Connecticut farmer builds three veteran homes in barn loft
Jasper L. Burr, a 61-year-old dairy farmer from Middletown, converts a 40 by 30 foot barn loft into three 10 by 15 foot apartments for veterans families using lumber cut from trees on his own 40 acre farm. The project includes mineral wool insulation, wallboard finishes, electric stoves, and an enclosed staircase to each unit. A fourth apartment is nearing completion from materials salvaged from a chicken house and shed.
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Connecticut
Jasper L. Burr
Middletown
Conn
Fred Browning
Burr
Browning
Durocher's Dodgers Face Big 1948 Challenge
The article previews Leo Durocher taking over the Dodgers with a rebuilt, youthful pitching staff and higher crowds after Rested leadership. It contrasts Durocher's modern approach with past manager battles, notes key rivals like the Braves Cardinals and Giants, and includes Grover Cleveland Alexander's letter urging better pitching instruction and work ethic.
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Durocher
Dodgers
Larry MacPhail
Branch Rickey
Rickey
Burt Shotton
Gun
Dodger
Ralph Branca
Grover Cleveland
Pete
Philly
Pat Moran
Pat
Mr Chandler
G. C. Alexander
Wood River, Lll
Adorable baby outfit pattern with puff sleeve dress
Craft pattern for a complete baby wardrobe including a puff sleeved dress slip panties and rompers in sizes 6 months to 3 years. Pattern No 1684 lists yardage for fabric and trims and the Fall and Winter FASHION magazine offer for 25 cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago 7
Town Solves Teacher Housing With Duplexes in Audubon
Audubon Iowa with a population of 2409 built two modern duplexes for about 15000 dollars to house four teachers and families at 30 dollars per month per family. The project avoided bonds and used surplus wartime barracks lumber moved from Clarinda with help from the school board and local work, finishing quickly as teachers decorated interiors themselves.
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Audubon
Iowa
Supt
Allen N
Stroh
Don Stark
Clarinda
War Assets Administration
Stark
Quick Home Tips on Cleaning and Dress Care
A guide to preserving jars with cookies and using vinegar for glass shine. Tips cover pairing jars with cookies, choosing glass or white pottery vases with flowers, making olives shiny with olive oil, and fabric care like quick soaking and airing a frock with scented sachet for lingering fragrance.
Margarine Materials Sourced Across Most States in 1945
The United States produced 572,537,990 pounds of margarine in 1945 with material inputs of 222,830,000 pounds cottonseed oil 206,718,000 pounds soybean oil 13,794,000 pounds peanut oil and 6,589,000 pounds corn oil. Margarine also contains skim milk pasteurized cultured milk solids salt and vitamins all produced domestically.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Nevada
Rhode Island
United States
Joyful Cough Relief Through Simple Home Mixture
A popular home remedy recommends mixing 2%4 ounces of Pinex with two cups sugar and one cup water to create a pint of cough syrup. The mixture is claimed to soothe throat and bronchial irritation, loosen phlegm, and relieve coughing quickly, with a money-back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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OPPOR
Joan Ficken
Eustis
Nebraska
Ns. C
St. Lincoln
Nebr
Farm Machinery & Equip
Nicholson Supply CO
St. Harney
Omaha
Keystone
Rputenu
Chevrolet Company
38Th Streets
Lincoln
Good Conducom
Walter Lovegrove
Geneva
Neb
G. Miller - Vincent
Sears New Styles
Leonard Fitch
K. E. Lookabaugh
Senra Roebuck & Co
Foley
Tony
Paana CT
dLz
RST
WNU
Doan
Doans
Ideal Apartments
Burr Homestead
Par Fe Oy W.coavland Fhires We Med
Billy Southworth
Joe McCarthy
Shotton
Auk
Braves
Cardinals
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