Christmas Trade In Small Towns Sets Mixed Tone
Chicago survey shows small town merchants saw generally good Christmas sales, about 10 percent above last year. Hardware and electrical appliances boomed while sporting goods and toys moved well. Furniture held steady near 1947 levels as cash registers rang often despite smaller overall receipts. Credit buying remained common in most communities.
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Chicago
Tabac
Torche
Pang
Shoppeta
Amirilmum
Brule grows into wreath making hub for Christmas season
HY Adams of Minong found Brule ideal for evergreen wreaths. Women and men gathered in the village hall to craft wreaths nightly, producing about 500 daily and turning out 13 000 wreaths last season. Wages came from boughs gathered nearby and a per-pound pay for greenery, with a large order chain feeding markets. Lenore L. Landry praised the venture as a profitable local industry boosting the evergreen region.
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Bile
HY Adams
Minong
Rop
Adams
Gehlal
Wilbert Ronn
Mindy
Lenore
Douglas County
Arkansas
Missouri
Audubon Banker Sponsors Beef Special Feeds Chicago
A Audubon Iowa banker's idea to showcase local cattle led to 50 carloads shipped to Chicago aboard a special train. President A. A. Kruse of First State Bank organized 32 Audubon cattlemen and 20 cars with 1,050 steers, financing and hosting a prelude to publicity, ending with a banquet and newspaper coverage.
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Chicago
A. A. Kruse
Kruse
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Kruses
Banguet
Submerged OCR draft on 1952 locomotive data
Fragmentary figures describe a rail vehicle specification with weight 278 tons and 105000 pounds, tractive effort around 7 200, gallons unclear, and load capacity cited as 2 cords. Readable items include 50 feet length and 186s 84 fat phrasing.
Little Eight Bowling League Team Standings
Week results show Bauman Motor, Ernie's, Seven-Up, Star Market, Oliver Machinery, and Dalton's leading with varied scores. High team series goes to Seven-Up. top individual series by Triplett with 223. Kahl and Peterson post 219 and 204 respectively.
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Little Eight Bowling League
Ernie’s
Bauman Motor
Maddox Motor
Triplett
High Ind
Kahl
Be ‘Peterson
Mai
Sunol Mire and Dickinson Visit Bring Busy Week
Local notes show Sunol Mire and Dickinson guests at schoolmate Glorial Myerhiolz’s home Tuesday evening. Mrs Ralph Gentry and family visited Wednesday at Joel A Oliverius home. Illness confines Frank Kokes, with Sidney medical attention received. Oliverius family hosted Sunday afternoon guests including Mr and Mrs Anton Oliverius Sr. at Lodgepole. Chet Bruns family from near Lodgepole joined. Bowling results list Rails Cafe and Co-Op performances with high team and individual scores.
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Dickinson
Glorial
Myerhiolz
Arid
Ralph Gentry
Frank
Sidney
Oliverius
Jim
Ahlberg
Ivan
Marion
Ditkinson
Storus Agency Leads Wheat Belt in Week Results
Results this week show Storus Agency, Wheat Belt, Nat'l Supply, Gibson, Hutchison, Sidney Creamery, Oliver, and others. High game by Olivers at 855. high team series 2463 by Olivers. Individual high scores include Dick Heeg 211, John Dietier 293, John Dykal 201, Jim Schilz 200. T Harvey 551 tops indy series.
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Storus Agency
Wheat Belt
Nat’l Supply
Gibson
Ohio‘ Oi
Hutchison
Sidney Creamery
Oliver
Olivers
Dick Heeg
John, Dietier
John Dykal
Jim Schilz
Newspapers Growth From 1860 To Today
In 1860 about 4000 newspapers and magazines were published in the United States. Contemporary counts show roughly 14000 newspapers exist today, highlighting significant growth in print media over the period.
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