhard Ohn Reed King has reached the million dollar prize total on radio quiz programs Chance of a Lifetime and Give and Take. Over 40,000 contestants have appeared, with King stressing he never profits from a contestant's distress. He has given playful prizes like a 2% carat necklace and a diamond ring with a $500 savings bond. Betty Hutton reportedly travels incognito with Ringling Bros. Circus before starring in The Greatest Show on Earth. CB correspondents note war correspondents often marry abroad, listing several examples from Italy, Paris, and England.
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Ohn Reed King
Betty Hutton
Ringling Brox
Circus
de Mille
Betty
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Include Global Names
A long list of crossword clues across and down covering cigarette slang needy and several languages. Entries hint at rivers animals plants and professions with various abbreviations and terms. The puzzle enumerates many familiar puzzle targets and geographic references.
Crossword Clue Snapshots from a Puzzle Page
Last week answers list clues and solutions including small greenish finch abundance smallest and weakest of a litter fold over and silkworm with concise crossfill references.
Subway Grating Graze by East Side Angler Gimpy
Izaak Walton of the East Side tells of Gimpy Myers, a curbside grifter turn venturesome pry of subway gratings near Union Square. An encounter with Officer Fogarty ends with Gimpy returning the stolen locket after a brief chase and taunting a cop while deflecting blame.
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Izaak Walton
Gimpy
Lower East Side
Lusher
Union Square Walbway
14Th Street
Ike Fogarty
Shen
Henderson Show Record Includes Grand Championships
Jim Henderson built a standout show record across major fairs from 1946 to 1949. He held grand champion titles at the Nebraska state fair in 1946, won in 1947 at Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha, placed in all classes at Iowa state and American Royal shows, and earned money at the National Barrow show in 1948 and the American Royal again, plus the Oliver Trophy in 1949.
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Zephyr Irene
Hendersons
Iowa
Jim Henderson
Nebraska
Austin
Minn
Omaha
Iowa State
Hampshire
Conn
Town State Fair
Barrows
Ak-Sar-Ben
Line of Clothes Falls Like Rain in Mud
A woman stands alone as a washing line collapses into the mud, leaving garments soaked and tangled. The scene captures domestic misfortune and quiet frustration in an urban setting.
All Bran cereal claim letter offers double money back
An unsolicited testimonial from Mia Kunz of Louisville Kentucky praises Kellogg's All Bran for relief from years of constipation. The letter urges daily oat bran with water and promises double money back if not satisfied after 10 days.
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Allbran
Mia
Kunz
Hastview Ave
Louisville
Kellogg's
Doan's Pills Promise Kidney Relief
Personal on aging and stress slowing kidney function leads to backache energy loss headaches and frequent urination. If caused by cold dampness or diet try Doan's Pills a mild diuretic used by millions for over 60 years to help flush waste from the kidneys. Get Doan's Pills today.
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Dean
Doan
Crazy Water Crystals touted by Mrs. Gaddy of Waco
Mrs Tom C. Gaddy of 910 Washington Ave in Waco touts Crazy Water Crystals as a longtime cure for stomach trouble heartburn and indigestion. The ad claims relief for upset stomach gas headaches and fatigue and markets half pint quarter and full pint sizes with a money back guarantee from Crazy Water Co. Inc. Mineral Wells Texas.
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Tex
Tom C. Gaddy
Washington Ave
Gaddy
Nature
Crazy Water Co., Inc. Mineral Wells
Texas
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Howard K. Smith
David Schoenbrun
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Billy Bese
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