Well established Nebraska business seeks franchise and opportunities
Classified ad from Barnston Farm Equipment in Barnston, Gage County Nebraska, promoting a repair business with nine month gross sales around 20000, inventory about 8000, building and tools worth 3000, and offering fishing gear wholesale, including Hawl Vanadium rods and Lawrence Level Wind Reels with catalog on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
New Idea
Barnston
Gage CO
Hmawl Co
East Moline
Safety Pin Inventor Sold Rights for $100
Brooklyn inventor Walter Hunt received patent No 6,281 for the safety pin in 1849 and sold the rights for $100 to a manufacturer after quickly making a model and a payment to his debts. The device, dating back to antiquity, became a ubiquitous household tool. Hunt’s quick sale and limited fortune contrast with the pin’s enduring utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Walter Hunt
Hunt
B.C
Joseph Nathan Kane
Kane
Jonathan Chapin
Mr. Hunt
Chapin
Richardson
Polly
British Youth Jubilant As Candy Now Unrationed
London reports candy rationing ends after seven years bringing joy to British youth. Savings banks see activity as families prepare to finance treats while confectioners distribute free candy to vulnerable homes. An estimated seven million children reach lollipop age with no prior unrationed purchases.
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London
Britain
Vacuum Cleaner Rigs Suck Oysters From Sea Bottoms
Akron reports a New Haven oyster grower and B F Goodrich engineers develop a large suction rig to harvest oysters from the seabed. The system gathers about 1 000 bushels per hour and removes oyster drills, a destructive drilling snail, while using a converted Army freight ship with a 40 foot pipe and flexible hose as the suction apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
New Haven
B. F. Goodrich
Oyster Company
Pacific
Language Professor Renounces English in Present System
A University of Cincinnati language professor renounced grammar in favor of an oral approach to modern language teaching. Dr. Chesley M. Hutchings argued students should think in the foreign tongue and read without English translation, citing GI training as proof of conversational success.
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Columbus
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Ohio College Association
Chesley M. Hutchings
UC College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Hutchings
Hutchings
Auto Dealer Runs Baby-Sitting Service For Buyers
Forest Hills New York reported auto dealer Eu gene Dunn started a babysitting agency to help buyers test drive cars. He screened Jamaica girls, bonded them, and they sat with families while they test drove. Dunn claimed the service directly helped close at least eight deals in the first month.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Eugene Dunn
Long Island
Dunn
Jamaica
Papa
Mama
Americans Embrace Native Sports in Japan Across Services
In Japan, Americans across the Army and Air Force adopt local sports from sumo to judo and archery. Lt. Orville W. Elmore wins sumo in Hokkaido by throwing Chinoyama, while 560 practice judo at Tokyo headquarters over two years with eightytwo earning first degree belts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Air Force
Orville W. Elmore
Hokkaido
Orville
Man Mountain
Ruth B. Gardner
Chicago
Charlie Chan
James W. Curtis
5Th Air Force
Nagoya
Ben H. Hazar
Los Angeles
Gen
MacArthur
Mother Hands Over Son In Probe of Gotham Crime
A Chicago mother turned in her son Edward 17 after he admitted taking part in a Saturday night taxi holdup and receiving $9 of $30. Police detained Donald Kline and Eugene Collins 18 for questioning as part of the robberies probe.
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Gotham Crime
Chicago
Margaret Finn
Edward
Donald Kline
Eugene Collins
No Regrets No Regrets
Valeria ends her two month romance with Eliot Harvey after returning his ring and rejects his plea for a reconciliation. At a Country Club ball Eliot confronts her drunk and confesses love, revealing his false Don Juan persona and prompting Valeria to return to Doug Metcalf.
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Richard Hill Wilkinson
Aleria
Eliot Harvey
Eliot
Newfane Lake
Val
Doug Metcalf
Doug
Sheelah Jackson
Valeria
Don Juan of
Newfane
Don Juan
WNN
Yankees Rise From April Chaos To Contend In May State
Casey Stengel rebuilds the Yankees as injuries fade and youngsters Coleman and Kryhoski surge. Pitching improves with Raschi Porterfield Byrne Reynolds Page backing a stronger lineup led by Henrich Brown and Johnson. NL leaders Giants and Hartung pace tight race. Pirates Cardinals loom. May show confirms a competitive season ahead.
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Casey Stengel
New York
St. Petersburg
Joe DiMaggio
Frank Shea
Charlie Keller
Johnny Lindell
Snuffy Stirnweiss
Bob Porterfield
Casey
Browns
Jerry Coleman
Dick Kryhoski
Tommy Henrich
Bobby Brown
Billy Johnson
Yankees
Red Sox
Yankee
Vic Raschi
Tommy Byrne
Allie Reynolds
Joe Page
Stengel
Pirates
Cardinals
Johnny Sain
Braves
Jansen
Washington
Chicago
White Sox
Athletics
Coleman
Kryhoski
Sewing Girl Patterns Sun Dress and Spring Outfit
Sewing pattern notes describe a sunback dress with contrasting top and a matching or contrasting brief jacket. Pattern No. 6272 offers sizes 11 through 18 with yardage for dress and jacket. another pattern No. 8034 outfits for ages 1 to 6 with simple sun dress/panties design and bright cottons.
Smile Awhile Weeded Words in Postwar Jokes
A playful exchange shows a boy asking for medicine for man or beast and a druggist asking the reason. The tale riffs on wartime telephones and a running joke about men at home and the phrase walkie talkie and walkie plankie.
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K.V.A. Elliott
Busch-Sulzer
West Point
Farm Machinery & Equip
Ante Chase Lister
Onald Schultz
Walton, Nebr
Gateway Cremurem
Lincolm Nebr
Sears New Styles
R. Leonard Fitch
K. E. Lookabaugh
Sears Roebuck & Co
Lincoln
First National Bank
Sheridan
Wyoming
Messersmiths Wholesale CO
New Hampton
Iowa
Nebraka Experiment Station
NEBRASKA CROP_S
U.S
Cole
Requ Wengen Bhos
Waiioo
U. S
C.O. D
Bogte's Ratcheries, Inc
Worthington, Minn
Yancey Laboratories, Inc
the Rock
Arkansas
S &É
Rhea Credie One
Hfe
Dean
Doans
C. Stengel
Hartung
Durocher
Dodgers
Giants
Larry Jansen
Grantland Rice
Sun Seekers
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Fleischmanns
Fleischmann
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