Wards Celebrates 67th Anniversary
Montgomery Ward and Co began in a 12 by 14 foot Chicago room with a mail order idea based on the Golden Rule. From those humble roots it grew to nine branch houses coast to coast and today operates more than 600 retail units alongside its mail order business. The founders A Montgomery Ward and George R Thorne pioneered modern retailing and their policy helped raise living standards for about one third of the nation.
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Unlucky Dog in Nebraska Receives Death Sentence
In CMAHA Nebraska attorney Irvin C. Levin argued every dog deserves one bite. After George Go dhart testified he required two weeks of medical treatment from a bite the municipal judge Ferry Wheeler ruled the bite was not that kind and sentenced the dog to death.
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Hollywood stars plan bicycle tour to dodge crowds
Hollywood gossip notes Barbara Stanwyck and Rupert Taylor will tour the United States by bicycle with overnight inn stops to avoid crowds seen when Taylor visited Europe. They hope to begin mid September after Taylor finishes his current film Remember, with an eight week trip possible.
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To Be Killed In Action Poem From War Ad Excerpt
A wartime poem by Mrs. C. M. Lasley laments sons sent to battle and questions wartime motives. It contrasts family pride with fear of loss, ending with a promotional note for Roswell Typewriter Co. products and contact details.
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