Big Markets Drop Stamps Signals Shift in Shopper Costs
Motts Super Food Markets in Hartford area ends trading stamps as chains pull back across New England and Midwest. Industry observers note rising costs and fading appeal. Burgoyne Index finds shoppers favor lower prices over stamps, with two thirds preferring discounts. Progressive Grocer notes stamp loss acts like a subsidy for stores to reallocate toward staffing, remodeling, or price cuts.
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Joseph Mott
Motts Super Food Markets
Hartford
Conn
Mott
New England
Safeway
Iowa
Arizona
A&p
Missouri
Burgoyne Index, Inc
Food and
Burgoyne
Progressive Grocer
Roses and cacao roots link to garden and flavor
A survey traces two rose varieties to long plant lineages back to the 1830s and links cacao history from Aztec times to European trade. It notes cacao cultivation is tropical, wind sensitive, and subject to disease, with major exporters and the US as top importer. Harvest runs October to March, and sheep are used to defoliate roses before picking. Pernet-Ducher of Lyon pioneered yellow and orange tones with his 1920 yellow.
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Hernando Cortez
Europe
Brazil
United States
M. Pernet-Ducher
Lyon
Sidney Draw News Highlights Community Visits and Events
Mrs. Lucero has left Memorial Hospital and is recuperating at home. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. John Schumacher of Chadron, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Huttman of Sidney, and many others at local homes. The East Sidney Draw Club hosts a mouth to mouth resuscitation demonstration led by Jim Paxton. Pope Paul VI to receive vestments crafted by Anglican nuns for Easter visit. Anglican Bishop of Exeter may present.
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Grace Lucero
Memorial Hospital
John Schumacher
Chadron Nebr
Dean Olson
Richard Huttman
Sidney
Sadie Melburg
Dorothy van
Alex Erich
Minatare Nebr
Henry Haupt
O. A. Olson
Emil Hess P. O
Box
Melbourne
Florida
S. Haun
Steven
Gering
Diana Kuaube
Bayard
Nebr
Delbert Reich
Patty
Anthya Divis
East Sidney
Chas Krueger
Stanley Krueger
Jim Paxton
Laurence King
St. Savior's Priory
Haggerson
Roine
Orphreys
Alban
Cuthbert
Robert Mortimer
Exeter
Farm Bureau Board Discusses School Lands
The Farm Bureau Board met Monday March 15 at the Farm Bureau office to discuss the sale of school land. LB 234 will be heard March 29, and the bureau asks interested parties to write to their Senator. The issue is important to Cheyenne County.
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Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Cheyenne County
County Meeting Highlights Eldercare And Medicare Talks
Dr. C J Cornelius spoke on eldercare and medicare at the county meeting. Farm Bureau Appreciation Day on Friday March 12 at the bureau office drew good attendance. Virgil Warak the farm service director attended. Door prizes went to Mrs Joe McMillen and Lem Oyne Johnson. A bazaar plus open house moved from the office to the ninth floor then to an 11 story hike after opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Cornelius
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Farm Service
Virgil Warak
Joe McMillen
Lem=oyne Johnson
Paris far taller stairs thrill Barefoot in the Park
AP reports that in Paris the Broadway comedy Barefoot in the Park keeps its five flights of stairs but is set to a Parisian locale. The play’s sponsors note walkups feel longer for Parisians, reflecting cultural differences in residence and daily life.
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Eleventh Heaven
Paris
New York
Miss Gene Hagen Flames Alderwood Manor Bowls 300
Miss Gene Hagen of Alderwood Manor achieved a perfect 300 game this season becoming the fourth woman bowler to reach this score. She carries an average of 153.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Hagen
Alderwood Manor
Fash
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Lehurs
Relch and Son
Robert Kurz
Howard Kurz
Everett Mohatt
Farm Bureau Board
America
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Tin
General Tire & Rubber Company
J. B. Baker
Marion
T-Bone’ Treinen
Illinois
Baker’s Tire
General Tire
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Sethe
Dodge
Dodge Boys
Monaco
DART
Illinois Street
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Elwell Motors
Polara
Dodge Territory
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